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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]if they have the collars why didn't he use the control when the dogs misbehaved?
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Thanks to everyone for your responses. I was nervous around the dogs most of the visit, and now I’m feeling like I wasn’t even as concerned as I should have been. [b]I do have small children and the dogs did growl and show their teeth to the kids. [/b]

This is a good question, and I don’t know the answer. He did carry around on his belt something that looked like a walkie talkie, which I realized later was probably the controller for the collar(s), though maybe it wasn’t. It’s possible he did shock them—would I have known if he did? He reprimanded them a lot and as I said he hit one of them a couple of times, but I’m not sure if SIL or he used the collar during our visit.[/quote]

A dog should NEVER, EVER be allowed to growl and bare teeth at a human, and certainly not a child. This is a disaster unfolding. You must convey your grave concerns to this couple, and say that you will not visit them while the dogs are there, and they cannot come visit you with the dogs.

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OP again. Thank you for this. I have been so bothered by the whole experience and wasn’t sure if I was overreacting—now I definitely feel like I wasn’t. When we first got there and didn’t yet know the extent of this SIL and her boyfriend encouraged my son to give the dog treats and to throw the treat rather than hand feed. DS wasn’t quick enough and the more aggressive of the two dogs grabbed the treat from his hand and DS told me later that he felt the dogs teeth on his fingers and it hurt. I checked and it didn’t break the skin, but it put me on edge immediately. DS likes dogs very much and didn’t want to keep his distance the way we asked him to—DH and I watched very closely from there on out. The more I think of this the sadder I get. [/quote]

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