spanking

[luvofallhorses]

I would NEVER spank my animals! If I get frusturated with them I just calm down but my animals rarely upset me. They are not like people and don't understand that. It just hurts them and confuses them. and yeah grapes are very toxic.

[bckrazy]

I don't give my dogs corrections, period. I respect the fact that they are dogs, and I am a human being, and even if a correction were warranted, the likelihood that I could give an animal of a different species a physical correction of both the right amount of pressure and with the correct timing is very, very minimal. The only corrections I give are vocal, and they KNOW I mean business with just a stern "ah-ah"... even with a look.

[chocolatepuppy]

I don't believe in spanking an animal. I don't believe in hitting them in any way. No more grapes please!

[stace1319]

As i posted earlier... I won't be letting Harley have anymore grapes.

[stace1319]

the way I work with my dogs is if they are doing something that is unacceptable such as jumping up on people or pulling hard he leash I will usually say "no" or "att" if they still persist then I will give a physical correction like I stated earlier. I believe that hitting is pointless.

[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 )

[stace1319]

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 )

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.

[IRescue452]

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.