Dog talk

[gaucho]

i talk to the giraffe all the time ...ignorant bastard just ignores me .

[lemoncake]

Why are you feeding a dog at the dining table? Thats the worst thing you can do. The dog will think that its ok to beg for food and when you are eating will sit there and wait for food.

Why do you feel the need to educate or criticize OP? I do not believe OP asked for lessons or advice on how to treat and raise the dog.

OP shared a cute funny story, why do some feel the need to F^%k up the thread with their words of wisdom? which were not asked for in any shape or form

[MILT]

Dogs can be quite telling.

[misterphil]

Why are you feeding a dog at the dining table? Thats the worst thing you can do. The dog will think that its ok to beg for food and when you are eating will sit there and wait for food.

Why do you feel the need to educate or criticize OP? I do not believe OP asked for lessons or advice on how to treat and raise the dog.

OP shared a cute funny story, why do some feel the need to F^%k up the thread with their words of wisdom? which were not asked for in any shape or form

Because I'm bored and felt like it.

[overherebc]

i talk to the giraffe all the time ...ignorant bastard just ignores me .

Too high and mighty eh

[Commander Tamson]

if a partner is questioning me on why i am giving some meat to my dog i can bet your bottom dollar that when youre not around ,the dog starves on rice or some cheap chemical dry food all day long ,so when i know this i would say good riddence to the partner and find a new partner,one that understands that dogs need a nutritious diet not just a cheap diet

There is always one to spoil the thread

I think maybe the name Humbug gives a clue

[Commander Tamson]

if a partner is questioning me on why i am giving some meat to my dog i can bet your bottom dollar that when youre not around ,the dog starves on rice or some cheap chemical dry food all day long ,so when i know this i would say good riddence to the partner and find a new partner,one that understands that dogs need a nutritious diet not just a cheap diet

If you're so sure, use your own f****ing money

[Jimi007]

Wish my dog could talk. Wait, no I don't!

Mine talks too much! She tells me to feed her. Then shortly after to walk her. She knocks on the door to come in. Once in a while she knocks on the bedroom door if she really has to go out. Way better than craping or peeing in the house though! She has a special bark for snakes, another for other dogs and yet another for people she doesn't like!

[HerbalEd]

if a partner is questioning me on why i am giving some meat to my dog i can bet your bottom dollar that when youre not around ,the dog starves on rice or some cheap chemical dry food all day long ,so when i know this i would say good riddence to the partner and find a new partner,one that understands that dogs need a nutritious diet not just a cheap diet

Are you actually that confident in your assumption?

[HerbalEd]

Well of course -- they really know how to lick face ......

Well that's a good start.

[Cuban]

Why do you feel the need to educate or criticize OP? I do not believe OP asked for lessons or advice on how to treat and raise the dog.

OP shared a cute funny story, why do some feel the need to F^%k up the thread with their words of wisdom? which were not asked for in any shape or form.

...commenting on...

Why are you feeding a dog at the dining table? Thats the worst thing you can do. The dog will think that its ok to beg for food and when you are eating will sit there and wait for food.

Mister Phil's comments are correct and in-line with my earlier remark about feeding dogs from the human dining table, it is wrong and leads to problem dogs.

Yet so many people do it, why? Because they treat dogs as children and indulge them.

This leads to the dog not understanding it's social standing within the family. The OP says that the dog is a pup, probably cute, adorable and is in a household where she will grow up thinking that she has a higher status than that of a family dog. Probably not a problem until a child becomes involved and the dog seeks to chastise the child for eating food in preference to giving it to the dog.

But unless the dog owner bothers to understand about the mind-set and social order from the dog's point of view he is setting the pup up for confused upstanding of the world.

It is positive re-enforcement that if the dog begs, or the next step is barks/yaps, is rewarded with food the dog learns that they control the food supply on their demand.

I want = I get. How does that work out for raising children?

When a child is eating and the dog wants food Cindy will bark, when the child does not give food to Cindy's demand she will chastise the child because they are not following the social order as understood by the dog. The escalation process is bark, lip-curl, air-snap then bite.

This will be accompanied by ear and tail posturing body-language that will be lost on a child (and many adults) who will be shocked that cute little Cindy bit someone for "no reason".

Yet all the clues were given by the dog as the dog understood the family situation to be: I'm Cindy and when I bark I get fed, I am the boss.

Yes it's an amusing story but is tells more than the word's of the OP's post.

He and his wife don't know about raising dogs.

As a "cute funny story" sure it could stand as is in General or Pub, but this is the Pets sub-forum and so will come under greater more specialist scrutiny and attract comment from the likes of MisterPhil and myself.

Dogs are easy to train and lessons around mealtimes are the easiest to teach, there is a natural motivation.

But for the family pet to grow into a good-dog they must first have a good-owner who is motivated to learn how to train, feeding from the dining table is training the pup to be a "bad dog".

Dogs that are "bad" end up being exchanged for plastic baskets.

Sorry if you feel it kills the buzz of a "funny thread" but it is the reality in Thailand where a funny naughty pup grows into a bad dog, it's not the dog's fault but the bad owner.

Some of us can see how these life stories play out.

Some people would benefit from education when they don't seek it, I suggest if the OP is wise they will bother to read up on the subject, there are many threads in this section of the forum to start with and many books accessible on-line.

Just takes time and effort.

Dogs learn easy - getting inside the skull of bad owners is the hard part.

[StreetCowboy]

Next thing they'll be feeding the kids at the table as well, and then where will it end?

[landslide]

I talk to my dog. He is a great listener.

[Scott]

Combative and inflammatory posts have been removed. Please stay on-topic.

[Naam]

I talk to my dog. He is a great listener.

[HeijoshinCool]

I talk with my dogs all the time. Using much the same wording, you'd be surprised how much they understand.

But when Thai people see me in a conversation (yes, conversation, because they hoot and howl at certain words I say) they think I'm nuts. I've never seen a Thai talk to their dog.

[humbug]

the op should find a new partner

Edited August 24, 2013 by humbug

[WitawatWatawit]

My old Dobie was a defiant bugger who understood me. When I said "sit", he wouldn't, just to spite me, proving he knew exactly what I was saying.

[Commander Tamson]

Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend; inside of a dog it's too dark to read

[Grouch Marx]

[cloghead]

Have owned lots of dogs in my time (or they've owned me; your call) and the thing that freaks me out with all of them is the way they'll sometimes stare fixedly into your eyes for a long time. 'What's the news from Planet Dog?' I ask. 'Got a message for me, or what?' But my speaking doesn't cause them to break off eye contact, just go right on staring through me to the other side.

And we call Thais crazy.....

My partner has told the entire village that 'John loves the dogs more than me.' Well of course -- they really know how to lick face ......

My dog stares at me for hours. Especially when he's relaxing in my chair and I'm at the drafting table. It's absolutely unnerving...

[WitawatWatawit]

Have owned lots of dogs in my time (or they've owned me; your call) and the thing that freaks me out with all of them is the way they'll sometimes stare fixedly into your eyes for a long time. 'What's the news from Planet Dog?' I ask. 'Got a message for me, or what?' But my speaking doesn't cause them to break off eye contact, just go right on staring through me to the other side.

And we call Thais crazy.....

My partner has told the entire village that 'John loves the dogs more than me.' Well of course -- they really know how to lick face ......

My dog stares at me for hours. Especially when he's relaxing in my chair and I'm at the drafting table. It's absolutely unnerving...

It's a test of wills. Be strong. Don't let the little bugger beat you or he'll be smoking your pipe next.