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Fighting with my goddamn roommates. :mad:
One never lived with a dog before, and mine is young and untrained, so its driving her nuts. I signed the dog (Jane) up for obedience school with this awesome trainer but it doesn't start until end of Oct/beginning of Nov. I already took her through Petsmart obedience training but they only taught the dogs how to do the commands, not to be obedient. My dog jumps a lot out of excitement, and she weighs 65 #, so my roommates are really angry. According to the trainer, its not a problem that can be dealt with using any particular specific technique (yeah, heard all of those about the knee up, ignore the dog, etc etc). Just as one cannnot spot reduce a fat ass, one cannot make the dog stop jumping without first teaching the dog to become totally obedient.
The other roommate is a meek girl and is afraid of my dog.
Meanwhile, keep in mind that the dog has a perfect temperment according to this expert trainer (and in my opinion as well), and is very friendly. So not only am I getting shit from these girls, but my dog is getting treated like shit by them. The meek one is avoiding me so I haven't seen her around but the other one just yells at the dog all the time and tells her she's bad, go away, etc etc. Makes me really upset.
:(
One never lived with a dog before, and mine is young and untrained, so its driving her nuts. I signed the dog (Jane) up for obedience school with this awesome trainer but it doesn't start until end of Oct/beginning of Nov. I already took her through Petsmart obedience training but they only taught the dogs how to do the commands, not to be obedient. My dog jumps a lot out of excitement, and she weighs 65 #, so my roommates are really angry. According to the trainer, its not a problem that can be dealt with using any particular specific technique (yeah, heard all of those about the knee up, ignore the dog, etc etc). Just as one cannnot spot reduce a fat ass, one cannot make the dog stop jumping without first teaching the dog to become totally obedient.
The other roommate is a meek girl and is afraid of my dog.
Meanwhile, keep in mind that the dog has a perfect temperment according to this expert trainer (and in my opinion as well), and is very friendly. So not only am I getting shit from these girls, but my dog is getting treated like shit by them. The meek one is avoiding me so I haven't seen her around but the other one just yells at the dog all the time and tells her she's bad, go away, etc etc. Makes me really upset.
:(
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