Slap Your Dog?

Do You Ever / Have You Ever/ Would You ever slap your dog? Not like BEAT It just a tap on the rump or nose or wateva?

yes i have done , but dont like to and with a hard butt like that i dont think he feels a thing , when he grabbed my bunny it was a reaction thing , a clap of the hands and a stern enough is just as good , he still loves me and i love him

At this point in time that would be totally uneccesary for me - Inca has been trained well enough that a very stern "no" is enough to stop her doing anything.

If she has been very naughty I give her a little scruff shake which is rare anyway.

It is not a good idea to ever tap your dog on the nose as they could begin to have negative associations to hands which leads to many problems. And a tap on the rump is totally ineffective on a dog suh as a staffordshire.

thats what i was saying i dont think he feels it , it is my tone that does the trick and i dont often have to use the stern tone

No, I dont need to with mine. All they need is a stern "No or Oye" & they stop. It's not nice when mum grumps at them & if they are really naughty they go outside on their own for 10 - 30 mins depending on their age & what they did.

No. Never. i don't smack my kids, I don't smack my dogs, if they do something wrong generalkly speaking its my fault for not watching them properly and not stopping it quickly enough, they all stop at a No usually anyway (kids also lol)

I have nothing against a little tap to get their attention.
But I think Bronx would die if I smacked him.
Iv'e said before on the forum, he punishes himself more than I ever could. He turns himself inside out if he thinks he's been bad.
"NO" is enough to have him flee the room. Don't know why he is like it, cos I don't ever remember even smacking him as a pup.

He's like it because he is a staffy and they live to please!

nope! smacked him once by accident he nipped the side of my hand and the authomatic reaction was a flick of the wrist which caught him on the nose never felt so rotten in my life!

They are fragile little souls aren't they. Tyson becomes an emotinal wreck if I tell him off & is a bouncing ball of happiness at all other times. Funny little buggers they are.

In the odd occasion I give a little jab with my hand, moreso to get her to focus on me if she is playing up.

Jazz pretends I smack her. Sometimes when I tell her off she flinches like I am going to smack her, she sulks for the most part of the day whe I growl at her. She is the biggest sook.

Bodhi is a whirlwind and I have had to be much sterner with him compared to Jazz when she was a pup, although when I growl at him he is over it in seconds.

Staffords seem to eb super-sensitive. My girls turn into quivering wrecks if I shout at them, god knows what they would do if I slapped them!

no i wouldnt

Barney is so ultra-sensitive, that if I even say no, I have to say it nicely (such as "no, sweet thing"), or he would run into his crate, mopes for hours, and wears his feelings on his sleeve. I've never had a dog that was so 'good'; other than jumping on me (which I am still working on but have made significant progress), he doesn't do anything that requires correction. If he is sticking his nose where it doesn't belong, an 'uh-uh' is all it takes. We actually have to be consciously aware to be gentle in our tone with him as he takes it seriously if he thinks he has been bad. Good thing my husband and I don't yell and argue with one another, because I don't think Barney is the sort that could live in that environment!

How sweet is that Barney boy!

Mine have had the odd tap but for some reason have the fear of death in them for a wooden spoon?? Whats funniest is that I have bamboo ones that are so thin and flimsy if I ever tried hitting them with it, it'll probably shatter in my hand. If they misbehave or play gets to ruff I only have to say uh-uh and thats it. Sometimes I'll give them a pinch in the neck - far more effective - as thats doggie language for don't do that.

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I have tapped their bum when smaller - however I find a firm NO normally does the trick :0

yes I have. When he peed on the bloody bed. Then my OH did. Since then he's bin a very good boy, so smacking some time does good. I no some people would not agree with me there. But I don't smack him when he's naughty. Only when he's very bad like peeing on the bed.

I think you ned to have serious words with your OH peeing on the bed

maybe he was drunk?

I didn't mean my OH pee on the bed I men't he smacked bubbles to. Worded it wrong.

You may have worded it wrong but it certainly made me laugh Net

dont believe in smacking kids or dogs, both just need a firm NO! Actually that applies to husbands as well i've found....

Yes i have

Charlie got a smack when we were training ata gaility and she got so wound up she was barking like a nutter at me and managed to jump up and bark but caught my leg with her teeth. It hurtie hell, the bruise was huge and yes she got a smack for it.

Indi got a smack when i bent down to pick up the ball bag to but his small boomer ball in it and he jumped up and head butted me so hard that i managed to bite my lip all the way through. I can't tell you how many starts i saw but there were loads not to mention blood every where. So yes he got a smack for that.

Dylan has had the odd smack but for the life of me i can't think why at the moment.

I don't thinki am wrong in what i have done. I don't make a habbit of it and it might only happen once in a blue moon but yes i am not ashamed to say i have smacked my dogs.

he's had a tap on the bum but now he usually stops what hes doing if i say no or give him a look

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i do not very often cause he usually looks at ya like thanks for the pat

i have give mine a tap on the bum but they think i am playing so i use a firm no that seems to work better and if i shout the all get upset as if i have beaten them silly they are funny dogs

[I think you ned to have serious words with your OH peeing on the bed ]

On a more serious note I think I would feel too guilty if I smacked Diesel, even if I say 'Bad boy/naughty boy' he starts to nudge me as if to say sorry whilst wagging his tail.

A firm uh-uh normally saves both our feelings and we know that enough is enough by that stage.

yeah i have done many of times in the past.

its not nice but i think it has to be done

tracyp wrote:They are fragile little souls aren't they. Tyson becomes an emotinal wreck if I tell him off & is a bouncing ball of happiness at all other times. Funny little buggers they are.

Milo is the same, which then makes me feel awfull!

my dad used tthrow a bunch of keys down with a firm NO when our 1st dog was mis behaving.always seemed to do the trick.

With my luck the dog will grab the keys and bury them in yard

Sould work on the same principle as training disks.

Which it dosn't matter if they get buried! I used training discs with Lola and Vader Gracie never needed them lol.

i have never heard of training discs ..can you explain what they are please , they sound good

I have never smacked Alfie, I don't think I ever could. When he is naughty, or cheeky, it just makes me want to laugh, he is just so totally cute! I do teach him boundaries though, and he does get a told 'no' if he is up to mischief. If that doesn't work then time out for a minute or two usually does the trick.

i just usualy smack my hands together and say no! that usualy works could never slap him ever