Re: Recent digging dog driving us nuts!

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 18:18:18 GMT, rw <rw56_to_the_chase@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>This Border Collie is sensitive by nature -- the most sensitive dog I've
>ever had. She's also extremely active, eager to please, highly
>trainable, and trained to a very fine degree. She also happens to be in
>love with me, and I adore her. She's contentedly asleep on my bed at the
>moment, after a good workout this morning. So don't worry about her,
>Shelly. She's doing just fine.

none of that is relevant to the point. dogs and humans do have some
similarities, one of which is that many of them will turn themselves
inside out showing love and devotion to those who abuse them.

if your dog is sensitive by nature, then giving her a correction that
turns her into a nervous wreck is inappropriate and abusive. if,
indeed, that's what you're actually describing. like i said, your
communication skills suck. the only question is whether it's your
human-human or your human-dog communication skills, or both, that are
sub par.

helpfully,

--
shelly
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I must see new things and investigate them. I want to taste dark water
and see crackling trees and wild winds.
-- Egon Schiele
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