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How is NOT jumping on the public being handled. It seems that no one is training this dog and that someone has to unless you like to have dogs jump on you. Wrong on so many levels, maybe....but not so much different than letting your kid pee on someone else's hardwood floors. How is the kid supposed to know he isn't allowed to do that?
My issue is the discline of kneeing the dog is innapropriate. The dog does need to be worked with and trained not to jump on people. A child shouldn't pee on the floor but it wouldn't be your job to knee another persons child if it peed on the floor....is that logic making sense at all
Your right, it shouldn't be hard in the chest, but the raised knee is very effective in breaking problem jumpers. It should never be done in an abusive manner, just to discourage the jumping.
Any dog should attend obedience, classes at least a basic class.
You're right.
Gently raising the knee, a hand signal and a no (all at the same time) is effective if a dog is a stubborn jumper.
I have had dogs that nothing else works with.
Jumping up is play to dogs. It means they love you... it should not be rewarded with aggression.
You don't want to ever send a dog flying... especially not a ....
Any dog,.... ESPECIALLY her breed of puppy should be in obedience training -- with a trainer who uses positive method training with treats and clickers.
A breed, like this one, needs to be in much more than just the basic class.
It sounds like the owner of the dog would learn a lot in training class.
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Oh this just makes me so mad One argument I just seem to have (with my boss ...no less) is kneeing a dog in the chest when it jumps up. His girlfiriend has a 23 year old daughter that bought her husband a pit bull puppy before he went to war in Iraq. Huge issue because he was against them spending the money and he hates Pit bulls...so now that the puppy is six months old it does jump up. My boss seems to feel that every time he and his girlfriend go to visit it is his duty to knee this puppy in the chest and send it sprawling and complain that the puppy is not discplined....acccjjj! Does this bother anybody else or am I just being over sensitive about dogs
Is it the knee method or the fact that he is doing this to someone else's dog that bothers you? I have used the knee method although not to the point of sending a dog sprawling across the room, thats a good way to injure the dog. Simply raising you knee as the dog jumps works just fine. I also don't agree that it is his place to discipline her dog. If she isn't doing anything about the jumping then I would mention to her that ob training would be a place to start and help her in that way. Or I would tell her that I'd rather not come over until she has more control over her dog.
Is it the knee method or the fact that he is doing this to someone else's dog that bothers you? I have used the knee method although not to the point of sending a dog sprawling across the room, thats a good way to injure the dog. Simply raising you knee as the dog jumps works just fine. I also don't agree that it is his place to discipline her dog. If she isn't doing anything about the jumping then I would mention to her that ob training would be a place to start and help her in that way. Or I would tell her that I'd rather not come over until she has more control over her dog.
Nope I don't use the knee method at all. That is like claiming your kid ran into your hand That just doesn't cut it. My dog was never a victim of the knee and truly you could not ask for a nicer dog
I think it's absolutely awful. Physical punishments are a big no-no in my books.
Personally, I want to punch your boss in the neck. "See how it feels, buddy?" But that's just me...
Yes Thank you!!! I have a non violence policey and so does my work...haha but this just makes me upset He also has issues with the dog because he thinks the dog cost to much and it is a Pit Bull but god that is still so awful!
Sounds like your boss needs some anger management classes. He obviously isn't just trying to get the dog off of him. If he keeps it up that dog is going to be seriously injured.
And hey, next time you see your boss' girlfriend, check and see if she has any bruises on her too.
Nope I don't use the knee method at all. That is like claiming your kid ran into your hand That just doesn't cut it. My dog was never a victim of the knee and truly you could not ask for a nicer dog
My dog was a sweet heart as well. He is the only one I used the knee method with. I never thrust my knee into him, I just brought my knee up to block him from jumping on me. As for your comment about your kid running into your hand, I don't get the connection.
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One argument I just seem to have (with my boss ...no less) is kneeing a dog in the chest when it jumps up. His girlfiriend has a 23 year old daughter that bought her husband a pit bull puppy before he went to war in Iraq. Huge issue because he was against them spending the money and he hates Pit bulls...so now that the puppy is six months old it does jump up. My boss seems to feel that every time he and his girlfriend go to visit it is his duty to knee this puppy in the chest and send it sprawling and complain that the puppy is not discplined....acccjjj! Does this bother anybody else or am I just being over sensitive about dogs
That just doesn't cut it. My dog was never a victim of the knee and truly you could not ask for a nicer dog
He also has issues with the dog because he thinks the dog cost to much and it is a Pit Bull but god that is still so awful!
