Quote Originally Posted by higher4hockey
you cant punish the dog for what it did. i dont care who you are , dogs are gonna go after bunnies if theres no one around to tell it not to. punishing that dog would be like punishing an infant for shitting its pants.


people that 'punish' their dogs shouldnt have dogs in the first place.
untrue, my dogs were trained by my dad, im not afraid to say he beats them for messing up. they run out of the house while the door is open, i dont care if they wanted to, they shouldnt do it. so they get smacked.

say a little child is outfront playing in their yard, your dog loves to chase bunnies and deer and shit and anything that movies. he goes after the baby because hey its just another chew toy...

you gotta dicipline your dogs, and if pain is the only form of teaching, so be it. out of fear comes loyalty.

you can say, i never beat my dogs, i never harm them in anyway... if you do, then your dogs own you, i can gaurantee they wont do jack shit you tell them unless you give them a bone for every command.

as of now, i havent had to lay a hand on my dogs since they were pups. they jsut know not to do stupid stuff like running after other animals and stuff unless im with them and they know its ok.

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got carried away, basically i would do what everyone else said, it seems like theyre taking it pretty hard right now by not talking to you. just give it time, hopefully they arent assholes and.... i wont go there, best of luck to ya man.