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Comments (176)Actually these threads do help others going through similar situation . May things like badmouthing, threatening, watching and recording everything seem to be common behaviors of these bullies. I stood down and let them even change my downspout on my house. Ignoring made them react more and more. I would say I learned deal with first issue first time. Show them you did noticenoticenoticenoticenotinoticenoticenoticenoticenoti...See MoreDo you take your dog to a dog park to play?
Comments (18)To a dog park--no. The reasons listed in this post are all valid, and all boil down to one, really--irresponsible owners. But that's not the only reason I would avoid our local dog park. There's a bit of a unique side issue with the local one. Now, that being said, when DD used to raise Seeing eye puppies, we regularly had get-togethers with the other dogs--at our monthly meetings, at parties, fairs, parades, camping. Once a summer, we'd rent a fenced park (with a lake) for a picnic and we'd let the dogs run free and enjoy themselves. The big difference, though, was that these dogs were all up on all their shots, they were all well-socialized and knew each other and the humans, and we had 2 very well-educated leaders of the club who were able to handle any problems that arose. It was a lot of fun--for the puppies and their raisers....See MoreAt wits end with bullying!!!
Comments (27)I tend to tell my children that it is never okay to fight unless you cant walk away.... I especially stress this because these days (in our school system at least) it doesnt matter who started the fight and it doesnt matter why it happened. If you get caught fighting, you are suspended if not worse. There is a zero toleration policy in school. Although I realize we are talking about on the way to school here, I just dont want to get them confused as to when and where you would be allowed to do it. For me, if you can walk away then you need to. But, here is thought for you.... When I was younger (cant really remember how young elem/middle school age) there was this boy. He was bigger than most of the other kids and just plain mean. He pushed, he hit, he said mean things. No one wanted to go near this kid because he was such a bully. My mom was picking us up from school and saw the boy and said (outloud actually) "enough is enough" She told all of us kids (there are four of us) to follow her. She walked right up to the kid and asked him if it was fun for him to have no one to play with because he was so mean to people. I think he mumbled something to her along the lines of no or something. So she told him we are going to play a game and all of these kids are going to play with you... but there will be no name calling hitting etc... So very very begrudingly all of us kids started playing hide and seek I think it was. After a while we were all having fun and the bully wasnt being a bully any more. When we got home my mom told us that sometimes some kids just dont know how to play nice with other people until you show them how. And we should never assume a bully is being mean just because he can. She told us sometimes just being nice to someone can change them for the better so we should always try to be nice and make friends... maybe they are just desperately looking for someone to like them. After that day we never had a problem with the bully and I have to say it was one of the greatest lessens she ever taught me. It was amazing to me at the time to watch this mean hateful kid turn into someone who was laughing and playing with us with no problems.... and someone who would say hi and be nice from that day forward. ..... Ofcourse she also taught us how to defend ourselves if the time came for that as well....See MoreBest Body Parts for Dogs?
Comments (25)Sushipup1, I think we emailed each other when I first got my puppy-- when you looked at his pedigree, you said he was related to one of your dogs! Thank you for the Red Barn link. I have seen those at the store and wondered how long it would take my dog to work through them, as he makes fast work for PB and other goodies in a Kong unless frozen. Do you freeze yours? We have bought the marrow bones empty and filled them ourselves, but he never chews on the actual marrow and just gets the filling-- then he is done! Oakley, I started to look online to see if I could find someone who sells real rawhide. So interesting-- I never knew about that! That would be ideal. I haven't found a source yet but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist! I keep wondering about bones from the butcher-- that since the ones from the store (made in USA) make him sick, would they also be too rich? BeaglesDIB, where do you get the pig feet? Are there various forms of them in the way they are sold? (As in, frozen?) Annie, oh no! That is both sort of funny and scary! Must have been cute to see your dog with such a big chew-- only an unexpected ending! Sheila, I will try those out! Do I just ask for "marrow bones"? Cyn-- very interesting! Are those a specialty item? Do you only let them chew for so long and then take them away? Lascatx, if they weren't so $$, I would not expect them to last, either! But at $6 a day I'd be spending close to $200 on chews alone! He could easily eat a bully a day. We used to give our dogs rawhide all the time and they were fine-- but now the Internet has scared me into avoiding them for my current dog. He does have a big variety of toys but he is mostly interested in doing surgery on the stuffed ones and has not too much interest in the other ones unless we are actually playing or training. I am teaching how to retrieve a toy and then drop it in his toy box. I am hoping he will be the one animal in this house to clean up after himself! The small humans aren't doing so great with that with their things! Tibbrix-- I'm still experimenting with those. He never touches the deer antler that isn't split and liked the elk one more that WAS split-- though he didn't chew it too much . . .and it was $25! 4Heidedesign, I looked up the toy and found it was a Nylabone chew. I haven't yet tried Nylabone for him but I will. Thank you everyone!...See Moreskiba2
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