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JohnH wrote:
On Sun, 25 Dec 2005 16:32:01 GMT, "Doug Kanter" wrote:


"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 18:23:22 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
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On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 17:32:14 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
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It ain't around here. Kids, Daughter in Law,, Son in Law, Girlfriend,
Boyfriend, six dogs four of which don't belong to me, two grandkids,
two cats....

AAARRRRGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

Six dogs. You said six, as in 6. Six dogs.

Six as in two Border Collies, two Australian Blue Heelers, one English
Bulldog, one German Shepard. At the moment, they are playing keep
away with each other in the play pen in the back yard.

Shortly, they will be brought in and the kids will help me give them
all baths, wash/dry and then to their crates for a couple of hours
while the dinner table is set up. One dinner is finished, they are
let out to join in the celebrations.

It's kind of charming actually. They all get together and take over a
corner of the living room and just sit watching the activities.

I trained each and every one of them and they are all excellent dogs.

Keep your dog opinions to yourself.

Even the border collies behave? How on earth did you accomplish that? They
always seem to have a natural internal source of methamphetamines.

Training, training and more training. Both of them go through an hour
every other day, we run through all the obedience commands, then we
train a on a skill like tracking or herding (the farmer in back of me
lends his heifers for that) and then it's play time. Play can be any
number of "events" - mostly high energy events like chasing balls or
playing soccer.

They are great dogs.

This is a serious question: What's the most effective, yet socially
acceptable way to get SOMEONE ELSE'S dog to stop jumping on you, if the
someone else is a person you'd like to speak to again in the future, even
though they're sort of clueless dolts when it comes to their dog?



Knuckles on the forehead or a kick in the nuts will usually work, along with a nice,
loud, "NO!"
--
John H

**** May your Christmas be Spectacular!****
*****...and your New Year even Better!*****

The dog or the owner John??

K

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On Sun, 25 Dec 2005 16:32:01 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:


This is a serious question: What's the most effective, yet socially
acceptable way to get SOMEONE ELSE'S dog to stop jumping on you, if the
someone else is a person you'd like to speak to again in the future, even
though they're sort of clueless dolts when it comes to their dog?


Knee them in the chest every time they do it.
Mark E. Williams

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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message news:5Qzrf.340

This is a serious question: What's the most effective, yet socially
acceptable way to get SOMEONE ELSE'S dog to stop jumping on you,

Dogs don't understand English. At best, they have a tenuous, rudimentary
grasp of a few English words, but they're really just unintelligible sounds
that sometimes produce a desired result. You have to speak dog. Widen your
eyes, stare directly into his eyes, bare your teeth way back, and growl deep
in your throat, loud. If he's smaller than you and thinks you're highly
****ed, he'll back off. Works for me.

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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message

Nice try, but that's a myth. Baring your teeth is a fight reflex in
dogs and even small ones will react to it. Try it sometime with your
own dog and see what happens.

Well, I guess nobody told the dogs its a myth.. That tactic has worked for
me on my own dogs (though rarely used), others' dogs, even on feral dogs in
central asia and the mid-east the many times I've been there over the years.
It isn't just the teeth - its the whole package, tone, and attitude. If it
were just the teeth, every time you smile your dog would tear out your
throat. You just have to be smart enough not to pull it on a dog that's
almost as big as you -- the intimidation factor drops to near zero.

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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 17:04:23 -0500, "John Gaquin"
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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message

Nice try, but that's a myth. Baring your teeth is a fight reflex in
dogs and even small ones will react to it. Try it sometime with your
own dog and see what happens.

Well, I guess nobody told the dogs its a myth.. That tactic has worked
for
me on my own dogs (though rarely used), others' dogs, even on feral dogs
in
central asia and the mid-east the many times I've been there over the
years.
It isn't just the teeth - its the whole package, tone, and attitude. If
it
were just the teeth, every time you smile your dog would tear out your
throat. You just have to be smart enough not to pull it on a dog that's
almost as big as you -- the intimidation factor drops to near zero.

I bow to your superior knowledge of dog behavior.

I'm so wrong.


Now boys.........behave or no cookies and milk for you tonight!

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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 17:04:23 -0500, "John Gaquin"
wrote:


"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message

Nice try, but that's a myth. Baring your teeth is a fight reflex in
dogs and even small ones will react to it. Try it sometime with your
own dog and see what happens.

Well, I guess nobody told the dogs its a myth.. That tactic has worked
for
me on my own dogs (though rarely used), others' dogs, even on feral dogs
in
central asia and the mid-east the many times I've been there over the
years.
It isn't just the teeth - its the whole package, tone, and attitude. If
it
were just the teeth, every time you smile your dog would tear out your
throat. You just have to be smart enough not to pull it on a dog that's
almost as big as you -- the intimidation factor drops to near zero.

I bow to your superior knowledge of dog behavior.

I'm so wrong.

I don't know much about them, but I have to agree with you, based on an
enormous statistical dog sampling of....one. One of my historical neighbors
had a "blend" (he didn't like "mutt") of two or eight big dogs. After three
years of living in the adjacent yard, the dog still didn't consider us to be
familiar. Any time we came out our back door, the dump thing would bark like
Godzilla was about to walk through the yard. There were times when I really
wanted some peace and quiet, and Gawkins' method worked nicely, in terms of
getting the dog to shut the phuque up. ***HOWEVER***, it was clear that if
this was a normal dog, with a brain, balls, and some size, without a fence,
my method (towering over the fence and roaring at it) would've turned out
badly for me.

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" JimH" wrote in message
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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 17:04:23 -0500, "John Gaquin"
wrote:


"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message

Nice try, but that's a myth. Baring your teeth is a fight reflex in
dogs and even small ones will react to it. Try it sometime with your
own dog and see what happens.

Well, I guess nobody told the dogs its a myth.. That tactic has worked
for
me on my own dogs (though rarely used), others' dogs, even on feral dogs
in
central asia and the mid-east the many times I've been there over the
years.
It isn't just the teeth - its the whole package, tone, and attitude. If
it
were just the teeth, every time you smile your dog would tear out your
throat. You just have to be smart enough not to pull it on a dog that's
almost as big as you -- the intimidation factor drops to near zero.

I bow to your superior knowledge of dog behavior.

I'm so wrong.


Now boys.........behave or no cookies and milk for you tonight!

Die.

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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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" JimH" wrote in message
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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 17:04:23 -0500, "John Gaquin"
wrote:


"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message

Nice try, but that's a myth. Baring your teeth is a fight reflex in
dogs and even small ones will react to it. Try it sometime with your
own dog and see what happens.

Well, I guess nobody told the dogs its a myth.. That tactic has worked
for
me on my own dogs (though rarely used), others' dogs, even on feral dogs
in
central asia and the mid-east the many times I've been there over the
years.
It isn't just the teeth - its the whole package, tone, and attitude. If
it
were just the teeth, every time you smile your dog would tear out your
throat. You just have to be smart enough not to pull it on a dog that's
almost as big as you -- the intimidation factor drops to near zero.

I bow to your superior knowledge of dog behavior.

I'm so wrong.


Now boys.........behave or no cookies and milk for you tonight!

Die.


Eh?

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" JimH" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 17:04:23 -0500, "John Gaquin"
wrote:


"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message

Nice try, but that's a myth. Baring your teeth is a fight reflex in
dogs and even small ones will react to it. Try it sometime with your
own dog and see what happens.

Well, I guess nobody told the dogs its a myth.. That tactic has worked
for
me on my own dogs (though rarely used), others' dogs, even on feral
dogs in
central asia and the mid-east the many times I've been there over the
years.
It isn't just the teeth - its the whole package, tone, and attitude.
If it
were just the teeth, every time you smile your dog would tear out your
throat. You just have to be smart enough not to pull it on a dog
that's
almost as big as you -- the intimidation factor drops to near zero.

I bow to your superior knowledge of dog behavior.

I'm so wrong.


Now boys.........behave or no cookies and milk for you tonight!

Die.


Eh?


ROFL!!!!!!!!!!

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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 17:04:23 -0500, "John Gaquin"
wrote:


"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message

Nice try, but that's a myth. Baring your teeth is a fight reflex in
dogs and even small ones will react to it. Try it sometime with
your
own dog and see what happens.

Well, I guess nobody told the dogs its a myth.. That tactic has
worked for
me on my own dogs (though rarely used), others' dogs, even on feral
dogs in
central asia and the mid-east the many times I've been there over the
years.
It isn't just the teeth - its the whole package, tone, and attitude.
If it
were just the teeth, every time you smile your dog would tear out your
throat. You just have to be smart enough not to pull it on a dog
that's
almost as big as you -- the intimidation factor drops to near zero.

I bow to your superior knowledge of dog behavior.

I'm so wrong.


Now boys.........behave or no cookies and milk for you tonight!

Die.


Eh?


ROFL!!!!!!!!!!


You can roll on the floor (whatever that means) all you want Doug, but I
still don't understand your "die" comment.