Is this politically correct world out of control?
Everytime I turn around there’s something on the TV or radio that is worded in such a way that some ‘poor’ minority or person with a warped brain isn’t offended. It makes me sick.
It has spilled over into dog training too. Now days we have to find a ‘nice’ way to train a dog. Well I’m for nice and I’m for working smarter not harder but come on folks, nice for pack animals? Don’tcha watch the wild animal shows on TV? Haven’tcha seen a show on wolves, coyotes, or even the little ole meer cat?
Animals have packs or societies that function in very basic ways. Number one rule, if it hurts or kills you, that’s a lesson of what NOT to do. If the senior animal in the pack bites the other, that’s a strong signal of what not to do! Ever seen a wolf pull out his ‘licker’ and give a lick to the subordinate coyote in the back for doing something wrong? Uh, no. Why? Because pack animals learn the hard way, that’s the way the good Lord wired their brains.
Ever watch that animal planet show with meer cats? Even those cute cuddly things have a pack mentality. They run off the old boy who can’t dominate or they’ll run off a young sister who is competing for food and status. The neighboring meer cats attack the poor outcasts ’cause they don’t want ‘em either! Makes my heart bleed.
“What are you getting at Davey, ole boy?” the Irish in ya might be asking. (My mother was a McGowan and my blood is green).
When puppies go home they have some fundamental lessons to learn. First off, no nipping, biting, chewing things you shouldn’t, etc. How do we teach that? “Now, now Fido, don’t do that….’click, click’ here’s your treeat!” Come on! Are you kiddin’ me? Thump that bugger on the nose and tell him “NO!!!!” If he comes back at ya for harder play, THUMP HIM HARDER!!! DOMINATE HIM! YOU ARE THE ALPHA! YOU ARE THE PACK LEADER! Good grief.
Pups have to learn WHERE they fit in. What ORDER in the pack! In other words, what is their RANK? Are they a buck private in your lil’ army or are they the General? Establishing pack order at home is paramount very, very early.
Now of course there are times for lovin’ and treats, etc. But we are talking about life lessons your dog will remember. Chew a sock? Wham, punishment! Come on, I don’t mean for ya to injure anything but his feelings.
Give that dog of yours a treat for me and tell ‘em “Dave says good boy!”
Dave
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This is going to sound really weird, but I read somewhere that holding the dog down and making it submit then spitting in it’s mouth is a way to show dominance. Something about the mother doing this to pups and how this is supposed to show that you are the pack leader.
Well holding down a dog on its back and spitting in its mouth may show dominance for a mother dog to a pup; but if my mother held me down and spit in my mouth, the fight will be on!!
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LOL. I dunno Trent. But you sure got a chuckle out of me as I conjured up the mental pic of a Brittany puckering up to spit!
Wow! I could write a book about PC psychosis. And then a book about each chapter in that book. But I’ll try to spare you!
In most cases, it seems the Garbage is proposed by do-gooders who are not from the group supposedly offended.
I need to build an expanded metal cage around my TV to protect it from flying shoes. I’m not sure how to protect it from bullets, and birdshot.
Within the last 10 days, I watched a story, on Fox news, of all places, about barking dogs. During the story, the “Scholarship Pageant” person/News Reader asked, “What is the owner supposed to do? Torture it with one of those anti-bark collars?” Fortunately, I was unarmed, and barefoot, at the time.
Perhaps this San Francisco/Hollywood crowd believes our families should hold meetings. Maybe with input from the children, and dogs, and maybe the UN, we could try to form a consensus on what actions are unacceptable. Then try to come up with a policy for addressing such behaviour. Through diplomatic methods, of course.
Click, click? Three years ago, I attended a “therapy dog” seminar. Impressed with Joe’s behaviour “Surprisingly good, for a hunting dog”, the lady running things, asked my opinion of her clicker training. (I have no idea why she asked for my opinion. She obviously didn’t want it.) I told her it was very impressive, which it is. But also told her it was a conditioned response, not dog training, as the dog was not really learning. I was never again asked to give her my opinion.
About Trent’s comment: I don’t know that I’ve heard of doing both simultaneously, but the principle is sound. I’m sure everyone, here knows that it’s saliva that’s the key. Don’t spit Red Man, or Levi Garrett at your dog. Mother dog does this by biting pup’s mouth, while slobbering. You can do it that way, or by putting saliva covered fingers in pup’s mouth.
But, what do I know, I no longer own any dogs. There are, however, several “Canine-Americans” of which I have Conditional Guardianship. I think I’ll go slobber on a couple. After asking their permission, of course.
We now use a simple spray bottle (set on stream)with water in it to correct the dogs. When they get too rowdy or start fighting over a bone, toy, etc. we just give them a squirt, or just hold the bottle up and they calm down. Works like a charm.
LOL Ljack. Thanks for the humor…
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