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You're right; I just checked. It was her property. I wonder what she told her kids when they asked where Cricket was. BTW, her story now is that the dog was dangerous to her children and was a "working dog". newsweek.com/kristi-noe… She never mentions that she was an irresponsible owner. She had a "working" dog she now claims was uncontr…
You're right; I just checked. It was her property. I wonder what she told her kids when they asked where Cricket was. BTW, her story now is that the dog was dangerous to her children and was a "working dog". https://www.newsweek.com/kristi-noem-says-killing-dog-was-her-choice-mom-1897721 She never mentions that she was an irresponsible owner. She had a "working" dog she now claims was uncontrollable, vicious - yet she didn't control the animal, took it with her to a place with chickens, didn't make certain the dog was confined, etc. Sounds like she's the one who had/has problems, not the dog.
Reminds me a wonderful line in the 1998 movie, "The Horse Whisperer". The horse needs healing after a riding accident that traumatized the daughter. The mom says to the horse whisperer, "You help people with horse problems?" He says, "I help horses with people problems" and the rest of the story shows the problems the mom and the daughter have. That line has always stuck with me.
That's pretty much what Cesar Millan says - no problem dogs, but problem owners. Used to watch his show a lot. Our first chihuahua was an aggressive little SOB - he bit for real and without warning. Even after he lost all his teeth, he would still bite. To be blunt, others would have put him down, as nothing could stop that aggression - not training, nothing. But I could handle him, and he was a smart little stinker, and a wonderful traveler. Lost him in 2012 to congestive heart failure - a gasp as I was rubbing his belly, and he was gone. (His picture was my first avatar.) Still miss him.
Now, I'm trying to train my little Nomi (not that little - 11lbs). Whoever had her for 18 mos didn't teach her anything - no commands, no leash training, nothing. We're learning together.
Bless you, Eva! And your little Nomi too.
Thank you. Just noticed you were a HS history teacher. The best history teacher I ever had (and I had published history teachers in college - double major History & Pol Sci) was Mr. Paden at Catholic Central HS in Binghamton NY (still there but name has changed slightly). He was passionate about history and his students. He retired only a few years ago after more than 50 years of teaching there. I had him in 1967-68, one of the few people I remember from my personal ancient history.
Sometimes tiny dogs are aggressive because they know they're tiny and everyone else is huge.
Agree. But Bernie wasn't tiny, about 8lbs, and big for a chihuahua. His breeder found out after I told her about his aggression that his grandfather in Arizona had a massive aggressive streak that came out in Bernie. The AZ breeder should never have bred the grandfather as Bernie literally bit the hand that fed him for no cause. Tewlee, my current avatar, hated everyone but me (I got him after Bernie and my parents were already dead). At least, he warned everyone first if he wasn't happy and he didn't hurt me. :-) My newbie Nomi a chihuahua something mix seems to love everyone so far. Though she was terrified in that huge cage I saw her in. I sat on the concrete and let her come to me. When she did, I picked her up, held her close and that was it - she was my (18mo) baby from that point. :-)
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Aww. I love dogs. Even the mean ones.