Post by: gooseNmaverick on September 21, 2014, 08:22:51 PM
Post by: jackelope on September 22, 2014, 05:47:35 AM
How else are you supposed to teach a dog to sit, heel, laydown. My goodness. I use my hand lightly and hand signals when saying sit, heel, etc. When training pups.
I've never used a heeling stick, don't know what it is, and based on the OP's description it sounds fine to me. With that said, I've trained plenty of dogs to sit, heel, ad lay down without using a heeling stick.
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on September 22, 2014, 06:01:42 AM
Post by: RadSav on September 22, 2014, 06:21:13 AM
I simply had to walk away after being told its "concentration camp" for the dog.
Before walking away I might have had to say something similar to this;
Well, I see you've read your PETA brainwash weekly. Good for you! Now you do understand that trying to draw a parallel between ethnic cleansing and the murder of Jews in Nazi concentration camps to pet behavior and safety training is not only anti-Semitic but also completely ignorant, don't you? Why don't you take your hate speech back to 1895 Germany and get out of my face you racist b!*ch!!!
Post by: blazenfish on September 22, 2014, 07:33:25 AM
Post by: runamuk on September 22, 2014, 07:44:54 AM
Post by: pianoman9701 on September 22, 2014, 07:52:04 AM
Next time she approaches you, ask her if she's a PeTA member. If so, you can ask her if the 90% of animals they kill in their shelters each year would rather be well-trained with your humane methods than put down. You can also ask her how she can justify the financial support of arsonists and bombers by the PeTA administration, as they did with Rodney Coronado in Michigan to the tune of $70K+.
Post by: KFhunter on September 22, 2014, 08:01:37 AM
I don't even know what I'd say nothing like that every happens to me east of the cascades :chuckle:
Post by: AspenBud on September 22, 2014, 08:55:48 AM
Post by: KFhunter on September 22, 2014, 08:59:36 AM
There's an a-hole in every crowd. I once had a guy slow down on a major road and yell at me over it when I was living in the Midwest because he felt I shouldn't be out jogging with my dog on a hot and humid day. I blew him off and he actually followed me for a couple of miles and pulled into a driveway right in front of me to lecture me some more about it! It was only when his wife saw that I was starting to get mad and she started urging him to leave that he gave up. I really thought it was going to come to blows. I remember thinking at the time that if he thought I was abusing the dog then he shouldn't come around in September when the dog is expected work in the heat. My dog was a very trim, muscled, Pointer at the time. The dog lived for work no matter the weather, he loved it.
"Well sir; I welcome you to jog with me and the dog to see for yourself if he's overheated......."
err ummm no thanks ummm well I can see now...umm ya..well make sure you give him some water errr ya he looks fine.
Post by: AspenBud on September 22, 2014, 09:18:14 AM
I know a guy who actually got ticketed by an animal control officer because they could see the last two ribs on his Pointer. The dog was a hunting dog that saw A LOT of action and had been looked over by a vet the week prior and been deemed to be in outstanding health. He got the ticket dropped when he brought in the paperwork from the veterinarian.
Post by: ctwiggs1 on September 22, 2014, 09:20:08 AM
Post by: runamuk on September 22, 2014, 09:24:05 AM
The other one I love is, "Why are your dogs so skinny?" I don't know, maybe because an overweight dog is more prone to injury and my dogs are in fact in shape, not skinny?
I know a guy who actually got ticketed by an animal control officer because they could see the last two ribs on his Pointer. The dog was a hunting dog that saw A LOT of action and had been looked over by a vet the week prior and been deemed to be in outstanding health. He got the ticket dropped when he brought in the paperwork from the veterinarian.
You should try owning sighhounds, ugh I hear it all the time from my friends with salukis and OFC dogs. Those dogs are skinny but that is healthy for them its how they are built.
Post by: gooseNmaverick on September 22, 2014, 03:13:21 PM
Post by: JJD on September 26, 2014, 05:32:41 PM
and control. Hunting dogs are most at risk when they are out of control.
But if you tell a PETA animal hater that the dog is used for hunting, the situation could escalate to the point of physically having to defend yourself.
Post by: John B on September 27, 2014, 06:50:01 PM