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Help me help my puppy!

Post by ashl.. » Thu, 15 Jun 2000 04:00:00



I recently got a black lab/rotweiler puppy from a friend. It is about 3
1/2 months old and ready to be housetrained. However, I am having
extreme difficulty because it tears up the newspaper (even the special
training pads I purchased) the second I put it down. Crate training is
not an option. The puppy is also extremely hyperactive and will rip at
people's clothes and ankles.I am sure that this is just her way of
playing, but it makes the puppy unpleasant to be around. I desperately
want to keep and love this puppy. What do you advise?

Ashlyn

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Post by Carol Levi » Thu, 15 Jun 2000 04:00:00


Ashlyn:

Why is crate training not an option? I'm sure many of us could/would offer
suggestions to help you, but most of us would probably recommend crate
training. So please explain so that we can try to help you with your
problem.

Thanks,

Carol

Quote:

> I recently got a black lab/rotweiler puppy from a friend. It is about 3
> 1/2 months old and ready to be housetrained. However, I am having
> extreme difficulty because it tears up the newspaper (even the special
> training pads I purchased) the second I put it down. Crate training is
> not an option. The puppy is also extremely hyperactive and will rip at
> people's clothes and ankles.I am sure that this is just her way of
> playing, but it makes the puppy unpleasant to be around. I desperately
> want to keep and love this puppy. What do you advise?

> Ashlyn

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Help me help my puppy!

Post by Jerry How » Thu, 15 Jun 2000 04:00:00


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Quote:
> I recently got a black lab/rotweiler puppy from a friend. It is
about 3
> 1/2 months old and ready to be housetrained. However, I am having
> extreme difficulty because it tears up the newspaper (even the
special
> training pads I purchased) the second I put it down. Crate training
is
> not an option. The puppy is also extremely hyperactive and will rip
at
> people's clothes and ankles.I am sure that this is just her way of
> playing, but it makes the puppy unpleasant to be around. I
desperately
> want to keep and love this puppy. What do you advise?

> Ashlyn

Hello Ashlyn,

Read the Wits' End Dog Training Method manual available for free at
http://www.moonsgarden.com/ You'll learn everything you need to know
about handling and training your dog. It will take about two hours of
study, and you'll get IMMEDIATE results. Jerry.

Is it any wonder that the following sig file has generated more
complaints to my personal email than any other controversial
post I have made to date, bar none?:

                                            caveat
If you have to do things to your dog to train him, that you would
rather not have to do, then you shouldn't be doing them. If you
have a dog trainer that tells you to jerk your dog around, ***
him, pinch his ears, or twist his toes, shock, shake, slap, scold,
hit, or punish him in any manner, that corrections are
appropriate, that the dog won't think of you as the punisher,
or that corrections are not harmful, or if they can't train your
dog to do what you want, look for a trainer that knows Howe.

Sincerely,
Jerry Howe,
Wits' End Dog Training

http://www.moonsgarden.com/
Nature, to be mastered, must be obeyed.
                      -Francis Bacon-

There are terrible people who, instead of solving a problem,
bungle it and make it more difficult for all who come after.  Who
ever can't hit the nail on the head should, please, not hit at all.
                     -Nietzsche-

The abilities to think, rationalize and solve problems are learned
qualities.

The Wits' End Dog Training Method challenges the learning
centers in the dogs brain. These centers, once challenged,
develop and continue to grow exponentially, to make him smarter.

The Wits' End Dog Training method capitalizes on praising split
seconds of canine thought, strategy, and timing, not mindless
hours of forced repetition, constant corrections, and scolding.
                  -Jerry Howe-

 
 
 

Help me help my puppy!

Post by Jerry How » Thu, 15 Jun 2000 04:00:00



Quote:
> Ashlyn:

> Why is crate training not an option? I'm sure many of us
could/would offer
> suggestions to help you, but most of us would probably recommend
crate
> training. So please explain so that we can try to help you with
your
> problem.

> Thanks,

> Carol

Hello Carol,

She doesn't want to end up with a problem dog like YOU have. j;~]

I don't think there's anything FUNNY about hurting dogs and saying
you're not.

lyingfrostydahly: ">>>Get a stick 30- or 40-inches long.
You can have a helper wield the stick, or do it yourself. Tougher,
less tractable dogs may require you to progress to striking them
more sharply.>>>

Quote:
>>> With your hand on the collar and ear, say, "fetch."

Immediately tap the dog on the hindquarters with the
stick. Repeat "fetch" and pinch the ear all the way to the dummy.

Quote:
>>>Repeat, varying how hard you hit the dog,>>>"

Wouldn't you think that was despicable enough even just writing
that, let alone risk suffering the embarrassment of not only
having that attributed to yourself, but in fact denying your best
work and PROVING YOURSELF A SHAMELESS LIAR AND
ADVOCATE OF DOG ABUSE???

YOUR pals make it EASY for me to RUIN THEIR REPUTATIONS...
and cause them irreparable HARM in their ''field of expertise''... if
they just stop posting, I'll have to WORK at discrediting you bums.

Do the rescue folks KNOW HOWE your pals twist and pinch dog's
ears and toes, and jerk, choke, and shock dogs because they've got
so many dogs to HELP and such little time to do it in???

Does anybody know HOWE a dog sounds when he's SQUEALING
because his ears or toes are being pinched and twisted?

Cindy moore and amy dahl do. Ask them.

They'll tell you they don't twist?

They'll tell you they don't hurt?

cindymoron'll tell you she's DEAF, and she can't HEAR them
scream, so it doesn't mean anything to her. Prove there's even any
sound when dogs scream because she's hurting them...

She'll tell you that FEAR, FORCE, AND PUNISHMENT is
necessary for ALL "ADVANCED TRAINING", to enhance the
bond between "trainer" and dog and achieve the higher aspects
of obedience through TWISTING and PINCHING EARS and
TOES, and BEATING DOGS WITH STICKS...

Let's hear cindy moore and pals SQUEAL for a change.

Ask her about the toe hitch.

Ask her about "table work."

Ask her why she HURTS dogs, and calls that training? Ask her
why she WON'T answer these questions like her pal
lyingfrostydahly did below, when she EARNED HER LYING
TITLE???

Here's what our respected friend and rpdb contributor amy dahl
has to say about ear and toe pinching and twisting and
BEATING DOGS WITH STICKS to MOTIVATE them.

TELL US YOU DON'T DO THE SAME THINGS, cindymoron...:

Amy Dahl LIES with a straight face and says:

Quote:
>>>> I don't beat dogs, twist ears, or pinch toes.
>> > http://www.moonsgarden.com/
>> > http://www.moonsgarden.com/

Aren't those YOUR OWN WORDS??? But YOU don't DO THAT???

People, this is HOWE consistency works, and most particularly
well with dogs, because here, the same methods are being used
to INFLUENCE YOU, and YOU certainly are more intellectually
capable of solving problems and have greater critical thinking
skills than your dogs..., and these methods work on YOU.

Quote:
>>> That article, reprinted from The Retriever Journal, is
>>> the words of my husband John and myself.

Meaning "We'll share the credit, making it more credible??? Or
we'll share the blame, to mitigate our own individual
responsibility and guilt..." YOU decide, it's not my business
where the blame falls.

Quote:
>>>> For the benefit of anyone who is in doubt, and who chooses
>>>> not to read the article, there is NO mention in it of "twisting
>>>> ears,"

From the text">>>"

">>>Now you are ready to progress to what most people think of
as force-fetching: the ear pinch.>>>

Quote:
>>>"but will squeal, thrash around, and direct their efforts to

escaping the ear pinch>>>

Quote:
>>>You can press the dog's ear with a shotshell instead of your

thumb;>>>

Quote:
>>> even get a studded collar and pinch the ear against

that>>>

Quote:
>>> Make the dog's need to stop the pinching so urgent that

resisting your will fades in importance.>>>

Quote:
>>>Say "fetch" while pressing the dummy against its lips and pinching

its ear.>>>

Quote:
>>> if the dog still does not open its mouth, get out the shotshell.

Try pinching the ear between the metal casing and the collar,
even the buckle on the collar. Persist! Eventually, the dog will
give in>>>"

Right... Didn't lyingfrostydahly just deny all of that? There's
more... That was just a little about ear pinching, and no there
was NO MENTION of twisting ears... cindy moore has all that
information for you...

Does it really matter? The semantics of whether we're twisting
or pinching or slapping or hitting or correcting or nicking instead
of BURNING???

The only terminology that doesn't have any NEAT euphemisms
to take the CURSE off what our respected "trainers" actually
MEAN (see definitions of punishment thread), is*** to
REHABILITATE the dog, as ALL of our Koehler fans MUST
endorse. Also notice the use of "it" for dog and "the" for him or
YOUR DOG.

That's not coincidental, it's all part of the psychologically and
very cleverly designed DESENSITIZATION and
MISINFORMATION necessary to REDUCE a good person
to ACCEPT and DO HORRIBLE THINGS to dogs and TRYING
to call ABUSE training.

These are the subtle differences between being an expert dog
trainer and some morally bankrupt vicious rotten abusive cretin
that goes to jail for abusing dogs...  But don't lose interest now
folks, there's more...

Quote:
>>> NO mention whatsoever of dogs' toes in any context,
>>> and NO mention of "beating" dogs.

RIGHT... .

lyingfrostydahly: ">>>Get a stick 30- or 40-inches long.
You can have a helper wield the stick, or do it yourself. Tougher,
less tractable dogs may require you to progress to striking them
more sharply.>>>

Quote:
>>> With your hand on the collar and ear, say, "fetch."

Immediately tap the dog on the hindquarters with the
stick. Repeat "fetch" and pinch the ear all the way to the dummy.

Quote:
>>>Repeat, varying how hard you hit the dog,>>>"

Wouldn't you think that was despicable enough even just writing
that, let alone risk suffering the embarrassment of not only
having that attributed to yourself, but in fact denying your best
work and PROVING YOURSELF A SHAMELESS LIAR AND
ADVOCATE OF DOG ABUSE??? But it goes on...

Quote:
>>> chuck (for the uninitiated, "chuck" means strike) the dog

under the chin with your ever-ready right hand while saying
"No!">>>

Quote:
>>>If the dog drops it, chuck (slap) it solidly under the chin, say

"No! Hold!"  use a chuck (slap) under the chin or pinch its ear
and place the dummy in its mouth.>>>

Quote:
>>> If it doesn't make rapid progress, you can increase the

pressure by requiring it to pick up the dropped dummy (stay on
the ear until it does).>>>

Quote:
>>>(perhaps because the ear is getting tender, or the dog has

decided it isn't worth it).>>> pinch its ear and say, "fetch,">>>

Here we have consistency and a plea for reason, directly in
contradiction to the blackman and white facts signed and
published by our expert trainer...  Accordingly, the consistency
of constant repetitions of your requests for understanding and
compliance from your dogs, dictates that YOU WILL GET IT.

So long as you are consistent and keep repeating the exact
same scenario, no matter what... Including and especially when
you calculatedly and intentionally deny the truth and make your
requests seem reasonable, THEY EXPECT YOU TO BELIEVE
that such behavior is NORMAL.

Quote:
> In our training we do not do any of these things, nor do we
> advocate them to others.

See what I mean? Character, morals, ethics, integrity, human
decency? 0.000%. Not a shred. She might have scored 0.001 had
she NOT LIED ABOUT IT.

Quote:
>>>"Any refusals are corrected with the ear pinch. When

performance is smooth, the stick can be added just as in the
fetch from a sitting position. If the previous steps have been
carefully done, the dog will soon be lunging eagerly for each
dummy as soon as it sees it.>>>

This is HOWE they get that happy e***d working attitude that
they all talk about... That's their criteria for making their dogs
happy, willing team mates...They BEAT IT INTO THE DOG.

That's WHY Jerry's HIGH-STAKES challenge to frantik fraud die...
His dog isn't working, she's AVOIDING GETTING BURNED...I'll walk
away with HIS national champion "protection" dog and show him up
for the vicious, loudmouthed ignoramus he is.

And there's a jail cell waiting for cindy moore if she ever
demonstrates HER forced fetch in front of A JURY composed of ANY
DECENT human beings.

Quote:
> Jerry Howe has once again demonstrated his lack of
> reading comprehension.

Right. Perhaps that's because I get a little disturbed with all of
the abuse, and I begin reading more into it than what the author
intended???...

Quote:
>>>"Slip an empty shotshell into your pocket before the next

session. As always, begin with some review. Then sit the dog.
Take hold of its buckle collar and ear as follows. Slide the last
three fingers of your left hand towards the dog's head under the
collar, and curl them over the collar to grasp it firmly. With your
thumb and index finger, pull the dog's left ear back over the
collar (inside up) and hold it there gently. The "ear pinch" is
administered by pressing with your thumbnail at the boundary
between hair and bare skin (don't pinch yet). Depending on the
size and strength of your hands, you may want to press against
the collar or against your index finger.>>>

Quote:
>>>You want it to get the idea that the ear-pinch means,>>> If

the dog clenches its mouth shut, you may be in for another
extended session. Keep pinching and press the dummy harder
against the dog's lips.>>>

Quote:
>>>Repeat "fetch." Again, keep your voice calm. If several

minutes pass and>>> You don't want the dog to think that it is
"beating the ...

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Help me help my puppy!

Post by Shell » Thu, 15 Jun 2000 04:00:00


From  my own experience,
I MADE crate training an option--
Because I had a large breed puppy (actually a cross of 2 large breeds) and I
didn't want to deal w/ the icky *large* messes on newspaper!
(Crate trained out of squeamishness, now HAPPIER than EVER that I DID give
crate training a try--plus, after 6 months...the squeamishness is TOTALLY
gone...funny how a "baby" will do that to you!)
Shelly, Coda & Guiness...


Quote:
> Ashlyn:

> Why is crate training not an option? I'm sure many of us could/would offer
> suggestions to help you, but most of us would probably recommend crate
> training. So please explain so that we can try to help you with your
> problem.

> Thanks,

> Carol


> > I recently got a black lab/rotweiler puppy from a friend. It is about 3
> > 1/2 months old and ready to be housetrained. However, I am having
> > extreme difficulty because it tears up the newspaper (even the special
> > training pads I purchased) the second I put it down. Crate training is
> > not an option. The puppy is also extremely hyperactive and will rip at
> > people's clothes and ankles.I am sure that this is just her way of
> > playing, but it makes the puppy unpleasant to be around. I desperately
> > want to keep and love this puppy. What do you advise?

> > Ashlyn

> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
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Help me help my puppy!

Post by ashl.. » Thu, 15 Jun 2000 04:00:00


The reason I don't think crate training is an option is because I am
not home enough during the day to let the puppy out and play with it. I
thought it would be much happier in a larger area with toys to play
with, but obviously paper training isn't working. Also, should I tackle
the behavior problem before or after housetraining? Thank you.

Ashlyn

Quote:
>Ashlyn:
>Why is crate training not an option? I'm sure many of us could/would
>offer suggestions to help you, but most of us would probably recommend
>crate training. So please explain so that we can try to help you with
>your problem.
>Thanks,
>Carol

>>I recently got a black lab/rotweiler puppy from a friend. It is
>>about 3 1/2 months old and ready to be housetrained. However, I am
>>having extreme difficulty because it tears up the newspaper (even the
>>special training pads I purchased) the second I put it down. Crate
>>training is not an option. The puppy is also extremely hyperactive
>>and will rip at people's clothes and ankles.I am sure that this is
>>just her way of playing, but it makes the puppy unpleasant to be
>>around. I desperately want to keep and love this puppy. What do you
>>advise?
>>Ashlyn

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Help me help my puppy!

Post by Jerry How » Thu, 15 Jun 2000 04:00:00


Hello cindymoron,



Quote:
> Well, stop calling her it, for starters.

Your pal amy dahl calls them IT when she teaches pinching and
twisting ears and beating dogs with sticks... What's wrong with that?

I think it helps to distance yourself from what you are really doing
to the dog, wouldn't you agree???

Quote:
> You didn't say why crate training isn't an option (are you gone too
> long during the day?), but then your alternative is to take her out
> every hour or two hours.  At four*** weeks, she is still very
young
> and needs a lot of attention to get the housebreaking thing down.

Crating often cause barrier frustration...and hyperactivity.

Quote:
> I suggest you take a look at
> http://www.moonsgarden.com/

Right. There you will be taught to stick your fingers down the
puppies throat to ***him out of mouthing, to throw your dog down
by his ears and climb all over him like a wild animal, to knee your
dog in the chest, to jerk, choke, punish, confront, intimidate, and
even to stick his head under water you filled into a hole he's dug...

NICE STUFF? There's WORSE on her pages.

Quote:
> there are also suggestions on dealing with biting

Yes, you stick your fingers down their throats and ***them, but
YOU don't like to get SLIME on your fingers...

Quote:
> there along with a  lot more,

Yes. I'll be looking forward to seeing you prosecuted in a criminal
court. You'll be asked to demonstrate your methods, with me as an
expert witness for the prosecution... Be nice to see you get some
jail time for animal abuse...

Quote:
> like the schedule needed for housetraining (tho it discusses crate
> training, the issues are still similar).  Could be helpful.

Yes, it could be very helpful if you don't care about killing your
dog because you've abused him.

Quote:
> --Cindy

No sig file for you today. Jerry.