I think the point is, don’t beat your dog if you find it doing it’s business on the floor. You don’t beat or hit a cowering dog. But sometimes you have to face down an aggressive one. And you have to face it DOWN.
Better than hitting it, is a sharp correction and then hold it down until it succumbs. They hate that worse than a hit. Have your child hold it down and the lesson will be a good one.
Remember, with dogs it’s all “pride” not the pain. The “holding down” follows the lesson through better than screaming or hitting. The problem is, following through like that takes a little work and time.
I haven’t had this problem in years, but my Akitas used to get into vicious fights. One ripped the topped off the others head once.
At times like that, rules about “not hitting” go out the window. You just have to get them apart. But then I made the bigger one lie down and let the other one sniff him. And then I took the little one for stitches. 28 of them.
But I guess I must have handled it right, because they love people, and as far as each other, we haven’t had a fight in years.
They certainly will.
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