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"
wrote:


"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 17:32:14 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:


"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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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

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