My house burned down a few years ago and I lost a sign. I don't remember it exactly but it went something like:
God made the heaven's and earth,
He made the winds and stars and the rain,
He made the valley's and mountain's,
The desert's and the tundra.
But he didn't make the dog,
He already had one.
I can't imagine being without a dog and it really bother's me when I see what some people do to their dog's, sometime's unknowingly. Reading thru post's, here and elsewhere, this thing called gunshyness is really prevailent and it needn't be. 99 7/8% is improper introduction to gun fire.
I see many people, well intentioned people, create problem's for thier dog's that could easily have been avoided. Then when all else fail's they resort to the switch, the switch teach's only fear. I have read and believe it to be true that for every minute you spend hitting your dog, you need to spend 15 peting it. Dog's don't understand english, for them it's an association game, you can teach a dog to sit using stand as a command. Yet many people are convinced their dog is really bright and understand's everything they say. we've all hear storie's about those dog's. In reality they preform a certain function thru association with certain sound's.
I see people with electric training collar's absloutely brutilize their dog's. " That'll teach 'em", right, teach them what? I had a client one time that shocked for the sake of shocking so to help him out, I put a collar on his leg's and when he screwed up, whap! But everything was carefilly explained in english first. You;ed have thought one time wiuld cure him, it didn't! And he understood english and had the ability to reason.
Far to many people give dog's credit for a level ofunderstanding they just don't possess. I dearly love rifle's and photography but this forum on dog's is very near and dear to me, I love it!
