Have you ever smacked your dog??

[milos_mommy]

I feel pretty awful. I was cleaning up my room, and my bearded dragon was being pretty active in his cage, climbing and running around. Milo kept jumping up on the glass. It doesn't bother Aidan at all, but it annoys the hell out of me. He knows not do it. He's been clicker-trained to do other things in the room, and if he jumps up on the tank i usually tell him "No." and he stops, or if he keeps doing it, i put him outside of the room for a few minutes. Anyway, he WOULD NOT stop. I friggin told him "NO!" like ten times, and he'd get down, but then jump right back up. So i went over and swatted him on the rump. I mean, he gets whacked around harder when we're playing, but he knew it was because i was mad. He just kind of laid down on the floor with his ears back. Then a few minutes later he sat up and was looking at the lizard like he wanted to jump up and i said "Milo." and he ran under my bed until i finished cleaning.

I feel so bad. It doesn't seem like he's too upset though. After i went downstairs he followed and he's just acting like his normal crazy self.

 

[elegy]

yes. i've lost my temper with them (well, not harv, but the other two). i never feel good about it, but they've survived apparently undamaged.

you're human. it happens.

 

[mrose_s]

yes, I wish I hadn't but that used to be what i thought "training" was he still gets swatted if he's threatning or follwing through injury to other animals he lives with. Like picking a fight or chasing the cat, those are completley unnaceptable and dangerous. A swat and a stern NO! sends him trottting aftre my heels and lying patiently at my feet.
I also know that hitting your dog will eventually desentsitize them to it, meaning you have to hit them harder and harder, buster only gets swatted maybe once a month if he's REALLY bad and it sends him to peices. More so to get his attention back on me
Future animals not a hand will be laid on them EVER unless they are trying to harm an animal they live with, hopefully by that time the situation won't arise as I will know a lot more and train them properly from the beginning.

 

[RD]

Yes, there have been times when I've lost my temper and slapped them, and I'm absolutely disgusted with myself for doing it. It bothers me more than it bothers the dogs, but it still isn't right. I hate those slip ups.

 

[Paige]

Yes. I've lost it before and I always feel awful.

 

[Cheza]

I think a lot of people have just lost it and swatted their dogs at one point or another. We're all human and stuff like that happens. As long as it isn't 'the norm' I wouldn't be hard on yourself.

 

[~Tucker&Me~]

It's happened a couple times and I always feel MUCH worse then the dog.

~Tucker

 

[BostonBanker]

My old dog, yes. Like everyone else, not something I'm proud of (or that actually worked particularly well). Medley would actually come back at you as hard as you gave it; I got bit several times "correcting" him.

I've never smacked Meg. First of all, Medley trained me quite well to not hit dogs. And Meg's sensitivity makes corrections pretty "hair-triggered". A strong verbal correction will have her bolting from the room. I've never had to progress past verbal with her, and even that is rare.

 

[ACooper]

Oh I can say that through the years I have swatted a dog or two on the rear.....not something I am proud of or advocate, but humans make mistakes.

Just work harder on the "no lizard bothering" policy, LOL

 

[Herschel]

Nala and Herschel have been uncrated for the past week. They've been great--and on some days, we could barely tell they weren't crated (just a couple of toys moved around).

On Wednesday, I came home and found soil all over the place. Muddy paw prints in the carpet, in the kitchen, dirt in the water bowl. Nala dug up an entire hibiscus. It was all over the place, and right around the pot, it was deep enough that I could have planted some grass. After I took the puppies out to go to the bathroom, I brought them back in and I lost it. She got a slap on the rear and I yelled at her.

She's such a soft dog. I felt terrible. After I spent my entire lunch break vacuuming and steam cleaning (steam vac was the best purchase of my life), I changed my clothes and held onto her for 10 minutes. I felt so bad. I knew it was my fault for setting her up to fail (she loves to dig, why wouldn't she dig a pot of soil inside?).

I felt terrible for the rest of the day. Worse that I hurt her feelings than about the soil (which I spent another 2 hours cleaning that night). She understood though--I came home and she let me know that it was all right.

Sometimes they make mistakes, sometimes we make mistakes. It's all about forgiveness.

(By the way, she was very happy to greet me the following day, but after I took them out to go to the bathroom she was very hesitant for 5 or 10 minutes.

 

[george656]

We don't smack our 6 year old dog Bruno since he is a good dog. But we do smack Chico once and a while when he is doing bad. Dad is the one who disciplines him more and mom does it too. I usually give Chico a light smack on the bum or on the nose and say NO when he starts biting . He respects dad alot and loves him and mom alot.

 

[corgipower]

i haven't swatted them and i don't intend to.

i will say i swatted our pom, but i was 13 when we got her and no one in the family knew anything about training.

 

[Melissa_W]

I have never slapped Kai, but I have yelled at him, which is more than enough to scare him since he's such a soft dog. I felt really bad about it afterwards, but we're only human.

 

[Debi]

I've never smacked...but Hammie has gotten a swat or two when he comes up behind me...puts his nose in my behind..and gives a push. do I feel bad...nope. it's a reaction..........and I just KNOW he's laughing.

 

[2BlackDogs]

I've done it too. Sometimes you are only human and it happens. But I felt like crap and ended up giving lots of hugs and kisses afterwards.

 

[Cheetah]

I've screwed up a few times before without thinking, and then felt bad for it afterwards... >X.x;<

 

[Debi]

again..I'm not really talking about a SLAP. I'm talking about a little toot on the nose. just so nobody misunderstands. and that never makes me feel guilty. lol

 

[squirtsmom]

Nope never smacked my dogs. Hasve felt like it though.

 

[gradyupmybutt]

ONCE I hauled off & whaled on Grady. We were pretty new to each other & I was trying to walk him on a flat collar. He saw a bunny in our yard & TOOK OFF dragging me with him. I held on to the leash but had twisted my ankle. I was very PO'd at him, and me. I felt bad for hitting him out of anger but I'm very sure it didn't even register with him.

 

[SadieBlack]

My mother hit us kids when we were growing up. So of course the dogs got spanked too. Not beat, but spanked, and not often was it very reasonable, from the dog's point of view. Too late, you know? You find a pee spot and it's been hours but you take the dog to it, show it to the dog, and spank it. Well, that's how we did it way back when.

I really smacked my dog Sadie, who was my first dog as a grown up, when I was still young and stupid, for eating the butter off the counter for the third time. I felt TERRIBLE about it later, but I was really frustrated and didn't have the tools to know how to deal with it any other way. We are talking 30 years ago, folks.

All my dogs are extremely attentive and listen really well. Neither of them are ever aggressive toward people, and when Sofia was figuring out whether she wanted to kill or love Ole (when he first got here) love won out. I may have given her a tap (not a smack) or two under the muzzle and a NO! NO! when she was growling at him (he was in a crate) like a crazed, insane werewolf. Since I never do that sort of thing, it made a HUGE impression and she realized I wasn't going to tolerate aggression.

Scared the crap out of me, though! It was the longest four days of my life when Ole first got here! I thought I was going to have a nervous breakdown!

If Sofia ever went after livestock, I'd give her a physical correction and she is smart enough I bet I'd only have to do it once. I did that with Sadie when she went after a neighbor's geese. Just one quick, sharp, soft-handed slap/tap under the muzzle. She never did it again.

I think I've only ever physically corrected Sofia twice in her whole life. If I get mad, I yell, and that can freak her out enough!! I feel guilty if I yell!!