Kaleb124 Posted June 16, 2003 Posted June 16, 2003 My adult niece had a nice registered boxer female that she decided she did not want anymore. She brought the boxer over to my elderly parents house and dumped her on my Mom and Dad. The dog was 40 pounds TOPS, nothing but skin and bones. The dog had breathing problems, had NO training, had never been to the vet, had not been spayed, and had spent it's whole life in a 6X10 kennel. It had no idea what the outside world was. It had no manners or anything. So, yesterday I went to my parents house to visit for fathers day....They told me that the same niece had gotten a Rat Terrier puppy. I am sooo ill. I remember over Christmas my niece was saying that she wanted a puppy, (maybe a sheltie) a calm smaller dog that did not eat much. A CALM Rat Terrier!?! You have got to be kidding. My niece knows NOTHING about dogs or training. I would really like to be able to help her with training her dog, but do not want to come off as pushy or "my way is the right way" attitude. I also do not want to see/hear that she has given the dog away because she has not trained the dog. The last thing my Mom told me was that my niece had "whipped" the pup for crying/whining. He is 8 weeks old and she has had him for 2 days. Quote
PamelaJ Posted June 16, 2003 Posted June 16, 2003 geez it's so tough when it's family... i truly hope you can intervene somehow :cry: Quote
Sanvean Posted June 16, 2003 Posted June 16, 2003 Oh, that makes me ill. Maybe you could get your niece a "present" of a good book on dogs? Quote
PamelaJ Posted June 16, 2003 Posted June 16, 2003 i won't even let anyone yell at my dogs for barking...our ex-roommate had a problem with Sorsha barking...he had a very deep voice, never bonded with Sorsha, and to put it simply, she just didn't like him... he yelled at her one night for barking...i told him to shut up and leave the room if he didn't like it...BARKING is what dogs DO!!! Quote
Rowie-the-Pooh Posted June 16, 2003 Posted June 16, 2003 I am truly sorry! :cry: What you need to do is talk to your neice, have her come over to your house or you go to hers. Have a long chat about puppy mills(pictures will do best!), bad training, dog breeds...Etc. Also, a dog book would be nice! What about a dog training video? Bring Kaleb over to her, show her his tricks and stuff, and tell her with time and effort, patience and absaloutly NO hitting, her dog can come to this... A Rat Terrier? Even I can't handle them! :roll: Good Luck! Hope it helped! :) Quote
PamelaJ Posted June 16, 2003 Posted June 16, 2003 great advice Rowie... it's so hard for me to be unbiased and level headed when reading posts like this... my family's practice with dogs that were unhealthy, sick or unruly was either to shoot them or go dump them somewhere...i guess i am sort of branded with emotional scars due to that... i see my dogs as my children, a responsibility that i CHOSE!!!! and on that note, i don't feel that someone's bad choices should EVER justifiably result in a dog being abandoned or abused Quote
Kaleb124 Posted June 16, 2003 Author Posted June 16, 2003 I am going to call her and see if I can bring her the dog training lessons that I used for Kaleb. They are very good for puppies...all positive method...(not that I am against correction but just not with a puppy and not until they learn the basics.) --------------------------- Well I called my niece and made arrangements to come help her train her pup. (I know that it is still VERY young but I would rather give her much needed advice NOW rather than waiting for her to beat the dog to death.) I asked her if I could use her and her pup for training experience...instead of saying "You are gonna kill that dog!!" which is what I feel. Oh well, maybe I take her a couple of good dog books too. A couple come to mind. Thanks for listening and any other suggestions would be much appreciated. Quote
behle Posted June 16, 2003 Posted June 16, 2003 Good show, Kaleb! She sounds like she could really use your calm, reasonable influence to learn how to train herself as well as her dog. I applaud you for taking the high road on this one. And...if things don't work out, you will be able to know right away and give her advice about finding the pup a good home! It's a win/win situation for that little puppy. :kciuki: Quote
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