YOU WON'T BELIEVE THIS
ONE
After about 3 or 4
lessons this lady student of mine, wanted to experiment
with some off leash work.
Her dog was a small type
terrier, with a big mouth. I told her not to take the
dog off leash, but if she was going to, go to a tennis
court and lock your self in. Now the dog can’t run
away. WOW, what a great idea, she says.
The next week at class,
she arrived and at the start of the class, in front of
the other students, I asked her how it went with the off
leash work.
"Not too good", she says.
Well what happened, I
asked. (are you ready for this?)
Well, when I took the dog
off leash he kept running after the the people’s
tennis balls. When one of the players went and grabbed
the ball from the dog, Tippy bit his hand.
OOOHHHH, I see, I said.
Did you ever think of maybe doing this work when there
wasn’t anyone playing tennis.
Oh my god, she said. I
never thought of that. TRUE STORY!
STORY OF THE YEAR
I promise you will not
believe this. This is a true story.
On this particular Monday
evening, I was to have 7 students in the class. A couple
of minutes past the hour, only 6 students were there.
All of a sudden, the 7th student bursts through the
door, throws her coat on the chair and precedes to stand
in line with the other 6 students. and their dogs.
I immediately asked the
class, "What seems to be wrong with this scenario."
OH my God, the lady
says,,,, I FORGOT MY DOG.
It seems that she was in
such a hurry to get to class from work, she forgot to go
home and get the dog.
Do you want to know
something else?
This is the same lady
that had her dog in the tennis court and bit a
person...........
HONEST - TRUE STORY
FUNNY AGGRESSION STORY
#3
I had this older dog that
was trained as a compound guard dog named Rolf. He was a
very big German Shepherd and weighed in at about 100
pounds.
I sold the dog to a
company that needed a guard dog and found that their
premises were satisfactory for old Rolf. This particular
customer wanted Rolf’s hips x-rayed so off to the vet’s
he went. After letting the vet know what I was there
for, I brought him in to the examining room. (now
remember old Rolf was a cantankerous old guy)
The lady vet asked me to
put the dog up on the table. RIGHT, I will just throw
him up with one arm, no problem there..........
Now old Rolf is finally
on the examining table and I’m expecting to have to
hold the head of the dog while they inject him for
sleep, while they x-ray him.. WRONG
Now please imagine this,
I have hold of old Rolf’s muzzle because he’s not a
happy camper, and now this vet would like to check his
teeth. HIS TEETH. Please excuse me but there is nothing
wrong with his teeth. Trust me on this.
"Look", she
says, I’ve been doing this for 18 years now and I know
what I'm doing. Let go of his muzzle and I would like to
check his teeth. (I guess she had a thing for teeth, I
don’t know)
Ok, Ok, I said, what do I
know, I’m just a dog trainer, and I always follow
instructions....
GUESS WHAT? Yup. 6
puncture wounds to her arm.
There was blood and
screaming everywhere. The vet ran out of the room
yelling. Rolf was still on the examining table, with I’m
sure a little smile on his face.
He never did get his hips
x-rayed.
Moral of the story? I don’t
know. Ask the Vet.!!!!!
Funny Story #2
Several years ago, a new
customer, who is now a very good friend, called me and
asked if I would come over and evaluate their dog for
aggression. Apparently SAM , their Wheaton Terrier, had
bitten someone: the mailman.
OK, I’m on the way. An
hour later I pull into the driveway and I don’t hear
any barking from the house. This is going to be a piece
of cake I thought to myself..... I knock on the door,
and then all hell breaks loose. Come in she
says.......RIGHT.
As I walk into the house
the lady had hold of the devil himself and then for
whatever reason, she lets the dog go to introduce itself
to me. I really didn’t feel like being introduced to
the dog, but it was too late. This Tasmanian devil was
on his way to make friends ,,,RIGHT.
Sam immediately runs
towards me barking and growling and then shoves his face
in my crotch and continues to growl.
At this time I can feel
little beads of sweat running down my face.
Very softly I spoke to
the lady and said, "please, could you call your dog
from me, before there is an accident."
Oh, its OK, she says, if
he was gong to bite you, he would have by now......Boy,
that sure made me feel better............
Guess where Sam had
bitten the mailman......THAT’S RIGHT.
Moral of the story....
ask more questions before going over to evaluate a dog,
and maybe wear a hockey protector.
FUNNY AGGRESSION
STORIES
Several years ago, while
doing a group class, one of my students, an elderly lady
approached me before class and stated she had something
to say to me.
I said, certainly........
Very quietly in almost a
whisper she said , her husband and herself had an
incident with their 6 year old Beagle/Bassett called
Fred.
(This gets very
confusing, as her husband is also called Fred)
What’s the problem, I
said.
WELL, she said, as you
know we let Fred sleep on the bed at night.... trying to
be funny, I said, I know , I know, I think you should
let your husband sleep with you.
No No No, I mean Fred the
dog, she said...... Oh , I see.................
WELL, last night Fred, (
the dog ) was sleeping between the two of us and Fred
got a little frisky.
Is this Fred the dog , or
Fred your husband got a little frisky. Fred my husband.
OH, OH I see, I said.
WELL, she said. As Fred,
( my husband ) got ,let’s say a little more frisky, (I
knew what was coming, I knew it , I knew it) Fred bit
Fred.
Guess WHERE FRED BIT
FRED..........I started to laugh.
Moral of the story,,,,,,
Letting your dog sleep on
the bed, can lead to aggression.
JUST ASK FRED
True story.
