Officer. Please don't put your hand through the window when my dog is riding shotgun.

[Johnny_Ray_Wilson]

Tonight was my first license & insurance road check in GA. I did not know the GSP did road blocks on the exit ramps of interstates. There were so many State Troopers, I thought there was a man hunt or very bad accident.

My dog was sitting in the passenger's side of the truck (yes, she has her own little seat belt). I rolled down the window to hand the officer my license and insurance card. When the officer reached in to take them, my dog went tee-totally ape shit and violently tried to leap at him! Her seat belt stopped her short, but she leaped again and almost got his hand.

As I am trying to hold her back and yelling that my dog was just scared, my truck is suddenly surrounded by a small army of State Troopers! Which made the dog start leaping at EVERYBODY in all directions and trying to break out of the truck to attack them all.

This is coming from a dog often scared of her own shadow.

I was trying to calm her down w/one hand and holding out my ID and Insurance card towards the officers w/the other one. She ignored my commands to sit still. Several officers quickly started waving the others off and they told me to just leave. I actually peeled a little rubber, but none of them came after me.

JRW's fine little bitch dog just polished off a T-bone steak I cooked for her.

 

[warrior queen]

Lol - whenever I used to take my dog 'Sapper' with me and I got pulled over, the cops would take one look inside the car and then step back 2 or 3 steps.
Sapper was a Harlequin Great Dane.

 

[Johnny_Ray_Wilson]

Lol - whenever I used to take my dog 'Sapper' with me and I got pulled over, the cops would take one look inside the car and then step back 2 or 3 steps.
Sapper was a Harlequin Great Dane.

My dog is a cross between a Bird Dog and Red Healer. Only 40 lbs and strong as hell. Her mother stopped feeding her at 3 weeks old and I bottle fed her until she was 8 weeks old. It took about a year for "the lights to come on". Another year for her natural instincts and coordination to kick in. I never spent so much time and money on a dog (her 1st 2 years). She gets check-ups to the vet every 6 months. And baths every 2-3 weeks. She turned 8 in December, but I do not think she realizes she is getting older.

She loves her daddy (me) enough to have put her life on the line in more than a few situations. This is what is most important to me. I love that dog and am told often I spoil her too much.

 

[CandiCame]

My dog is a cross between a Bird Dog and Red Healer. Only 40 lbs and strong as hell. Her mother stopped feeding her at 3 weeks old and I bottle fed her until she was 8 weeks old. It took about a year for "the lights to come on". Another year for her natural instincts and coordination to kick in. I never spent so much time and money on a dog (her 1st 2 years). She gets check-ups to the vet every 6 months. And baths every 2-3 weeks. She turned 8 in December, but I do not think she realizes she is getting older.

She loves her daddy (me) enough to have put her life on the line in more than a few situations. This is what is most important to me. I love that dog and am told often I spoil her too much.

Your last couple of dog-related posts have really cemented your awesomeness for me, JR.

 

[Saint Peter]

Yeah yeah. Blah blah.


Can she hunt the birds?

 

[FloridaSmoothie]

Do I look like a dog an officer would mess with?

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Cesar Millan






"Not yours!" ☜ Biting hand.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

A seatbelt?



Really man? How does the head get hung out of the window? Poor dog... *sniff*

 

[Saint Peter]

Cesar wishes he could do that.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

My dog is a cross between a Bird Dog and Red Healer. Only 40 lbs and strong as hell. Her mother stopped feeding her at 3 weeks old and I bottle fed her until she was 8 weeks old. It took about a year for "the lights to come on". Another year for her natural instincts and coordination to kick in. I never spent so much time and money on a dog (her 1st 2 years). She gets check-ups to the vet every 6 months. And baths every 2-3 weeks. She turned 8 in December, but I do not think she realizes she is getting older.

She loves her daddy (me) enough to have put her life on the line in more than a few situations. This is what is most important to me. I love that dog and am told often I spoil her too much.

In short, by over-humanizing the dog, you've probably put it into the alpha role without realizing it which is why it tried to dominate the officer.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Cesar wishes he could do that.

Could you be any more cryptic? Lord knows you aren't getting paid by the character.

 

[Saint Peter]

Could you be any more cryptic? Lord knows you aren't getting paid by the character.

Lick his own balls!

Timmy H. Tebow! Do I have to explain every joke to you?

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Lick his own balls!

Timmy H. Tebow! Do I have to explain every joke to you?

You need to work on the set-up.




Even Steven Wright just doesn't come out of the blue.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

And the duck said, "put it on mah bill."

 

[blunt_trauma]

In short, by over-humanizing the dog, you've probably put it into the alpha role without realizing it which is why it tried to dominate the officer.

almost right.
repelling intruders isn't the same as dominating them.
repelling intruders is natural and good.

but the fact that jrw was ignored when he said it was ok and the dog needed to calm down shows a distinct lack of faith in jrw's leadership. a happy dog who knew his place would settle to, at most, a grumbling growl and the occasional huff if the leader said everything was ok. like you said, the dog feels he has to be the alpha.

it's not a kindness to spoil a dog. it just makes the world a more scary place for them to be in.

 

[Saint Peter]

And the duck said, "put it on mah bill."

You will need to explain that. Maybe a picture or two would help.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

You will need to explain that. Maybe a picture or two would help.

It's a punchline without the joke.


*draws pictures furiously*

http://www.dmafc.com/images/_1111151310863.jpg


I keep getting Model A's for some reason . . . .

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

almost right.
repelling intruders isn't the same as dominating them.
repelling intruders is natural and good.

but the fact that jrw was ignored when he said it was ok and the dog needed to calm down shows a distinct lack of faith in jrw's leadership. a happy dog who knew his place would settle to, at most, a grumbling growl and the occasional huff if the leader said everything was ok. like you said, the dog feels he has to be the alpha.

it's not a kindness to spoil a dog. it just makes the world a more scary place for them to be in.

Almost is as good as most of us mortals ever achieve my Queen...

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

You will need to explain that. Maybe a picture or two would help.

I think this is going to take a six-part mini-series...




PETEY, you're a great guy, but...

YOU'RE NOT FUNNY! NOT EVEN A LITTLE!​

 

[Johnny_Ray_Wilson]

In short, by over-humanizing the dog, you've probably put it into the alpha role without realizing it which is why it tried to dominate the officer.

Perhaps. You could have a point. The dog wasn't trying to dominate the officer, she was scared. She gets baths because she stinks without them. Ever been in a house with that dirty dog smell? True, I spoil her at times.

almost right.
repelling intruders isn't the same as dominating them.
repelling intruders is natural and good.

but the fact that jrw was ignored when he said it was ok and the dog needed to calm down shows a distinct lack of faith in jrw's leadership. a happy dog who knew his place would settle to, at most, a grumbling growl and the occasional huff if the leader said everything was ok. like you said, the dog feels he has to be the alpha.

it's not a kindness to spoil a dog. it just makes the world a more scary place for them to be in.

True on your first paragraph.

My dog was not fully developed in the sense that most dogs are when born. Mentally, she was just very slow at first. Pretty dumb in a lot of ways. And not very coordinated at all until her 2nd year.Sometimes she even fell down, or didn't know how to land when leaping. She was scared of everything, except me. Her tail was always between her legs and submitted to every dog she encountered. And used to run under the bed or into the bathroom whenever there was a lot of noise or strangers around. It took a long time for me to bring her out of that.

I had to deploy different methods. Build up her confidence. It was not easy training her as it would have been with most dogs. Lots of time, lots of repetition, lots of patience. Then, as if some by some miracle over night, she started acting like a normal dog.

 

[Image]

I'm surprised they didn't shoot...

That many GSP gathered together = Alpha

 

[piccicatopolka]

What a great dog but I feel sorry for what she went through last night. Scary guys trespassing... GET UM!

 

[GracefullyYours]

In short, by over-humanizing the dog, you've probably put it into the alpha role without realizing it which is why it tried to dominate the officer.

(this was another Cesar comment....sorry)

 

[Johnny_Ray_Wilson]

(this was another Cesar comment....sorry)

A Cesar moment?

 

[GracefullyYours]

A Cesar moment?

The dog whisperer dude.... I started reading and commented before I saw that everyone else said the same.