So yesteday was Yappy Days and one of the obedience trainers around here had "obedience" demonstrations ("obedience" because it wasn't really much obedience, and the dogs weren't listening to a word they said). If their dogs didn't sit after 3 commands, they KICKED the dogs on the top of the hips, REPEATEDLY, and hard. Ugh. Even then most of them never ended up sitting.
That's abuse! Anyone seeing someone kicking a dog should report it to the authorities along with a video of it. That's outrageous! I wouldn't have been able to stand there and watch someone kicking a dog without body blocking them and giving them a serious talking to. I'd tell all those customers to take their dogs elsewhere for training. How could anyone watch someone being cruel like that to an animal?! Absolutely unconscionable!!!! :madgo: