[Dailydrool] Snarlin hounds

[BasetSavr5 at aol.com]

I have read with interest the story of the snarling hound. Personally, I  
have none of the gang sleep with us here. The young ones have crates. They sleep  
there, have time out there, and when the boys get into trouble, a stretch in 
the  crate- of 10 minutes sure tells them what they did was not acceptable. I 
use my  big girl voice, and have had to train hubby to yell, something he is 
not  accustom to. I use a water bottle, most of the time all I have to do is 
pick it  up, they now know. To me, with rescue dogs you have to look deep, they  
never forget who rescued them, and we never really know what they have been  
thru, what they have had to do to fight  to survive. Brudder Jake, we do  know 
a bit about him-beat half to death, owner surrender as the woman said she  
didn't think he would survive hubbys next beating. Jake is very leery of new  
people, he watches the pack before he joins in. At the vet the other night, he  
was scared, he growled at a lady that turned around and spoke to me. I 
corrected  him and removed him from the busy room. Jake is very protective of me.  I  
have more work to do with him. But we work with him, we give him time to also 
 see himself the old days are gone, it takes work it takes time, discipline 
yes,  not adding more fear to a dog that has known too much of that. Each dog 
is  different and we all walk a fine line to find what works. Would I put a 
shock  collar on him?? NEVER. Sorry Sue, I disagree completely. Perhaps it worked 
for  you on puppy Daisy, but to me a shock collar is harsh, adding fear to 
fear. Is  my house out of control, probably so to many folks, and that's okay 
for me.  Putting a shock collar on any of my hounds to change behavior will 
never happen  here.
 
Debbie  Winchester
Official Food Slave and Drool Mop Queen to
Bob, Casey atb,  Elder Clara, Daisy, Jake and
Brudder Elwood OEBE 
Instigator of Evil Deeds  
Virginia Beach Basset Hounds

Go to _www.brudderelwood.com_ (http://www.brudderelwood.com/)  and order 
Brudder  Elwoods Book, Help the rescue hounds today!
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