Stranger Biting

[borzoimom]

One more thing- if you can find a trainer that has a class that will let the dog come, you will probably be required to have a muzzle on the dog. This should be the type the dog can drink- like a lure coursing muzzle. That is what I use to require to protect the other dogs and people.

[agilityk9trainer]

Borziomom,

Yes, the little icon next to Sunset Rose's name would be of help if I could see it! I'm blind as a bat (cateract surgery in a few years will fix that) and coulnd't make it out very well. I figured it all out by her other posts on the board.

[borzoimom]

Borziomom,

Yes, the little icon next to Sunset Rose's name would be of help if I could see it! I'm blind as a bat (cateract surgery in a few years will fix that) and coulnd't make it out very well. I figured it all out by her other posts on the board.

I am sorry- I didnt realize that.. I like the colors here and the pictures- helps you realize who you are talking too and it really helps. Maybe one day she will post a signature..

[angelchampy]

It's a shame the dogs are in the basement. Isolating them like that causes real problems. I know somebody that keeps his 2 dogs in his basement, cement floor and I supplied the rug b/c he wouldn't. The dogs are uncontrollable. They don't stop jumping, they nip at you, they're just so excited when they see somebody they go nuts. They thrive for attention. It's terrible when people do this. I don't know why they have dogs in the first place if they're not treated like family members and kept in the house. I've seen the dispositions of dogs go in a downward spiral when in a house at first, then either put downstairs or outside. My advice would be to put them back in the house and work with them - and yes - you probably will need that behaviorist. Dogs shouldn't be treated like that. They're family.