Posted on 09/10/2010 12:01:58 PM PDT by LongElegantLegs
A TERRITORY girl is lucky to be alive after she was mauled by a savage dog.
Seven-year-old Meg Croton and her brother Connor, 9, had been feeding their family's dog - an eight-year-old mastiff cross - in their Humpty Doo back yard when the girl was attacked by the vicious hound.
"I tripped on a rock and fell, and I think I kicked his leg," Meg recalled the attack. "And then it hurt very badly and he was on top of me and ripped on my head. "But my brother saved my life."
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Which is it? The lie that it is comedy when you gang up and insult someone against the rules of the board and have your posts pulled or the sickness that finds that to be something worthy of being shared for fun?
Unfortunately, because small dogs resemble “babies”, we tend to treat them that way,.
In human body language, this is a good thing.
In dog body language, very much *not*.
All the cuddling, cooing, carrying and so forth reinforces the dog’s notion that it, indeed, is the Alpha to which all other members of the pack owe deference.
My first suggestion would be, do not cuddle the dog at all until the aggression issue is resolved.
For the time being, do NOT allow the dog on the furniture, with or without you.
The dog sees its place on the sofa as being “equal to or greater” than *your* pack position and will definitely take advantage of that.
When it nips, do NOT punish it.
Simply pick it up and put it in its crate [or another closed off room, if you have no crate] and IGNORE it for a time.
When YOU feel like allowing it to be with you again, let it out.
If it snaps again, -immediately- reconfine and ignore it.
NO reaction is the “action” of an Alpha because the Alpha is “above” reacting to the lesser members of the pack.
Though it may be hard to do, since you do love the dog, do NOT offer affection unless the dog does something to -earn- it, whether it be simply getting off the sofa when told, sitting for a treat or pat...anything, really.
The dog must learn that “nothing in life is free”.
It will give your extremely insecure dog confidence in itself and your leadership.
[yes, it’s acting like a monster because it’s -afraid-...it knows the pack order is “wrong” and is not emotionally equipped to deal with the stress or responsibility of that]
You must never ever yell, scream or louldy chastise the dog.
The Alpha is always calm, confident and quietly self-assured.
So, either silently or with a firm, _low pitched_ voice let the dog know that the bad behvior will no longer be tolerated.
I have no idea how long the dog has been “alpha” so can’t give an time frame for how long it will take to reprogram its mind.
You will, however, wind up with a much happier, less stressed pet when it accepts that YOU are the pack leader and guardian.
Right now, the poor little thing feels responsible for guarding -its- human pack and it’s simply not mentally or physically equipped to do so.
If your dog ever reaches a stage where it comes to you and licks you *under* your jaw, you’ve got it made.
The rest of the pack always greets the leader with that same, subservient “kissing”.
If I can be of more specific help, feel free to write.
Night Markos....thanks for the seizure....LOL
I would hope you would know. The devil quotes verbatim from the Septuagint translation regarding Psalms 91: 11, 12. While the devil correctly quotes the scripture, however, he does not correctly apply the teaching contained in Psalms 91: 11, 12 to the circumstances at hand. Hence, just because scripture is quoted does not necessarily mean the truth is being taught.
He won’t even be anywhere near “mature” for at least another 4-7 months.
Big or not, he’s still just a puppy.
Thanks for all the nice compliments.
[and I’m sorry I’m like one of those “Ask me about my grandkids!” people]...LOL
Thank you.
I had begun putting him in the small bathroom when he use to growl with no reason. It appeared to work. Then i stopped because it was a hassle. But you have given me new resolve.
So your strategy now is to set yourself up as some sort of false Messiah or is this something more serious you could discuss in private with your local physician?
Either way your antagonism here is getting old.
Don’t fret.
Very soon the Trio of Torture will enjoin you in future battles and you won’t be alone.
Enjoy them.
[unless of course, you act on your cute little threat and seek “vengeance” upon me]
Should I have whined to the mods about that, I wonder?
The bible also has God saying “Vengeance is Mine. I will repay.”
A tad hypocritcal of you to be quoting scripture, considering....:)
My antagonism says the one who came here for the sport to attack me? Who bragged one three posts that he brought popcorn for it? Thanked his friend for the great invite to the show and has insulted me non stop for hours and not posted at all on the substance of the thread? THAT antagonism? Buddy, you are way off the mark.
I cannot stress this enough...*consistency*.
Every time, no matter what, no exceptions.
I *know* that sounds like a life sentence but possibly even in as short as a week or two, you ~will~ start to see dramatic changes.
You are speaking “his language” when you ignore/isolate him.
No pack animal wants to be separated from his pack, ~ever~.
Eventually, he will associate your actions with your -superiority-.
He can’t open the door and get back to you...only *you* have that “power”.
His brain will start to reprogram to “normal” if this is done consistently and faithfully.
And, if he lapses in the future, it won’t take near as long to “make your point” to him again.
The devil quotes verbatim from the Septuagint translation regarding Psalms 91: 11, 12.
Does he, really?
Read it again.
Seems you you have a lot of confidence in the father of all lies.
ὅτι τοῖς ἀγγέλοις αὐτοῦ ἐντελεῖται περὶ σοῦ τοῦ διαφυλάξαι σε ἐν πάσαις ταῖς ὁδοῖς σου
That is the Psalm.
καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ εἰ υἱὸς εἶ τοῦ θεοῦ βάλε σεαυτὸν κάτω γέγραπται γὰρ ὅτι τοῖς ἀγγέλοις αὐτοῦ ἐντελεῖται περὶ σοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ χειρῶν ἀροῦσίν σε μήποτε προσκόψῃς πρὸς λίθον τὸν πόδα σου
That is the extended verse in Matthew.
It is the same. It is also the same in the Vulgate, Darby, NIV, KJV, NKJV and 30 other translations. Which anyone who has google or perhaps, as I, Logos International Software, can tell you. As can all the commentary tell you, the Devil may take it out of context, he may misapply it, but he does quote it with precision accuracy.
So what totally off topic point, does this tangent make?
PS: Just in case you are determined to claim it does not or make some excuse for not reading Greek. You can cut and paste the Greek into word, and it will change the characters into their MS hash numerical values and then you can see that word for word it is correct.
My nickname on other forums is "GodGrrl". You have chosen a poor tangent to best me.
Seriously, are you for real?
I could almost hear the theme from “Conan The Barbarian” in the background.
Ordinarily, I wander off after getting bored with stuff like this but your exponential obsessing has held me enraptured.
I could barely wait for the next spate of hyperbole.
This post, however, is surely your apex.
I apologize for laughing at this because I think you really “mean it” but;
“And stay I will. Forever. You may have never heard of me before, but you will hereafter. I hope the result truly pleases you. You see I understand pack mentality and I will not submit. I am the Alpha Female and I am not a dog!”
...is truly funny yet pitiful.
OTOH, I think I’ve finally figured out your agenda and your purpose, here.
If it makes your day [or fulfills your “purpose”] feel free to “follow me forever”, even to the very ends of time.
[which, as a theoretical lawyer, you know to be a *very* dangerous and unprofessional statement to publicly make and/or “game” to be playing]
~I’m~ not the one who’s going to look like an obsessed stalker....:)
[btw....if you’ve been here any time at all, the “popcorn” animations show up on threads all the time...ad nauseum ....they’re just a silly FR running joke. very few real FReepers are ever “offended” by them. I can’t believe you even got upset over *that*]
And spare me the “I’ve heard from others” rap.
I know exactly who “the others” [well, right now, probably just “the other”, singular] are and am unmoved.
[not to mention disgusted that they’d throw *you* into the arena for their “revenge” rather than face the forum members, themselves]
But, they own you now.
Enjoy your servitude.
Don’t forget to wave “bye” at the pitiful little drowning raccoon as it thrusts its tiny hand upwards towards you, through the wire, hoping for nmercy.
[And no, that will make no sense to you but it will to your new master]
Oh, so you're a female member of the Godhead then.
Hmmm, I see.
Please don't bring thy wrath down upon me, O Mighty One.
(Trembling in fear.)
No.
But I have a suspicion that you don't either.
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