Today I was told I should put raw meat on the end of my flirt pole instead of my stuffingless toy.

To lock my dog in a closet and bang on the door and then after a week let it out...

Hey! I'm from Sheveport too! Just got stationed here actually.

I've had someone tell me I should breed mine because she'd make beautiful babies. No thank you. A lot of kids in my neighborhood tell me I should crop her ears too which isn't going to happen. Not that I don't love the cropped ear look I just think it would look silly on a small dog like mine.

Got this bit of advice from a dog shelter volunteer:

Deaf dogs are dangerous and prone to attacking when startled, especially while sleeping and should never allowed near children.

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Is that Casper?

I am not sure if it isn't or is, I didn't know you owned a deaf dog.

Someone from a rescue organisation who was "helping me" (another story in itself) rehome some dogs whose owner had passed away suddenly, talking about the dogs she had in her care at that time, she had a Maremma and apparently "They have locking jaws like Staffy's". Gobsmacked. This from a rescue who claims to be Bull breed friendly. Mind you I found out later she was screwing the rescue over (taking adoption money etc).

Most people dont tend to try and give me any dog advice. I think the majority of the time when I am out with my dogs I look pretty clued up because I usually have a handsfree belt, treat pouch, clicker, toys, long lines etc with me. Mind you I think it is also a culturally difference between Australia and America.

Maybe that's why I have yet to meet an Aussie I didn't like.

Oh gosh, that one drives me nuts! Trying to talk to a family about adopting an adult dog because they wanted a puppy, yet they wanted house broken and clam... Those are almost their exact words in response. -_-


I've gotten so much, a supposed "top professional obedience trainer" that Dakota barking while being amped and heeling is him asserting his dominance over me. I've gotten so much similar crud about "dominance" that makes zero sense.

A relative was over and I gave Dakota piece of chicken for doing a good job at practice earlier (not that he knew the difference http://www.pitbull-chat.com/images/smilies/tongue.png ) he told me all about how giving a dog table scraps will make them overrule you, and that Dakota would stop working so well for me if I fed that piece of chicken to him. Loved his expression when I told him Dakota's gotten table scraps since he was a pup.

So, so many, can't think of the good ones.

On the serious side, to learn from your failures, don't let them get you down, down try to justify, accept them and try to improve from them.

I got this but it was "you'll never have a strong bond with them because you didn't get them as a puppy"

... Funny, my dog that I got at almost 4 years old must have missed the memo..

isn't ice water bad for you if you get too hot anyhow lol.

I will never understand that crap. A family member of mine was offered a fully trained 6 year old purebred Bouvier. There was nothing wrong with the dog, it was just a retired breeder female and said family member wouldn't take it because of that. Yet this same family member doesn't like dealing with housebreaking

Some of the best dogs I've ever met were adult rescues, hands down

I loved being told I had to get my Basset neutered or he will get cancer. By a vet assistant at a rescue's low cost microchipping event. In front of about 90 people. Yup. Cut off those nuts or your dog will get cancer. She went on and on about it, too. Not might get cancer or has a higher probability of cancer, or even could get testicular cancer, but will get cancer.

My personal favorite has to be "breed her and she'll calm down". Cuz having puppies is a great substitute for training and exercise.

Yes. Casper was born bilaterally deaf. I've owned other deaf Dogos, fostered deaf Dogos, Pit bulls and American Bulldogs.

http://www.pitbull-chat.com/images/smilies/lol.gif Now that sage advice makes dang good sense doesn't it HA http://www.pitbull-chat.com/images/smilies/lol.gif

my friends fiance told me MANY things about JJ's and 'pitz' in general

1) she should have been pulling 80 lbs weights by the time she was 6 months old
2) she shouldn't be cautious around their cats, she should want to eat him and since she wasn't she's not a good dog (I figured it was just because she had never seen a cat before. but what do I know)
3) I have to feed her hot sauce, give her a taste of blood and lock her in a dark room for 3 days
4) she shouldn't let people shake my hand
5) pitz are 'posed to be killaz. he would know because he fought his 80 lb pits back in the day and they paid his rent
6) if you give her to me, I'll make her a top fighting dog

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I've also been told that she is going to kill me, that she should be mean, that I NEED to spay her

I've pretty much heard everything under the sun

Hang a tire(or something like that) around star's neck was the weirdest

Oh geez...

"You can't train an older dog to do anything, they never learn."
"If you breed her you'll make money and it'll calm her down." (mind me this is when Bri was a 6 freaking month old puppy.)
"don't let that dog near my kids or pets, you never know when she'll just attack them."
"You can't have your dog here (public dog beach) when anyone else is here."

The tire thing around the neck must work, because I was told that too!!

My frenchie had horrid allergies, and was on a very strict raw diet. My family insisted it would "give him a thirst for blood" and he would kill me in my sleep.

After he was bitten by a recluse spider on the back of the skull, he became extremely DA and HA. He was soooo unpredictable when he would rage. Eventually, after trying to deal with it for a year, the vets, trainers and I all agreed it was best to put him down. The general concensus was brain damage from the necrotic tissue (you coud see the base of his skull at one point)

Of course darling mother insists to this day it was the raw meat.