what are some dog "facts" people have tried to convice you about? (jm)

I don't know if this is true or not but one of my behviorist told us that the reason my dog dosen't like to sit for a long time is because of the weight and pressure on his front paw causes discomfort.

 I also had a trainer tell me once that hard leash correcting won't hurt a dog because of all the muscles in their necks (I never did buy that one)

If never spayed or neutered, a female dog, her mate, and their puppies could product over 66,000 dogs in 6 years!

• my German shepherd should be sent of for two week board-and-train b/c she will not bite on command and GSDs are supposed to bite
• slamming a pup's nose in pee IS the best way to house train it
• a dog that has an accident in the house is "dominant" and acts out in "spite"
• all show dogs are nervy and have poor temperaments
• pit bulls have lock jaws
• Kenya is a wolf (I swear EVERY little kid I meet says she is a wolf!)
  
• Schutzhund is evil because it involves "beating" dogs (for this one, I went to a vendor that sold the agitation sticks and gave myself a few whacks...I was surprised to find that these "sticks" have the consistency of a toilet paper tube - they are light, flexible, and padded, not in any way painful)
• to get a German shepherd to stop being reactive towards another dog you should whip his muzzle with a chain (or so a trainer told someone else about her dog being hyper/reactive towards dogs on the street)
• I should never let a dog on my bed because he will think he is the dominant one
  

oh i got another one:

if you spay a female before she has at least one litter she will go crazy later on... uhm...

hmm well, i dont like dogs on my bed for several reasons, mainly because i dont want them thinking they can get up there when ever they jolly well please..... EVERY NIGHT for the first month we had Miki bed time took an HOUR before she finally settled down. who ever had her before apparently let her sleep on the bed. she would go from my side of the bed to DH's and then back around again, sticking her face in ours, putting her paws up there... then at different times she would just JUMP up there in spite of being told "No" and "Down"

and NO we dont have a crate because that brings up the next thing people(DH namely) have tried convince me... CRATES ARE MEAN!!! Yeah, he wont get a bloody crate because he doesnt want to lock the dog up. its mean, cruel, vile, inhumane and "we never crated MY dog when i was a kid!"

i'd like to use one of those agitation sticks on my husband.....

((((((and i'm getting a crate ASAP, as soon as he isnt looking. with his new job he isnt home until after midnight anway... )))))) and Miki and Amber are the only dogs we have that need the crate. Amber is no longer house trained (i guess her previous home let her slide on making accidents in the house. so if i dont put her in our bathroom at night, she'll crap in the dining room the next morning.

hmm... some others....

well, theres the whole Dobermans have to have their skull split or their brains get too big and they'll go mad...  heard the same thing about pits and ambulls....

its best to wait till a dog is 1 year old before seriously training it in obedience...

OH lol the best one.. i read a Purina published puppy training manual that said you can your dogs breed by his teeth. domesticated dogs have molars in the back, and wild dogs(spitz and wolves/coyotes etc) dont because they havent been domesticated as long as other breeds. and the molars are evolved so the dog could chew and grind kibble and veggies lol

i should find that book and read it again, it would probably be a hoot lol but when i read it the first time - when i was a novice kid/dog owner i believed every word! 

its ok to give puppies to their new homes at five weeks.......... that came from my cousin - the breeder - she said there's no reason why not. and while she was saying this i had to pick my jaw up off the floor and adjust my eyelids so my eyeballs didnt fall out... she didnt understand my shock either.  

oh, laurelin, i heard that too. someone told me a dogs name HAS to end with a vowel or they wont learn their name... well, i guess jason doesnt know his, then... hahaha

- Pit Bulls have locking jaw
- If you feed a dog raw meat they will get the taste of blood and won't be able to stop killing
- It is ok to use a heavy chain on a bully breed puppy's neck because they are strong and can do weight pull
- If dogs have spots they are dalmatian mixes
- My dogs will one day snap and rip my face off
- Pit Bulls are bred to kill and be guard or attack dogs
- That "American" and "red nose" are bloodlines
- If you lock a dog up its entire life and don't let it see strange people it will be a good protective, guard dog
- Pit Bulls must be trained to be aggressive and want to fight/chase small animals
- If your dog likes to chase small animals it will one day kill a child
- All dogs should be spayed/neutered
 

luvmyswissy

If never spayed or neutered, a female dog, her mate, and their puppies could product over 66,000 dogs in 6 years!

I've heard/read that one alot.  I can believe it with cats, wonder if it's true for dogs or how they came up with that.  I'm sure there's a vet student here who could do the math for us..... hehe  

Some of these are hilarious!  Especially the one about the taste for raw meat/blood.  Guess I can expect to awake to my dogs eating my face some night thanks to the raw meat they've eaten in the past..... 
 

I was walking a Basenji foster when a guy informed me that they were bred to hunt wolverines.

Basenjis are a primitive breed that evolved in Africa.  They are hunting dogs.

Wolverines are not native to Africa.  If would help if a predator and prey lived on the same continent. 

janetmichel3009

if you spay a female before she has at least one litter she will go crazy later on... uhm...

When I mentioned that Honor's in rally, somebody told me that Obedience is only for dogs that are stupid so they can learn to be smart.... 

When Max was a pup (we'd had him about 2 months) he snatched a package of paper dinner napkins off a bench in the kitchen (where I shouldn't have left them), took them outside and papered the yard.  I didn't see  the mess until the next morning.  I met a friend while we were walking and I was telling her about it when another friend came up.  She wanted to know why I was taking him for a walk because that was rewarding him for being naughty.  I should have kept him home to punish him because "if you don't punish dogs every time they're naughty, they'll never learn how  to behave." Right.  Like he'd be able to put that one together and figure out he was missing his walk because playing with the napkins the night before was naughty and he was  being punished for it.

Joyce

-All dogs are devils and naughty.

-Bathing a dog ruins its coat.

-Dogs cannot be trusted around other small pets such as birds and rodents.

BCMixs

luvmyswissy

If never spayed or neutered, a female dog, her mate, and their puppies could product over 66,000 dogs in 6 years!

 

I've heard/read that one alot.  I can believe it with cats, wonder if it's true for dogs or how they came up with that.  I'm sure there's a vet student here who could do the math for us..... hehe  

Some of these are hilarious!  Especially the one about the taste for raw meat/blood.  Guess I can expect to awake to my dogs eating my face some night thanks to the raw meat they've eaten in the past..... 
 

 I believe it, even if they only have 6 pups and their offspring have 6 pups. It would be for each consecutive generation though, like her pups have 6 pups each, then her grand pups, ect. There was a chart that showed it though I've seen before.

If the pair has 6 pups that then those 6 pups have their own 6 pups

pair = 6

6 = 36

36 = 216

216 = 1,129

1,129 = 6774

6774 = 40644

That is only if each have their own 6 pups and not including that the ancestors have more pups. Like when the 36 have their own 6 it is 216, but if the 6 + the pair have a litter of 6 each that would be another 42 dogs and so on for each generation you'd could include the ancestors reproducing again. Thats why it says never spayed, but if all were only allowed to have one litter each having 6 thats what you'd get. Over 40,000 dogs.

Anyway this just shows over 6yrs each of the generations being a bred a year later (and we know many dogs can and do unfortunately have 2 litter a year) on how many pups they could end up producing down the line.