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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I’m not offended by the replies. I knew I was asking for it posting on a public forum about a dog. Haha I actually thought it would be worse.

I appreciate all the ideas. I have to add that we had a dog for 13 years before this. None of my kids have known life without a dog outside of the small break we took. They all had a dog from birth. They sat by our dying dog in our house. So I don’t feel I did or didn’t do anything to make them love or hate the dog. Not everyone is going to be a dog person. I am not yet I grew up with dogs and we also fostered puppies. But having a lot of kids and a lot of family life just made my dog tolerance lower over the years. We happen to get an annoying high needs dog.

I don’t see myself really getting rid of her. I just needed to vent. It’s little things. Our house backs to a street so even if she’s in our fenced backyard, she barks at people walking by. One night I got shamed by a neighbor when she barked and so now I’m stressed about even letting her out in the morning or at night in my own yard and she start barking and I can’t get back in fast enough. [/quote]

[b]OP, please don’t take this the wrong way. Have you considered anxiety meds for yourself[/b]?[/quote]

She has 6 kids and an annoying dog! She doesn’t need medication, she needs to lighten the load.

OF COURSE she’s irritated, anxious and annoyed! This is a shitty situation. [/quote]

OP here- this is hilarious! I don’t know, who isn’t stressed right now? And I was probably PMSing when I wrote this.

Not sure if the responses got more helpful or critical but I appreciate the responses.

The bottom line is we made this choice and we will live with it. It’s definitely not true that she’s neglected or unloved. The (non teen) kids love her a lot and considering the things I do I wouldn’t call her neglected. I agree that maybe we did something wrong to cause annoying behaviors but at the same time I have high need kids and sometimes there isn’t much you can do to change their personality. ;) I would say that overall there isn’t a lot that many dog owners deal with. I think that my tolerance is lower than most and my anxiety a bit higher right now.

As we settle into the school year at home, the kids will work on walking breaks and I will direct my most interested kid to the Cesar videos. We will also discuss meds when we head to vet next time. [/quote]

PLEASE do not use Cesar Millan as a training guide. His training methods are based on disproven research (pack/alpha dog theory). Here are some links about the controversy surrounding him and the “research” his methods are based on (even the man who conducted the research has said it was faulty). Using these methods are NOT going to improve behavior in an already anxious dog. Please look into positive reinforcement training.

https://medium.com/@vandanni.hadai/cesar-millan-the-problem-with-his-approach-and-the-future-of-dog-training-49dd8cddb391

https://drsophiayin.com/philosophy/dominance/

https://www.livescience.com/5846-critics-challenge-dog-whisperer-methods.html

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