Originally Posted by lovemelon
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I thought this too......... its not the way to go about training a dog, but I don't think she was hitting it because she found some sick pleasure. She thought what she was doing was training it. Which is a common mistake alot of people do. And it didn't look like she was beating it death... Im pretty sure that wasn't what she intended. I have a puppy and when you even yell at it it yelps and runs away howling. I think this puppy is the same. (so it looked worse than what it was) I think people are too quick to jump the gun about how she should get hit my a car or whatever. Yeah what she is doing is wrong, but does she really deserve that because she has a misconception about how dogs should be trained? I think by saying some of the wicked things some people said on here are just as bad as what she did...
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I'm sorry. I couldn't disagree more. She was not "just training"; she was taking her anger and frustration out on that dog. And you know what? I do think she was enjoying it in at least two ways: she got to relieve her own negative energy and tension by passing it on to that tiny creature, and she got to feel powerful and superior during the "training" session.
I'd like to see her "train" a German Shepherd, Rottweiler or Pitbull with that stick. How much do you want to bet we won't be seeing a video of that?
As to your puppy yelping and running when you yell, all I can say is that I've had dogs (and puppies) my entire life, and when a dog reacts like he's scared, it's usually because there's something, or someone, to be scared of. Maybe he reacts that way to the yelling because he relates it to other types of aggression that at other times come with the screams.
Again, there's no misconception about dog training--what she'd doing is NOT dog training under any circumstances. It's call punishing, and she knows it.
Regarding the rage she has inspired in most of us here and the "wicked" comments made as a reaction to her vile, vicious, cruel (pick a word...) actions being "just as bad as what she did," I have only one way to respond: what do you think she would say if you asked her to choose between (a) being the recipient of insults and ill wishes OR (b) being "trained" like she "trains" her dog?