Today, I punished my new dog for taking a shit inside by putting him in the kennel. He punished me by breaking out of the kennel and destroying everything in my house. Including Christmas presents. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, after spending hours wrapping the presents for Christmas, I came back into the room to find that my dog had lost his toy, knocked over all the presents, and was frantically ripping at everything to find it. FML
Today, my new dog broke out of his new crate, ate my door, pissed on the floor, and trashed my room. I got him to help with my anxiety, but all he does is give me more anxiety. The worst part is that I adopted him as a favor to a friend, because she couldn’t handle him. FML
Today, I found out my dog is a felon. He broke into a neighbor's house by breaking in through the screen door. He also vandalized their property by shitting on their carpet. Our neighbors are now considering suing us. FML
Today, my dog got his head stuck in a container, panicked, and shat himself all over the living room. FML
Today, I invited my boyfriend over to meet my new puppy. My dog decided to take a dump on his lap. He is now not talking to me because he thinks I trained my dog to do that. FML
Today, I walked in on my new puppy peeing on the carpet. The trainer had told me to punish her when she's bad by shaking a metal can of pennies at her, since the noise scares dogs. I shook it at her, and she responded by having explosive diarrhea all over the carpet in fright. FML
Today, I came home to find that my dog had destroyed my couch. The worst part? He buried his plastic toy bone inside the wreckage, so he clearly thinks this is his new personal sandbox play pit spot. I'm afraid to get a new couch and put it in the same place. FML
Today, my boss sent a Christmas present… to my dog. FML
Today, I went home for lunch. Upon opening the door, I smelled something horrid. My dog had opened his cage, eaten all the dog treats, and had diarrhea all over my bed and bedroom floor. FML
Today, my new dog unburied my old dog and chewed on his bones. FML
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FoxOne_fml 12
You should never use kennel as punishment. Next time you want to put your dog there because you have guests or small kids over then your dog thinks you are punishing it. When you have a new dog you can only say no just as your catch it doing its business. If not it won't know why you punish it. YDI for not reading up on how to train dogs.
Heteroscodra 8
A kennel should not serve as a punishment.
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cek727 16
Along with not using the kennel as punishment, praise the dog for going outside. Yes, that means standing outside telling him he's a good boy WHILE he pees/poops. The more direct the praise, the better. Makes it easier for them to make the connection between behavior and consequence.
pussy_crusher 7
My dog has been house trained since he was 10 weeks old. I took him outside every 2 hours even in the middle of the night, gave him tons of praise and his favorite treat every time he went potty outside, and took him outside immediately after if he had an accident. It's a lot of work, but that's what training is. Dogs don't have accidents to upset us, and we have to show them what to do, rather than punish them for what they did. If you're willing to put in the time and effort, you will be rewarded with a well behaved and happy dog!
kevingirl 6
you are an idiot and should not have a dog. you do not use the crate as punishment. if he goes potty in the house you take him out.
sharond23 10
You should not have a dog.
sharond23 10
you should not have a dog. if the dog went potty inside you take it outside and show it where to go. you don't punish it by putting it in a kennel. ydi