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   From: ThePuppyWizard@EarthLink.Net   
      
   THAT'S INSANE.   
      
   YOU MURDERED YOUR OWN DEAD DOG   
   Summer FOR THE SAME REASON.   
      
   "Tee"  wrote in message   
   news:32j702F3k9ui9U1@individual.net...   
   > "Handsome Jack Morrison"  wrote in   
   message   
   > news:tbo8s0h119tccaa3njctm3fbcg0io41bnq@4ax.com...   
   > >   
   > > It's just a hunch, but this really isn't the first time your   
   dog has   
   > > acted spooky around kids (especially loud ones), is it?   
   >   
   > She admitted the dog had been like this since she acquired him   
   at 7 weeks of   
   > age.   
   >   
   > > IMO, you need professional help.  You admit that your dog has   
   always   
   > > been a "nervous beast," and she's probably never going to get   
   any   
   > > better if YOU continue to do the same old things. And things   
   may even   
   > > get a lot worse.   
   > >   
   > > IMO, there's probably something that YOU are doing here, i.e.,   
   some   
   > > way that YOU are reacting, behaving, etc., that's contributing   
   to your   
   > > dog's skittishness and fear.   
   >   
   > Not necessarily.  When a dog starts out fearful as a pup, and   
   continued   
   > attempts at socialization don't significantly remedy the   
   problem, its not at   
   > all likely that the owner is doing something wrong.  Rather its   
   very likely   
   > the dog's temperament is at fault.   
   >   
   > > Yes, there are ways to desensitize a dog to situations like   
   you're   
   > > describing, but it's also very easy to make matters worse   
   (which is   
   > > what you are probably doing already), too, if you don't do   
   them   
   > > correctly.   
   >   
   > Yes and sometimes forced socialization with no results will make   
   matters   
   > worse.  There are some dogs in this world that should be given   
   the freedom   
   > to not go around people or places with loud noises.  If the dog   
   proves to be   
   > unresponsive to exposure of such things then IMO its more kind   
   to just allow   
   > the dog to be a hermit.  Not doing so continues to place the dog   
   in   
   > situations where it becomes overly anxious.   
   >   
   > > Get some help, Pam.  And keep your dog out of the park and   
   away from   
   > > rowdy, noisy kids in the interim.  Otherwise it'll be that   
   much harder   
   > > for you to eventually deal with the situation effectively.   
   >   
   > By help I'd like to clarify that most trainers aren't what's   
   needed here.   
   > Rather a behaviorist would be more effective.   
   >   
   >   
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   > Tara   
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