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Florida Girl · #25 04-30-2008, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Yeah

I'd like to know what you guys consider abuse. Some people believe it is alright to physically discipline(not hang and kick) dogs in order to train them. Is it ok to hit them to teach them, or is it never alright to lay your hands on a dog if you're not petting them?

Just curious.

I've given my dog a light open handed slap on the snout. He's a knucklehead with selective hearing so on occasion he gets the snout tap with a firm "NO". It doesn't hurt him and he certainly doesn't yelp in pain.... in fact I think the verbal scolding hurts his feelings way more then the snout slap. For the most part he's a very well behaved dog and rarely requires any discipline at all.

There was only one time he got a heavy handed smack... and that was when he was still a puppy (about 1 & 1/2 years old) and he had a bone.... a friends kid was playing near him and bent down near the bone... Jack got territorial and growled at the child. I FLEW OUT OF MY CHAIR and gave him a HARD KNOCK to his head.. .he DID yelp.... I know it hurt him... and I verbally scolded him too. I will not tolerate that behavior from my dog. Let it go and dogs think it's ok and eventually .... a child will be bitten and possibly badly injured or killed.

My whole body was shaking when it happened and my b/f at the time was like "damn... I've never seen you snap like that"... and I did too. I did not feel bad about it later either. Needless to say.... my friend was happy to see I took her child's safety seriously. After that day... Jack has NEVER EVER growled when someone tries to take something away from him. I had my niece take stuff away from him as a test..... he does try to wrap his paws around his bones protectively... or pick it up and run away...... but he's never ever growled or acted aggressively since.