RE: [PyrNet-L] New puppy

["Murden, Deanna" <Deanna.Murden@wl.com>]

I agree the growling (once) and lack of response to some discipline are
problems, specifically dominance problems.  However, I am shocked some
of you readers are reccommending euthanasia!! It's a 10 week old
puppy!!! Puppies jump and play, not agressively but **clumsily**!!!  but
come on! these are "discipline" problems. How about more discipline than
five minutes/day!!Geez! I'll bet she really is very smart as the
original post states, how about harvesting those brains with some more
work.
With a child at home and not knowing if the owner works during the day,
I'll bet time is slim for training/attention with  the dog.  I'm not
acusing, but too many people expect dogs to be wonderful all on their
own.  

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Adrienne Wilder [SMTP:draggon@stc.net]
> Sent:	Tuesday, July 21, 1998 10:32 PM
> To:	pyrnet-l@gamerz.net
> Subject:	Re: [PyrNet-L] New puppy
> 
> > 
> > >On the other hand, she is a puppy and needs to
> > >learn how to behave. How do I know if I truly have an aggressive
> dog at this
> > >age, and not just a pup that needs training? She has growled at me
> when I
> > >first got her, when I picked her up from under the bushes.
> 
> 
> Okay, these are your choices.  Find a very good breeder to look at the
> 
> pedigree of your pup and test the temperment of the pup to give you an
> 
> idea about what you have.  No one can evaluate the pup for you over 
> e-mail, and it takes experience to know "puppy antics" from out right 
> visciousness.  It is in you favor however, that this is just 
> "brattiness". Or take the pup back to the breeder.
> If you got the dog from a poor breeder then it is to your best
> interest 
> to return it, while you still can, and then look for a good breeder
> with 
> quality pups.  I know this seems cold, but *if* this dog *is*
> agressive, 
> you might find yourself facing an even bigger problem, that would be
> far 
> more sever then a small nip.
> I went through two+ years of dealing with an agressive dog, never
> again.
> 
> -- 
> 
> 
> Adrienne Wilder  
> Murrayville GA
> 
> "Oh, to be loved by a dog!"
> 
> Home of:
> The golden gang,
> Patou and the evil sister geese.
> and many stray cats.