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   From: ThePuppyWizard@EarthLink.Net   
      
   HOWEDY marcel the imbecile idiot liar dog abuser   
   coward mental case phd psychoclHOWEN,   
      
   You jerked and choked your own little dog till IT   
   bit your Mrs. and grHOWELES at you when you   
   carry the newspaper and grHOWELED at your   
   brother for two weeks straight when he visited   
   and you lock your own dog in a crate in the basement   
   to muffle ITS cries you miserable lying dog abusing   
   mental case:   
      
   Rocky <2dogs@rocky-dog.com> wrote in   
   news:Fri95B37CF743490australianshepherdca@rocky-dog.com:   
   > Marcel Beaudoin said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:   
   >   
   >> Hate to break it to you Matt, but like I said in the e-mail   
   >> I sent you, there was no forgery. All the posts in this   
   >> thread attributed to me were written by me.   
   >   
   > Sorry to not get back to you on email (I'm dealing with a ton of   
   > that right now), but there were a couple of things that led me   
   > to believe it wasn't you - the main one being that you tried   
   > relocating Moogli to the basement.   
      
   NP. I figured that was it. As for relocating him to   
   the basement, that was made under a great deal   
   of duress.   
      
   Once I told Genevieve that if she wanted   
   him to stop crying, that she would be going   
   down the stairs all the time, the idea got shelved.   
      
   Now he is in the bedroom in the corner. Settles down   
   quite quietly at night, no squirtguns needed any more.   
      
   Funny story with that. When I leave for work, Moogli   
   gets to sleep the rest of the morning in bed with Gen.   
   Yesterday morning, when Gen woke up, she couldn't   
   feel him in bed with her so she looked around in a panic.   
      
   The first thought in her head was that she had squished   
   him flat. (I know I know, but as Gen gets more pregnant,   
   her brains are turning to mush. I expect to come home   
   one day to find whiteout on the laptop) She looked and   
   looked in the bed under the covers for him in a panic.   
   She looked downtairs in the living room to see if he had   
   gone down to one of the couches and crashed on a pillow.   
   Finally, she gets back upstairs and sees him asleep (still)   
   in his cage.   
   --   
   Marcel and Moogli   
      
   BWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAHAHAHHHAAAA!!!   
      
      
      
   "Marcel Beaudoin"  wrote in   
   message news:Xns95E19CA1B380Cmbeausympaticoca@130.133.1.4...   
   > "B Kiker"  wrote in   
   > news:aWUGd.21454$fE4.4290946@twister.southeast.rr.com:   
   >   
   > > First of all, I am the parent.  Secondly, NO I do not want a   
   dog in my   
   > > house.  Some people may want dogs in their house, I personally   
   do NOT.   
   > >  I love the new puppy, she is a good dog.  As far as goals, no   
   I do   
   > > not have a list of goals for her.  I would like for her just   
   to be a   
   > > good dog, not to jump on people, or bite etc.. It seems that I   
   have   
   > > hit a nerve with you "Rocky" and "Handsome Jack Morrison",   
   which I did   
   > > not mean to, all I wanted was some advice on solving my   
   problem,   
   > > perhaps I posted my question in the wrong news group!   
   >   
   > Collective wisdom (and experience) in this group is that one of   
   the basic   
   > building blocks that are required to have a well-trained and   
   behaved dog   
   > is to have it in close proximity to you as much as possible.   
   Thus, while   
   > you may get comments, chances are good that they will all   
   include some   
   > form of "the dog should be in the house" comment.   
   >   
   > That being said, here is how I would train the puppy to not go   
   in the   
   > garage.   
   >   
   > First of all, the puppy does not know that the garage is his   
   home.   
   > Puppies (and most dogs unless there is a medical condition) will   
   > instinctively go to the bathroom away from where they eat or   
   sleep. A   
   > garage is large enough that it is rather simple for the dog to   
   move to   
   > the other side and go. Until the dog is fully trained, constant   
   vigilance   
   > is required. You need to watch the dog so that you can pick up   
   her   
   > signals for when she is about to go to the bathroom. When you   
   see these   
   > signals, you take her outside to the spot where you want her to   
   go, and   
   > then wait. She will eventually go. When she goes, praise praise   
   praise   
   > and give her a treat. Eventually she will learn that going   
   outside is a   
   > good thing. Then you have to teach her that the dog-door is a   
   good thing   
   > as well. I have never had one, so I don't know how you would go   
   about   
   > training for that.   
   >   
   > An important point to note (and I am not saying you are doing   
   this, but   
   > it is fairly common, so I thoughht I would be safe) is that if   
   you make a   
   > mistake and don't watch her close enough and she goes in the   
   garage, do   
   > not yell at her. That may cause her to do any number of things   
   which are   
   > counter to what you want. If she accidentally goes in the   
   garage, it is   
   > because you have not watched her close enough to catch the   
   warning   
   > signals.   
   >   
   > --   
   > Marcel and Moogli   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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