Darlak your doggies are cute![]()
one time I saw her dangling her over the railing leading to downstairs (mind you the puppy is scared to walk down the stairs and I know Sara knew she was wrong for doing this and cried when I corrected her).
Any advice on how to put a stop to this without getting rid of her.
Metime. What good do you think it does to respond to a request for help and advice with an attack on parenting and accusing someone of lack of concern for the puppy's wellbeing. I wouldn't have posted on her looking for advice if I wasn't concerned. If you were concerned about the puppy or anyone involved's well-being you would be helpful and offer insight and not just down me and my attempt to get some support/advice. Please do me a favor and don't try to help anymore because you have failed miserably!! What good do you think will come from your post??
I won't be reading any further posts so please do not reply unless you have something supportive to say. I won't be reading anyway so sorry to the posters who had good intentions and did try to help. I really appreciate the good hearted people on this board who are actually concerned and offered constructive advice. It is much appreciated but to all the others who just want to point the finger and put someone down get a life and find somene else to put down!!!
Tell your 5yo daughter that she is NOT ALLOWED to touch the puppy unless a responsible adult is around to supervise because she has proven that she is not capable of touching the puppy responsibly.
Bichons are one the most sweet natured, gentle dogs around. I have one, he's 7 mos. old. Just thinking about a child being too rough with mine makes me sad and furious all at the same time. Please take the advice here, and only allow supervised contact. Your puppy needs you to make sure she is handled in an appropriate manner.
Wow, you are really overreacting. Your first post did not paint the picture of a loving home with kind owners - maybe you should go back and read it and see if you can understand why we all reacted as we did. Sorry you didn't like the advice. If you weren't willing to consider advice that didn't agree with you, an internet message board probably wasn't the best place to ask for it. Most of us were truly trying to help you make things better and keep you from making things worse. From the things you've posted, it sounds as though many of us do know quite a bit more about dogs than you do and you sound like you could use some help with the subject. If you aren't willing to listen to us, maybe an obedience trainer would be more helpful.
If things have really gotten so much better since last night, that's great. I admit I am shocked to hear that you have other dogs, since your OP didn't sound at all like something a person familiar with dogs would have written.
I hope that your puppy isn't forced to defend herself any more. Good luck to her!
I think puppy is just struggling to get away- dogs don't scratch for Protection like cats.Just an FYI I have not read any more of your responses as I am not going to defend myself anymore nor am I going to allow myself to be attacked again. Thanks for all of your well meaning responses. But there's a difference between offering advice and being downright mean and criticizing someone. Take a good look at yourselves and see if you are perfect before you decide to judge someone so harshly again. I'm pretty sure you will see you're not.
Just an FYI I have not read any more of your responses as I am not going to defend myself anymore nor am I going to allow myself to be attacked again. Thanks for all of your well meaning responses. But there's a difference between offering advice and being downright mean and criticizing someone. Take a good look at yourselves and see if you are perfect before you decide to judge someone so harshly again. I'm pretty sure you will see you're not.
Just an FYI I have not read any more of your responses as I am not going to defend myself anymore nor am I going to allow myself to be attacked again. Thanks for all of your well meaning responses. But there's a difference between offering advice and being downright mean and criticizing someone. Take a good look at yourselves and see if you are perfect before you decide to judge someone so harshly again. I'm pretty sure you will see you're not.
This is an prime example of a non-helpful response. The OP said that the staircase dangling was a one-time incident and that her DD was punished for it and understands why it was a bad idea. Young kids do stupid things and this was one of them. It's not going to happen again and there is no reason to keep on needling the OP on the issue. That is NOT constructive criticism, but just plain snarkiness.I certainly didn't see anyone claim to be perfect, I just saw posters being frank with their advice which quite frankly was warranted being that the dog was clearly put in a hazardous situation. If you can't see that, then I'm afraid you are the one who needs to take a step back and gain some fresh perspective.
I hope at the very least the poor thing doesn't get dangled over any more staircases.![]()