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Date Posted: 18:38:17 01/12/03 Sun
Author: The Sarah
Subject: Because they're idiots...nm
In reply to: Lisa 's message, "That's possible as well..." on 18:35:44 01/12/03 Sun

>it is possible that the training itself may have
>stressed the dog. I don't remember him saying that the
>dog was fine at first. But those threads over there
>are so convoluted-I have to scroll sideways to read
>most of them-so I usually don't bother.
>
>But if that was the case-I really would wonder why if
>they were seeing an increase in dog aggression,they
>didn't stop to consider the methods they were using
>may be causing more harm than good.
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>>As I stated previously on another board, it's possible
>>that this dog wasn't all that dog aggressive to start
>>with. I doubt that this was the first time the dog
>>had had an e-collar used. I think it's very likely
>>that harsh (by my standards) corrections were being
>>used on this dog, and the stress was causing the dog
>>to become more dog aggressive.
>>
>>The key being that JD claimed that the dog did fine on
>>the stay originally, but as she got "more comfortable"
>>started to have this aggression problem. If the dog
>>was getting MORE aggressive in behavior with training,
>>odds are, the training is causing it. And harsh,
>>correction based training, as described, could easily
>>cause dog aggression in a bull breed dog.

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