spanking

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Originally Posted by K9karen

I just put my hands on my hips, and all is well. I really can't think of a thing that Logan's done (or RB Cody for that matter) that upset me to the point I'd freak out and raise a hand. I used an empty soda pop can with a few coins inside and shook it one time at Logan when she did something, and quickly learned she feared it as badly as thunder and lightening, and oh, yeah, the camera. It's been years, but all I have to say is "Do you want the can?" and she's as good as gold (as always :love:)

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lol, I remember when I was a kid we had a dog that was pit and boxer mix. She was a great dog but had issues with other dogs sometimes. When we got another dog who was, pit/ boxer/and rott. they would get into a couple fights at first and I remember my mom running in their with the can shaking it. haha! that just reminded me of that little story. It really did work though.... usually.

I don't have a dog, only cats, but i would not spank either of them, infact it is illegal to spank your child in NZ, but i don't think there is a law against spanking animals, but maybe there should be eh?

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Originally Posted by carole

I don't have a dog, only cats, but i would not spank either of them, infact it is illegal to spank your child in NZ, but i don't think there is a law against spanking animals, but maybe there should be eh?

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Carole, I think that's the greatest idea for a law I've ever heard of. Can we get it enacted? :)

NEVER, I would never spank my dogs.
It hurts me when people I work with talk about spanking their kids. I don't think hitting a child or an animal works.

I've given the dogs a whap on the rear when I catch them in the garbage, but its not hard, just enough to startle them out of the garbage and let them know they've been caught. I don't really think they've been hurt by it, no more so than a quick touch on the shoulder when I want them to stop a behavior. By no means am I going to pull a naughty dog aside for a spanking as punishment, because they simply aren't going to know why you are hitting them. A child might connect a spanking as punishment quite a while after a bad behavior, but a dog can't be punished once the behavior has already stopped.