be compassionate and cosiderate and whatever her reaction after that is hers. if you have done everything with dignity and care, i beleive we are not responsible for others feelings. they are but if we are mean and unjust. we are as guiltiy as sin.

my malinois is doing great with his obedience the basics are solid. i would like to know more things people have don with there dog that are useful. I don't have him doing many "tricks" but he really likes his obedience job. i am recycling all the o...

i already tried.. but they wouldn't issue me a gun

I go to the dog park everyday and there always seems to be 1 or 2 dogs that arre totally out of control. either to aggresive or jumoing up, stealing toys, running over little dogs, digging (which is not a problem until the owners do not fill the hole...

i am a big fan of the monks of new skete. the book you are talking about is called,"how to be your dogs best friend" they still endorse the scruff shake down, but do not recommend the alpha dog roll-over, especially in over dominant dogs. where it co...

i use the scruff shake for major offenses, chewing ,toy stealing,growling at humans. and we had a major recall problem with my malinois and i used a static shock collar (after exausting all other options). i may have used 5 times and he is different ...

i ask these things cause i respect you people as dog companions and my passion is training dogs. i love to watch them grow from pups into dogs especially well trained obedient, confident, companions

how much is enough and how much is too much. there is all this talk of animal abuse. but where do you we actually cross the line between good order and discpline to complusive abuse. i would like to hear everyones thoughts

you didn't sense my sarcasm. i was responding to a earlier post

thanks, i have researched the training methods and bite work it usually reserved for later training. they do "rag work" with the pups playing tug of war