Do you threaten your dog?
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All. The. Goddamn. Time.
More so with Pig, because she is my Very Bad Dog. I'm pretty sure she thinks it is hilarious. I swear I can see her smirking at me sometimes.
I also have very verbally abusive ways of telling them how cute they are. E.g. "you are so **** adorable, I want to smash your face in" or "Imma skin you and wear you as pajamas"
More so with Pig, because she is my Very Bad Dog. I'm pretty sure she thinks it is hilarious. I swear I can see her smirking at me sometimes.
I also have very verbally abusive ways of telling them how cute they are. E.g. "you are so **** adorable, I want to smash your face in" or "Imma skin you and wear you as pajamas"
I normally don't tend to swear, but the Dobermans seem to have a special way of bringing out the worst in language and word usage from me, haha. I love them, but man, they know how to push buttons! Sometimes I just cannot think of a better, nicer word to use. I can't think of anything specific that I say to them regularly, but they definitely do get threatened quite a bit. And sometimes I threaten to leave them at their breeder's house so they can see how good they have it here. Not that her house is bad by any means, but it's much more chaotic and hectic than home and there aren't quite as many soft, cushy beds at her house. It's nice to be able to threaten them with something and follow through sometimes, haha.
And I think Ripley thinks his other name is Jerk. He responds to it quite well.
Dance doesn't get threatened very often. She's a brat sometimes, but there are really only a couple of things she does that really irritate me enough to threaten her. I think most of her threats come when she eats poop. Which thankfully does not happen often.
And I think Ripley thinks his other name is Jerk. He responds to it quite well.
Dance doesn't get threatened very often. She's a brat sometimes, but there are really only a couple of things she does that really irritate me enough to threaten her. I think most of her threats come when she eats poop. Which thankfully does not happen often.
Oh, you guys are so much more creative with your threats than I ever was.
My dogs do actually stop misbehaving when I yell "Don't make me come in there!".
I also often threaten to run away from home. Without them.
And I remind them that if I wasn't around (whether I ran away or they drove me off to the funny farm or they killed me in my sleep), they'd be in big trouble because there isn't anyone else in the world stupid enough to feed them.
:yikes:
Shippo, you can run to me any time. I will never rugify you.
Excuse me, Missy.
How come I never knew you has a corgi?
My dogs do actually stop misbehaving when I yell "Don't make me come in there!".
I also often threaten to run away from home. Without them.
And I remind them that if I wasn't around (whether I ran away or they drove me off to the funny farm or they killed me in my sleep), they'd be in big trouble because there isn't anyone else in the world stupid enough to feed them.
:yikes:
Shippo, you can run to me any time. I will never rugify you.
Not a whole ton, but it does happen. LOL
DH tells Z that's he'll get the queen to come and ride her around periodically, though, and it always cracks me up. Apparently Z is the queen's off-road steed since she's a corgi with a lift kit (also one of his phrases):
DH tells Z that's he'll get the queen to come and ride her around periodically, though, and it always cracks me up. Apparently Z is the queen's off-road steed since she's a corgi with a lift kit (also one of his phrases):
How come I never knew you has a corgi?
I told Rumor earlier I was going to duct tape her mouth shut. She kept munching deer/rabbit poop, I'd tell her to leave it alone, she'd walk away, and then as a reward to herself for being the Best Dog Ever who listens so well, she'd sneak back over and try to grab poop again. She's professionally obnoxious. Someone asked earlier if she's a puppy. No. She's 7. She's just perpetually annoying.
Well, TB's nickname is "simple dog", and sometimes I just call him "mailbox". He responds to all of them.
I've been known to threaten to rip vocal cords out with my bare hands. I've been known to threaten them in a midst of a 5-minute lecture....given to all the dogs in the dog room.
I've been known to threaten to dump them at the pound, give them away to the next person to drive by, or turn them into alligator food.
I've also been known just to poke my head in the door of the dog room and scream "AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" at the top of my lungs.
I'm sure some think I ought to have committed.
Oh, and with Wrigley (Shar Pei/Cane Corso mix), the ultimate threat was to whisper very softly in his hear: "I'm going to bring you back to the squishy-face shelter". Don't ask me why, but he could be being an absolute horrid rumbly snot, and he'd shut up as soon as I picked up that little Pei ear and whispered that phrase in it. Then again, he was the only truly intelligent dog I've ever owned. The others don't get it if you put more than 3 letters together.
I've been known to threaten to rip vocal cords out with my bare hands. I've been known to threaten them in a midst of a 5-minute lecture....given to all the dogs in the dog room.
I've been known to threaten to dump them at the pound, give them away to the next person to drive by, or turn them into alligator food.
I've also been known just to poke my head in the door of the dog room and scream "AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" at the top of my lungs.
I'm sure some think I ought to have committed.
Oh, and with Wrigley (Shar Pei/Cane Corso mix), the ultimate threat was to whisper very softly in his hear: "I'm going to bring you back to the squishy-face shelter". Don't ask me why, but he could be being an absolute horrid rumbly snot, and he'd shut up as soon as I picked up that little Pei ear and whispered that phrase in it. Then again, he was the only truly intelligent dog I've ever owned. The others don't get it if you put more than 3 letters together.
I tell Watson I will sell him to the Gypsies all the time...
He also knows that butthead is a way of addressing him specifically.
Beatings with sticks have been threatened as have beatings until morale improves. Stuffing and mounting them on plaques may have been talked about...
I sometimes tell Watson "I really do not like you right now!"
He also knows that butthead is a way of addressing him specifically.
Beatings with sticks have been threatened as have beatings until morale improves. Stuffing and mounting them on plaques may have been talked about...
I sometimes tell Watson "I really do not like you right now!"
Bailey is The Softest Dog Ever (he gets upset if I say "uh uh" to Grace!), so I have to be really careful to modulate my tone, except that I can go overboard on praise and he likes that. 
Anyway, B doesn't do anything bad, but I do very sweetly call Gracie things such as "asshole puppy" on occasion. But she kinda is so it's not *that* mean.
Anyway, B doesn't do anything bad, but I do very sweetly call Gracie things such as "asshole puppy" on occasion. But she kinda is so it's not *that* mean.
