Quote Originally Posted by Clint45 View Post
There is a Taser and 4 cartridges for sale in the Trading Post right now. Next time you see that freak "tormenting and mistreating" a puppy you need to upgrade the level of "correction" you've been using. Apparently you haven't been firm enough. Freaks like that shouldn't be anywhere around dogs. Is he the unemployed lives-with-mom type who wets the bed and likes to play with fire?
No, he's a good kid, and he treats the animals fairly well. He's 19. He mostly just allows unwanted behavior, or just "yells" to correct the dog, but isn't familiar with a way to introduce good behavior in place of said unwanted behavior. By "tormenting", I mean arousing her while sleeping, playing with, or cuddling the dog, which just serves to annoy her. Or just teasing the dog. He's never physically mistreated or abused any of their animals that I'm aware of. But I show him an example for how my dog acts, versus how Maxine acts and I explain to him and show him proper ways to facilitate good behavior from the dogs.

Even with my dog, I've had to be a bit heavy-handed at times to get his attention, and to respond to the direction I'm giving him, rather than be fixated on whatever unwanted behavior he was doing at the time. He's come a long way, and I've learned a lot in the process, so I do my best to pass on what I've learned.