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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm sorry this was so hard, OP.  It shouldn't have been this stressful.

We once got a rescue dog who had been in a terrible non-socialized environment who was also scared to death.  All the advice wasnever raise your voice, be totally gentle, follow dog's lead.  Well, the dog could not grasp walks and pooping and peeing outside not inside.  I dutifully did all the things and just cleaned up mess after mess (and she had a difficult case of worms, did I mention that?).  Finally, after a week or so of this, I lost it and yelled at her No!  No!  while cleaning up the mess.  And, after that, she started to understand.  It really did take one time getting 'punished' for her to get the concept.  Boy that was a tough first week.

Please don't beat yourself up too much.  You have a pet, you know what it takes, you did things right, and this just wasn't the dog for you.  sometimes it just doesn't work out.  [/quote]

This is why "positive training" needs to be taken with a huge scoop of salty consideration given to the unique circumstances of each dog being trained.  :lol: Dogs in the wild don't passively correct. They bark, snarl, growl, nip... boundaries are declared and everyone knows what's what.

While I don't advocate for heavy-handed discipline, or sharp corrections to start, sometimes it's kinder to the dog to just make the damned point the once and be done with it. Dogs understand "NO!" and your displeasure. This is how they would've been disciplined by their packmates. [/quote]

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