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My suggestion is that you learn to mind your own business. Picking a
quarrel with the neighbor when you are a guest in someone else's home is low-life behavior, no matter how you present it. What a strange response- so she can't ask for informatin from her BIL, and is not allowed to be concerned for the dog who looks like he may be a danger to himself & others in the near future? |
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On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 14:31:59 +0100, "Jonathan"
wrote: My suggestion is that you learn to mind your own business. Picking a quarrel with the neighbor when you are a guest in someone else's home is low-life behavior, no matter how you present it. What a strange response- so she can't ask for informatin from her BIL, and is not allowed to be concerned for the dog who looks like he may be a danger to himself & others in the near future? Read the post. The dog is behind a fence, behaving aggressively, so, instead of ignoring the dog and staying away, FurPaw decides to approach the dog with her "calming signals." Not surprisingly, the owner tells her to knock it off, and FurPaw tells her she needs to train her dog, and the lady gets annoyed. All of this in someone else's backyard. And now, FurPaw is seeking advice on how she can encourage her brother-in-law to take this quarrel -- which is not her problem or her business -- to the next level. If that's not low-life behavior, I don't know what is. Charlie |
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On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 14:31:59 +0100, "Jonathan"
wrote: My suggestion is that you learn to mind your own business. Picking a quarrel with the neighbor when you are a guest in someone else's home is low-life behavior, no matter how you present it. What a strange response- so she can't ask for informatin from her BIL, and is not allowed to be concerned for the dog who looks like he may be a danger to himself & others in the near future? Read the post. The dog is behind a fence, behaving aggressively, so, instead of ignoring the dog and staying away, FurPaw decides to approach the dog with her "calming signals." Not surprisingly, the owner tells her to knock it off, and FurPaw tells her she needs to train her dog, and the lady gets annoyed. All of this in someone else's backyard. And now, FurPaw is seeking advice on how she can encourage her brother-in-law to take this quarrel -- which is not her problem or her business -- to the next level. If that's not low-life behavior, I don't know what is. Charlie |
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-- "FurPaw" wrote in message ... Here's another dog likely headed for the pound, or worse. He's a 7 month old GSD, beautiful boy, who lives next to my BIL. When I went out in BIL's back yard today, the dog charged the fence and began barking viciously. I tried some "calming signals" and slowly started to sidle up to the fence. His mom came running out and told me to please stay away from the fence, because her dog gets so agitated. I told her that she needed to work with her dog to socialize him to strangers; had she consulted a trainer or at least taken him to obedience class? She huffed, "WE are training this dog!" and stalked away. He continued barking. Fact the owners agitation is telling this dog not all is well and the dog knows the cause of this anxiety is on the other side of the fence, take the fence away and the pup would crumble at this stage in his life it is all show, but allowed to continue it will become adult behaviour. BIL said that several neighbors have approached her about the dog, but to no avail. His kids are afraid to go close to the fence, and they normally adore dogs. He's afraid that this boy will jump the fence (4') someday, and bite someone, and in particular he's afraid for his kids. Dog puts his paws on top of the fence now, and his head sticks up over the top. You have every right to feel this will happen because it will, the longer it is allowed to do this the stronger the behaviour will be. AFAIK, at this point the only possible violation might be noise - the dog barked constantly while we were there, and we were indoors most of the time. Any suggestions for how BIL and other neighbors might proceed to help the dog and educate his owner? FurPaw -- Brain cells come and brain cells go, but fat cells live forever. To reply, unleash the dog. Solution deactivate this dog, when it charges the fence do not make eye contact in fact do not look at the dog when he has calmed even a little drop a tit bit of liver treat over the fence, but only when he is calm, it will not take long to deactivate this GSD he will see all his friends at the fince, the owners will freak but you can prove your point and be happy knowing you have helped. David Sweeney STI QK9SARG "Send Seek Find" www.qk9sarg.org www.qk9sarg.org |
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-- "FurPaw" wrote in message ... Here's another dog likely headed for the pound, or worse. He's a 7 month old GSD, beautiful boy, who lives next to my BIL. When I went out in BIL's back yard today, the dog charged the fence and began barking viciously. I tried some "calming signals" and slowly started to sidle up to the fence. His mom came running out and told me to please stay away from the fence, because her dog gets so agitated. I told her that she needed to work with her dog to socialize him to strangers; had she consulted a trainer or at least taken him to obedience class? She huffed, "WE are training this dog!" and stalked away. He continued barking. Fact the owners agitation is telling this dog not all is well and the dog knows the cause of this anxiety is on the other side of the fence, take the fence away and the pup would crumble at this stage in his life it is all show, but allowed to continue it will become adult behaviour. BIL said that several neighbors have approached her about the dog, but to no avail. His kids are afraid to go close to the fence, and they normally adore dogs. He's afraid that this boy will jump the fence (4') someday, and bite someone, and in particular he's afraid for his kids. Dog puts his paws on top of the fence now, and his head sticks up over the top. You have every right to feel this will happen because it will, the longer it is allowed to do this the stronger the behaviour will be. AFAIK, at this point the only possible violation might be noise - the dog barked constantly while we were there, and we were indoors most of the time. Any suggestions for how BIL and other neighbors might proceed to help the dog and educate his owner? FurPaw -- Brain cells come and brain cells go, but fat cells live forever. To reply, unleash the dog. Solution deactivate this dog, when it charges the fence do not make eye contact in fact do not look at the dog when he has calmed even a little drop a tit bit of liver treat over the fence, but only when he is calm, it will not take long to deactivate this GSD he will see all his friends at the fince, the owners will freak but you can prove your point and be happy knowing you have helped. David Sweeney STI QK9SARG "Send Seek Find" www.qk9sarg.org www.qk9sarg.org |
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