Guests and pup discipline
Yesterday my brother had a friend over, and Jack went upstairs with them while I stayed downstairs. After a while, I heard my brother laughing and then suddenly his friend shouting at our dog... "BAD DOG! Drop it!" Apparently he stole her shoe (why her shoes were upstairs in our house in the first place, I don't know).
I was shocked! A stranger yelling at our dog and trying to give him commands just seems rude to me - like going over to another person's house and spanking their child if they misbehave. Granted, a dog should listen to known commands regardless of who's saying them... but I don't think a guest should give commands unless invited to.
Curious as to what you guys think.
I was shocked! A stranger yelling at our dog and trying to give him commands just seems rude to me - like going over to another person's house and spanking their child if they misbehave. Granted, a dog should listen to known commands regardless of who's saying them... but I don't think a guest should give commands unless invited to.
Curious as to what you guys think.
Comments
If your brother is 13 or older it's probably pretty obvious how her shoes were left upstairs.
With the dogs of my good friends, I'll tell them "No" or take things from them if they are being naughty, but not dogs I don't know really well.
If a dog hears "BAD BOY!...NO!" often enough, they already associate it as a negative sound and may not tolerate it from a stranger. Just as a dog may back down when a doggy 'sibling' growls at it, that same dog might fight and defend itself when being growled at by a dog they don't know.
LOL Brandon
I was ticked off that she was there in the first place, I was left in charge and he didn't ask before he brought her over. When she yelled at my dog I almost kicked her out then and there. Instead I just called Jack downstairs and he hung out with me.
I would not yell at or command anyone else's dog unless they asked me to and told me exactly what to say/do and how. That girl can be glad you didn't kick her out in the first place... lol
Now... James' parents... ugh. I can't tell them that, and even when he tries we get "That's just hippy bullshit." So usually if they're here the dogs stay separated from them by the x-pen. I'm not going to watch a grown man get on top of Keiko and flip her on her back ever again. Thankfully they're more comfortable in a hotel so the dogs only have a partially disrupted routine when they're here. (Don't get me wrong, I love his parents... we just have VERY different views when it comes to my furry children.)
Jesse
Rina, I see where you stand. I do not discipline, however I would ask a question like "Is he/she supposed to be going through the trash?" or "Oh, your dog has my shoe. How do I get it back from him/her?" Then I let the owner deal with it. I have a friend who has a hell of a fur baby on wheels, and I do this quite often at their house.
I hate it when someone else tries to get my dog to do a trick she is the most odd grandmother around she puts a shock pad on her couch to keep her cats and dogs off, she puts a shock collar on her dog to get her to stop barking and she once lifted one end of the dogs crate and droped it to get her to be quiet I hated her seeing what she did I really wished I called the police on her, but I had no proof she did that to the dog my dad and mom was not in the room at the time.. >.<
When mine break their stays and run amuck, people will say "the Shiba's up", "Oh oh, Beebe's in trouble", "you aren't supposed to jump, but you sure look cute!" or "You're not supposed to be over here, go back to your place and sit," and then lead the pup back over to their spot or hold her until I get there. I have no objection to other people establishing boundaries with my pushy little girl as long as they are kind and I give them permission to.