Re: [PyrNet-L] chat: help ASAP

["Mitzi Potter" <Pyrs@prodigy.net>]

On Mon, 2 Nov 1998 17:44:51 -0800, Danita Acquafredda wrote:

>Regarding the previous post on this subject, I believe it was written
>differently, creating misunderstanding....it read "he took some cheese of
>the counter and when I caught him i mistakenly cornered him to punish him".
>Unfortunately, the above verbage read to me more like you may have chased
>him down and mistakenly cornered him to punish him...I thought he was
>cornered and you raised a hand to punish him (slap) thus creating "fight or
>flight" mental status.  However, you have corrected and explained the
>situation as just walking into the area and verbalizing NO DOWN.

I understand what you're saying. But I would expect my dogs not to bite under these or 
ANY circumstances. We, as humans, sometimes make the wrong move when correcting 
our dogs. If we expect to pay by being bitten, then who exactly is in charge here?? If a dog 
is going to attack when cornered, it's just a matter of time before he attacks under some 
other circumstance also. The dog was obviously aggressive before this incident (which 
the owner knows now). She shouldn't "expect" to get attacked by her dog because she 
accidently corrects him improperly a time or 2 (or 3 or 4 or 5). That's placing the guilt of 
the attack on HER, and that's not where it belongs.
Mitzi Potter    Okla City   OK
Pyrs@prodigy.net  
http://members.aol.com/fivepyrs/dogsz.htm