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   From: ThePuppyWizard@EarthLink.Net   
      
   HOWEDY spot,   
      
   "Spot"  wrote in message   
   news:ZIHAd.14248$fe5.8475@trndny06...   
   >   
   > Well for one thing I certainly wouldn't tell   
   > anyone she's nipped in the past   
      
   You mean you'd LIE, spot?   
      
   > or this could be enough in some counties   
   >  to have her put to sleep.   
      
   You mean MURDERD, spot.   
      
   > You need to seek some professional help   
      
   She's not the WON LYING, spot. YOU ARE.   
      
   >  and get her evaluated   
      
   Have you had a LYING problem for very long, spot?   
   Oh, never mind, you'd LIE to PROTECT yourself   
   from EMBARRASSMENT.   
      
   >  to see what is triggering this behavior   
      
   We KNOW lying is CAUSED by FEAR of GETTIN   
   CAUGHT doin somethin BAAAAAD, spot.   
      
   >  before you can fix it.   
      
   THAT would REQURE HONESTY, spot.   
      
   YOU AIN'T GOT THE CAPACITY.   
      
   > Celeste   
      
   And THAT'S HOWE COME you can't post   
   here abHOWETS nodoGgamenedMOORE.   
      
   REMEMBER NHOWE, spot?   
      
   The dog has FEAR AGGRESSION and separation   
   anxiHOWESNESS and NEEDS HEELP, not HIDING   
   from the TRUTH.   
      
   You got NO ADVICE other than to LIE?   
      
   HOWE would YOU make your dog FRIENDLY?   
      
   > "Mortimer Schnerd, RN"    
   wrote in message   
   > news:j4EAd.5440$Ug2.4443@fe03.lga...   
   >   
   > > I've got a schnauzer / lhasa apso mix that's   
   > > about a year and a half old that I got last   
   > > month from the shelter.  While she's really   
   > > good natured around me, doesn't crap in   
   > > the house, and looks upon me as God,   
   > > she has a Dr. Jeckyl / Mr. Hyde aspect to her.   
   >   
   > > Yesterday she bit a home health aide making her first   
   > > visit to my parent's home.  She's nipped other two people   
   > > in the six weeks I've had her but she didn't break the skin   
   > > then; she did yesterday.   
   > >   
   > > I had the pleasure of having the animal control   
   > > people out to my house this morning to check   
   > > her rabies shot status.  Nows she's on a in-house   
   > > quarantine for the next ten days.  Aside from the   
   > > fear of law suits, this behavior has to stop.   
   > >   
   > > I have not smacked her since I've had her; I 've   
   > > been using tone of voice and certain commands   
   > > to get her to do what I want.  For the most part   
   > > she is eager to please and prefers my company....   
   > > she hates to see me even go to the store and the   
   > > arrival home after work is like the Second Coming   
   > > of Christ. Since I have a weekender position in a   
   > > local hospital, I'm home all week long except   
   > > Saturdays and Sundays.   
   > >   
   > > She gets along great with most other dogs but   
   > > occasionally she shows them (strange dogs...   
   > > not ones she already knows) some aggression   
   > > as well.  I'd like to train this behavior out of her.   
   > > Ideas?   
   > >   
   > > I'm in the Charlotte, NC area if anybody knows   
   > > a professional in that area.   
   >   
   > > --   
   > > Mortimer Schnerd, RN   
   > >   
   > > mortschnerd@carolina.rr.com.barf   
      
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