William Robb wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Christian" > Subject: Re: PESO - I don't approve, but still cute > > > >> I'm afraid that my ex-wife will talk a good game about training now, but >> will get lax as she did with the last (now dead) dog. It only affects >> me as much as it affects my daughter, but I really don't think my >> ex-wife is in a "place" in her life where she can take care of a dog. >> She's proved that with the last 2 dogs (one killed the other; then it >> was put down after biting several people). >> > > That sounds like a dog that was taken from it's momma too early and didn't > have bite inhibition.
It was a stray from the Bahamas maybe 3 months old when they got it. The ex doesn't have "no" in her vocabulary and when my daughter "fell in love with the dog" she let her take it home to Maryland. (a scary aside: all it took was a vet certificate and a frigging stray dog was allowed to come into this country!). > At least Goldens have a certain amount of that built > in, That was the ex's reasoning. Golden or lab. They went with the Golden (I would choose a lab). > How old is your daughter? 11. One week, when the ex was on a business trip, I showed Olivia how to train her dog (the dead biter). The dog was very smart and very quick to learn. I had it heeling and sit-staying within minutes. Even dropping to a sit when we stopped walking. Unfortunately, because I'm not there every day, they didn't keep it up and eventually lost control of the dog. That's why I don't have high hopes that they'll keep up the training on this one. They said they want to do agility training with the new dog, but the ex can't commit to a season of softball so, again, I doubt it will happen. -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
