Rub her nose in it!

[LilMissy]

My husband's friend came by last night to pick up some tools for work (they do demolition). While he was sitting on the couch yappin', Dora came into the living room and peed on the corner of a sheet that was hanging onto the ground off of my kids "fort". She's only 13 weeks old, so she tends to think any mat, towel, or blanket on the floor is a pee pad. Well this guy bent over, picked Dora up, and went to rub her nose in the pee! I FREAKED!!! I stopped him when her nose was just about to touch the pee, and I went up one side of him and down the other. My husband was stunned, because he hadn't seen what happened. He just walked into the room with his mouth wide open. I'm normally a very nice, calm person...but don't mess with my yorkies man!!! After I stopped him, "the friend" went on lecturing me about how "that's what I had to do, and I didn't know how to train my dog. She's never going to understand if you don't rub her nose in it". I was shocked First of all, who takes it upon themself to discipline someone else's dog? This guy has only been in my home twice before. Second, are there really still people in this world that train their dog like that? Then he proceeded to tell me that I had to toughen up. Like when his dog (a huge 140 lb dog) use to dig holes in the yard, he filled it with water and stuck his head under the water until he was choking and couldn't breath. THAT made me sick to my stomache! Needless to say, he will never be welcome in MY home again, Missy (my 15 month old) didn't like him anyways Thankfully, my husband totally understands how I feel, and now thinks "his friend" is an IDIOT.

Thankfully my little happy-go-lucky Dora came through the whole ordeal completely oblivious to the fact that anything had happened.

[mollysmom88]

what a clueless individual!!! sadly sounds like some of my family...

[JasmineNoelle]

I wish your furbaby would have peed on him!

[kjc]

OMG! Glad you were watching and reacted so quickly! Yes, there are still Neanderthals in this world! Little Dora's just a little cutie... that is so cute she's thinking any mat, towel or blanket is a peepad. What a smart little girl!

[mollysmom88]

It's not as cute when they are 2 years old and still do it... lol. Toby my pom mix still thinks anything on the floor is fair game. Not fun.

[Disney]

I can't believe he tried to drown his dog! OMG

[tarczely]

Originally Posted by mollysmom88

what a clueless individual!!! sadly sounds like some of my family...

yes older people i think tend to think this is how i trained my dog....well i remember my dog and he pee pee and pooped in the house lol i have had several people think i should punish my baby don't think I would be as far as we are with training if i punished him he is only almost 15 weeks and is 90 percent pee pee pad trained poops not so much but he will get it....

[Bianca]

I would have went off on the moron I think people have no idea times have changed and there are better ways of teaching now. Your baby would have learned ZERO from that "Lesson" . How dare he Just don't ever let him in your home again Sorry this all happened.

[Lee B]

Originally Posted by mollysmom88

It's not as cute when they are 2 years old and still do it... lol. Toby my pom mix still thinks anything on the floor is fair game. Not fun.

Ahhh, the memories! When I was small, we had a beagle who was papertrained. When she got older, we picked up the papers and she knew to go outside. But one day, when we were coming home with groceries, she didn't get outside. So, as we were putting away the groceries, we just threw the bags on the floor to be folded later. Well, as soon as the first bag hit the floor, she hit the bag! The relief was obvious - and it was so cute that she knew a paper bag was similar to her newspaper

We were very careful not to throw papers on the floor after that

[chachi]

thats how my family trains their dogs also

[SophieKatesMom]

I was told to rub Sophie Kates nose in it also. Thankfully I ignored that advice, that just does not sound like good advice to me.

[orlnurse]

What a jerk! I'm glad you really gave it to him! These people shouldn't be allowed to have dogs

[ritzydaisy]

Good for you! You are a good mommy to stand up for your little one. Glad to hear your dh is with you on this.

[Denzilla]

That would be the last time the S.O.B. came into my house. Any trainer worth their salt will tell you not to rub their nose in it. The dog will think you are mad because it went potty not because it went in the wrong place.

[red98vett]

Originally Posted by Denzilla

That would be the last time the S.O.B. came into my house. Any trainer worth their salt will tell you not to rub their nose in it. The dog will think you are mad because it went potty not because it went in the wrong place.

It also humilates them. There's plenty of ways to train a dog without doing something like that. The sad thing is many many still do it thinking it's going to work. If someone did that in my house they'd have been out the door so fast they wouldn't know what hit them


and for that idiot pushing his dogs face into water ? THAT IS CRUEL and abusive. I can't believe how people treat their pets