Interfering 'dog lovers'

[talljim 0]

Here's something that happened to me the other day and I wondered if any of you lot had similar stories?

 

I was out with the pups keeping up with their basic training (they're only 5 months), when an old woman and her husband came up and asked if it was ok to stroke them. I sighed and said okay, but warned they could be a little jumpy (they're 22"tts and still have a fair old knuncke on them). She asked me if I was going to take them to obedience classes, and when I said, no, I'll be training them myself, she looked at me like I'd just told her I was a kiddy fiddler! At that very moment the lads did me proud, they both walked to my side and sat down as if on cue. The look on her face was priceless, she just snorted and walked off whilst me and the pups watched her go.

 

Why do some people think that the only way to train a dog is to take it to a half hour class once a week?

 

Jim

[driller killer 33]

Nice! I tried those classes, bloody useless they were! lots of young dogs walking round on the leads just a wind up for them, and the teaching part was a complete joke!

[KittleRox 2,147]

and whats wi this give the dog a treat everytime it obeys, remember when praising the dog was good enough.

[OldNog 432]

People that dont work dogs will never have the same understanding/knowlegde/respect for the animals. They are absolutly clueless. These are the same 'dog lovers' that care for their pets so much they feed them shite, treat them like kids making them horrible b*****d things with no manners and end up as fat as pigs. Then they have the nerve to complain about hunting with dogs

[KittleRox 2,147]

and whats wi these folk who lift there dogs up everytime they see a greyhoundy thing coming towards them. ignorent, whose dogs are wasted bcause of there lack of knowledge,sorry for rant but gets on my goat.

[Guest deerhound hunter]

it the same when you get some 1 come and say are do you race them and when you say no i work them it like you,ve just snacth her hand bag,another 1 is when your a local park a public place with the dogs and your approctioning other dog walkers and they got little hand bag dogs that start yapping 500 feet before even get their ,they seem pick their dogs up like their just seen a pack of wolves and walk the opposite way ,that does my head when it their dog that the intergatior

Edited July 22, 2010 by deerhound hunter

[Mickey Finn 3,016]

Here's something that happened to me the other day and I wondered if any of you lot had similar stories?

 

I was out with the pups keeping up with their basic training (they're only 5 months), when an old woman and her husband came up and asked if it was ok to stroke them. I sighed and said okay, but warned they could be a little jumpy (they're 22"tts and still have a fair old knuncke on them). She asked me if I was going to take them to obedience classes, and when I said, no, I'll be training them myself, she looked at me like I'd just told her I was a kiddy fiddler! At that very moment the lads did me proud, they both walked to my side and sat down as if on cue. The look on her face was priceless, she just snorted and walked off whilst me and the pups watched her go.

 

Jim

 

Hell, I would have given them a treat for that move. Good pups.

 

Those people are over here in droves.

[Guest fence_hopper]

what about the ugly bitch from (its me or the dog) thinks she knows everything there is to know about dogs the ugly cow, sorry my rant over

[lurchergrrl 1,441]

People that dont work dogs will never have the same understanding/knowlegde/respect for the animals. They are absolutly clueless. These are the same 'dog lovers' that care for their pets so much they feed them shite, treat them like kids making them horrible b*****d things with no manners and end up as fat as pigs. Then they have the nerve to complain about hunting with dogs

 

Everyone who doesn't work their dogs is NOT absolutely clueless. Many do have understanding/knowledge/respect for animals and can train them very well. Many don't feed their dogs shit and treat them like kids.

 

And not all of them complain about hunting.

 

But you have just made the same sort of sweeping general statement that some pet homes make about working ones. Seems that sort of person exists on both sides of the proverbial hedge

[OldNog 432]

People that dont work dogs will never have the same understanding/knowlegde/respect for the animals. They are absolutly clueless. These are the same 'dog lovers' that care for their pets so much they feed them shite, treat them like kids making them horrible b*****d things with no manners and end up as fat as pigs. Then they have the nerve to complain about hunting with dogs

 

Everyone who doesn't work their dogs is NOT absolutely clueless. Many do have understanding/knowledge/respect for animals and can train them very well. Many don't feed their dogs shit and treat them like kids.

 

And not all of them complain about hunting.

 

But you have just made the same sort of sweeping general statement that some pet homes make about working ones. Seems that sort of person exists on both sides of the proverbial hedge

 

Im going by the fools that live in my area. Fat as fools, nasty wild b*****d dogs

 

couldnt care less if you think different or have come across different

[Tiff 36]

dog training classes can be really good for socializing dogs and teaching new dog owners how to train their dogs. It is better than a dog sitting in the backyard or on walks where they never see any other dogs or people. Just like with anything else there are crap trainers and schools, they are not all the same. It is just like paying for a gym membership or workout class ... yes you could go for a walk around and lift weights on your own, but it you are paying for the pleasure you "should" be more likely to attend the gym/class.

[talljim 0]

Looks like the jury's split here. Personally i think that some training is better than nowt, and as has been said, being judgemental works both ways. I agree though it always seems to be 'toy' breeds that are most dog agressive.

 

Jim

[Helen 2]

If you want to upset "dog lovers" take out a Poodle in a pinch collar you'd get less reaction if you drowned a baby in public!

[RossM 8,121]

took my 1st lurcher to one of them obedience classes when she was 6mth old, at the end of the class the wee lady said there is no point in coming back as she was the best behaved dog there, it was my old dear that made me take her aswell coz she never listened to her, reminds me of the time when my mum had a wee drink and decided she was going to take her a walk late at night, i told her take her to the wee feild at end of road and not the big one at the other end, 45minutes passed and still no return so i phoned her and got a tirade of abuse about the dog no comin back, f****n dog this and f****n dog this, so off i went with the lamp, one wee shine with the dim light and she was at my side, to say i was amused was an understatement, couldnt help but laugh when she said she could hear her thunderin past her but not see her. lol

[talljim 0]

Lol. That's the kind of tale i was after!