Dog doesn't make any noise with family, only strangers. Jumps on family, lots of tail wags. Big puppydog eyes when seeing people eat.
That's good, he is not so far gone that he has abandoned all his doggy social skills.
I spank my dog like I spanked my kids. Dogs are like toddlers and need to be treated as such. They need lots of love but also lots of discipline. You have to set clear boundaries and stick to them. The dog will pick up on it just like a child will and eventually you won't have to spank it as much as it learns right from wrong. If you take it too far into the realm of abuse though you end up with other problems just like with kids.
Agreed, but generally shitty misbehaved dogs come from shitty misbehaved people. I think their owners should get the .22 and shovel treatment as well. I'm almost certain @Crystal Coomer copy and pasted that from somewhere, but OP's relative deserves the same treatment as the dog.
That's literally so retarded I don't know where to begin. Dogs are not like toddlers, dogs are not equal intelligence to toddlers, dogs are not human, dogs do not understand why you are spanking them, all they understand is that you're going to hit them. They don't have the mental capacity to understand. Also hitting toddlers is retarded too. Stop being a retard.
Was your car in the neighbor's house?
Sounds to me like you are underestimating the mental capabilities of dogs and I hope you don't have kids. My sister never spanked her kid. Her kid is horrible. My kids are well behaved, mostly well mannered, and a delight to be around. My niece is a wretch who only thinks about herself and will dress down her own mother as my sister shrinks away. It's a pitiful sight. My kids have an open invitation to take me on. I've told them that their whole lives. There will come a crossover point where I am no longer as strong as they are and If I have played my cards right they will start taking care of me and discipline me for calling the nurses niggers. If I haven't played my cards right they will outright kill me and that is an approved option. Maybe I just have the worlds smartest dog but If you treat him like a three year old it just works. My dog is with me 24/7 365. He even has his own supervisor's office at work. He lays up there in a pile of blankets watching over everyone until he is called for, it's lunch time, or some stranger comes around he needs to bark at to let me know they are there. He sees hundreds of people and interacts with all of them differently according to how they interact with him. I've had dogs my entire life and I think I've finally gotten it right this time around. I have less time with children, but things seem to be going ok so far. I'd like to think that my lifetime of caring for other living beings has bled between human and animal and I'm the ultimate mammal tamer. Truth is I'm just doing the best I can and I'm probably lucky to have the best kids and dog in the world. My cat is just a cat. There is nothing that you can do for a cat.
Agreed, my dog listens perfectly without me even having to yell at him. He either gets positive reinforcement from me or he'll get the cold shoulder which upsets him so much he'll actively try to avoid pissing me off.
No, we live across the street.
Small female human versus an 80 lbs dog. Dog is very powerful and capable of pulling.
dog needs to be somewhere else, very soon
