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Originally Posted by lblax  you personally wasnt being targeted there is a lot to be said for raising a puppie only to have manners with little other training up until 6 months or so. while rotts are great dogs it all begins with there breeding and then how they are raised as a pup, we see at our training facility rotts/dobe/ gsd/border collies that people bring in because of severe problems unfortunatly many of them are pts a few of them are geneticly wired wrong but most are a product of there envirorment by well meaning owners that love there animals there were several things that alerted me from your 1st posts they were as follows
1. the thought that a 12 week old is showing aggression
2. the alpha rolls
3. 1 person having problems in the family with the dog
4.the fact that a 12 week old dog is totally obediant with you( the best trainer in the world doesnt have an obidiant 12 week old it is possible but the methods are questionable)
5. the fact that your having trouble convinsing your wife on what to do
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the time period your dog has just went though is the most important developement times in its life and the time to prepare the home on behaviour and training methods is before the dog is purchesed, hence my origional statement to rehome the dog do your resurch and get another dog after everything is agreed apon. the above things are some of the items people tell us when they bring there dogs in along with my pup bites and snarls at me all the time one thing people must remember dogs dont have hands and they cant talk so the only way they have to interact with you is with there mouths(of course everyone has a point where the dog gets too much and at this point instead of corrections its better to just put the pup in the crate and let him chill out) i think you have good intentions but regardless of the tips you get here or other places if your wife is not on board you will fail its really that simple everyone is on the same thought or you fail. thats the very 1st thing you must do is get your wife to understand that it will only keep esculating until she does |
Well, first out .. you didn't bother to do much other than fire at me from the get go .. obviously it's going to generate a wee bit of defensiveness .. you did come across as being very .. target oriented as well ... not appreciated here .. be constructive, not destructive.
Fair enough, you were alerted by the wording of my post .. suggestion .. instead of flaming the person .. do what you just did and actually make some sense as to why ... while puppies don't have hands to feel with, I don't read minds ..especially not across the Internet :-)
If you want to question my methods and that I work with her on her "manors" , feel free to do so, I welcome that. I should probably heed my own advice and clearify "totally" was not a reference to "100%" or "completely" ... I ment that as "she is obedient with me and does not do this stuff with me". That is my miswording of what I ment, I hope this clears up what I ment by that remark. You also stated she is NILIF:ed to death, which in itself is a ridiculous remark since you can't possibly have the first idea of what goes on in my house or how I personally treat her ... You go only by what I have shared of my wife's experience this morning and it's brave, very very brame to make the assumptions you have made in this case. They are after all the mother of all muckups .. and can bite you royally in the end.
I have to admit I respect your straight forwardness and honesty to me. I do agree (damnit, again) the wife aspect is an issue, an enormous issue. It's clear this needs to change yesterday, not today or tomorrow, yesterday.
Don't think I don't respect your input and advice, I do. Just re-evaluate your methods in which you deliver it and I could probably tolerate your bitter azz ... :-)
All joking aside, thanks for taking the time to explain what you ment initially .. I appreciate it. I'm off to reschool a wife .. wish me luck ... and if I'm not back on here in the next 10-12 days or so .. send a squad car ... please!