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Old 03-19-2008, 11:25 PM
Hainland Hainland is offline
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Re: Dog Nearly Bites Friend - Urgent Advice Needed

I have spent some time on the phone with Ckimba99. I have repeatedly told him to seek profesional help. He seems to be trying to take care of this issue and I hope some advice I have offered has helped. He has reached a new obstacle and again seeked help. He has made an appointment with Bob, whom dispite some of you doubt, I know from experience is more educated and experienced with dogs than most all of you on this forum. No argument. Maybe the numbers are misquoted from Ckimba99. Regardless, my advice to Ckimba remains, "do not look for help from online forums or the likes of Petsmart dog trainers". "Go to a reputable trainer, get an evaluation at the very least and do you best." To my knowledge, he has avoided serious reactions from this dog. I advised neutering Roscoe, as a start.
At the very least, Ckimba99 is seeking help. These forums are a good source of information, but not good for trying to determine a problem without seeing it first hand. For the record, I told Ckimba99 that it is unfair for me to evaluate over the phone. I believe this dog is doing it's best to communicate before it reacts, most people are not educated in reading dogs, thus the problem handling most of them.
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