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singe_id

Hello

Mar 22, 2009 13:11

Hi Paula, this is Stephanie -------- from Wednesday night's class ( Read more... )

beasts

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_regje_ March 22 2009, 21:02:06 UTC

sounds like is one very tough cookie... or ehm doggie ;þ

singe_id March 23 2009, 16:13:06 UTC

Definitely. :)

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singe_id March 23 2009, 16:10:49 UTC

Oh there's plenty of 'good boys'. After the incident in the park, I made sure to give him a couple of praises when he did things right. And Saturday morning when he came home, I alternated between "OMG you STUPID F'ING DOG!" and "C'mere so I can kiss you again".

nachtschade March 22 2009, 22:37:36 UTC

Omg O_o I wish you lots of good luck and patience... *hugs*

(Btw, I just think of something, did you ever get post from me in the last 2 months?)

singe_id March 23 2009, 16:12:42 UTC

I did! Did I not e-mail? god I've been so bad about that this year - sorry! I LOVE IT! I think people got tired of hearing about it since I left the box on the counter for a couple of weeks and hauled everything out whenever someone came over.

I'll have to do a proper post about it. Sorry. :S

cohkka March 23 2009, 03:12:41 UTC

Wow. Would a "gentle leader" or "halti" work for him? The thing that works like a horse halter on their face, making every passerby ask why you have muzzle on your dog ( ... )

singe_id March 23 2009, 03:23:29 UTC

He actually came from his previous owners with a Gentle Leader. I'm a huge fan of the prong for my abominably-furry Beasts with 3" of neck hair but thought I'd give it a try ( ... )

demonspeed1102 March 23 2009, 03:24:21 UTC

Hmmm...so Dante is an idiot savant, it seems. Equal parts dumbass and equal parts genius.

Is his breed normally abnormally tough to train or is it just because he's a tad old for training?

singe_id March 23 2009, 03:30:22 UTC

Nice icon. :)

Akitas are notoriously tough but I had no idea he'd be this difficult. His former family did him zero favors by not instilling some of the doggy behavior basics. Three years old is way too old to be pulling half this stuff.

Once he decides to quit challenging me for the alpha role, things will get better. For now though, it's like a constant tug-o-war - until I have to place frustrated calls to my trainer to tell her I'm at the point of beating the crap out of my dog.