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Canadian_Rainbi
Nov 10, 2013Explorer
Go Dogs wrote:doxiemom11 wrote:
There must be some other alternative. Shock collars seem so cruel.
Well there is, but no one wants to hear about it. Choose a breed, that is not known for barking, unless you want a dog that will alert you. Get it as a pup, establish yourself as an Alpha leader, instruct the dog in acceptable/nonacceptable behavior. Keep the dog mentally/physically balanced, etc., etc.
The other options: shock it, drug it, confine it, or give it to someone else.
Agree all of this except the concept of a human Alpha leader. Current consensus it that there is no such thing. In the wild, for wolves etc. the Alpha pair are the only ones allowed to breed within the pack. They don't make all the decisions in the pack.
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