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Right lads,

As some of you might know i have a 5 month old Chesapeake dog.

He is big, he is greedy and he is soft.

By which i mean if i accidentally step on his toes which happens quite often as he is constantly under my feet, He howls like hes being murdered!

Telling him off works for minor things.

Tonight I took the remaining meat from tea and tried to feed it to all three dogs.

The older two know the crack and sat and waited for me to throw it at them.

The pup jumped up and bit my hand in an attempt to get the meat.

I wasn't very pleased with this which i would consider a major crime.

And promptly gripped him by the scruff and gave him a decent shake whilst repeating no.

He howled like hell. It sounded like i gave him a right beating but i didnt.

Then i left him for a minute, went back a moment later with all 3s food bowls.

It was as if nothing had happened, they all sat on command then ate when i said go on.

Same as every night.

My wife and daughter were pretty angry, I over reacted was cruel etc.

I tried to explain i cant have a dog aggressively taking food/anything,

And a moment of discomfort for the dog is better than having him put down because he thinks he can bully people for what he wants.

Was i wrong? what should i have done?

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I would have done exactly the same. And he's not that soft or he wouldn't have reacted as he did when you went back with the food. Bear that in mind when he gets adolescent ;-)

That came across wrong, hes very bold, something im acutely aware of, all the reading up iv done on this breed says they need a strong leader,to keep them in check which he has!

when i said soft, I ment he is a vocal ******

honestly iv just stood on his foot (AGAIN) and my mate jumped up to make sure he was alright!

you would think id chopped his leg off with the noise he makes.

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That came across wrong, hes very bold, something im acutely aware of, all the reading up iv done on this breed says they need a strong leader,to keep them in check which he has!

when i said soft, I ment he is a vocal ******

honestly iv just stood on his foot (AGAIN) and my mate jumped up to make sure he was alright!

you would think id chopped his leg off with the noise he makes.

Understand exactly what you mean and sounds like you know what's best for your own dog. I have a lab similar to yours, the lightest of touches and you would think he's being murdered! And unlike the spaniels he doesn't warrant murder, lol

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Sometimes 'soft' dogs aren't necessarily soft - just clever. I don't think you did anything wrong. Dogs hate having to make decisions in general, he didn't know his place and you showed him what his place was. He will be happier for it.

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A Chessie! Imagine that... :lol:

 

Might've been better served by a "mini-Chessie" a k a Boykin

 

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How-so-ever...now that you've gone and done it, you really want to catch up on how to handle (train) your exotic breed (exotic in your parts anyhow). My suggestion is go here and join up - and state your case (and training needs) with your pup. You'll get experienced help and advice aplenty.

 

Good luck,

 

MG

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No disrespect intended Cracker old chap but the training site to which you refer is American and you colonial types have some damn strange ideas about dog training, such as Force Fetch and the electric collar.

 

A U.K. bred Chessie will respond perfectly well to British training methods, firmly applied, without the need to pinch it`s toes or electrocute it.

 

(I think we may have been here before on another forum mate.)

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No disrespect intended Cracker old chap but the training site to which you refer is American and you colonial types have some damn strange ideas about dog training, such as Force Fetch and the electric collar.

 

A U.K. bred Chessie will respond perfectly well to British training methods, firmly applied, without the need to pinch it`s toes or electrocute it.

 

(I think we may have been here before on another forum mate.)

+1 some odd methods " over the pond ". Just keep on top of the dog, no electric collars, beatings etc, just be the alpha dog and all will be fine.
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