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Camera Girl is acknowledged across the multi-verse as the worst dog trainer of all time.\u00a0 Whereas children and grandchildren respond to and obey her enlightened methods of child rearing, her dogs on the other hand are completely wild.\u00a0 This happens because she thinks dogs are perpetually infants.\u00a0 And so, she coddles them and allows them to walk all over her and run amok.\u00a0 Many years ago, we had our first German Shorthaired Pointer, Max.\u00a0 He was a magnificent specimen of a very large GSP and I thought he was fairly well-behaved.\u00a0 But one weekend I come home to find my youngest daughter standing on the couch because the dog had taken her socks while she was putting them on and was growling whenever someone came near them.<\/p>\n

So, I went to get the socks from Max and he bit me.\u00a0 I was shocked.\u00a0 I asked Camera Girl, \u201cWhen did this start?\u201d\u00a0 She looked sheepish and said since he\u2019d started to mature, he had been getting aggressive.\u00a0 I guess I\u2019d been busy over the last six months and hadn\u2019t spent any time training Max.\u00a0 But now we were in a bad situation.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t want to lose the dog but I couldn\u2019t have a large strong dog that might bite my kids.\u00a0 So being a lunatic I put on a pair of cowhide gloves and winter coat and attacked Max.\u00a0 I went for the socks and he went for me.\u00a0 I grabbed him around the neck and threw him to the floor and pinned him.\u00a0 Then I growled like a lunatic and bit him on the throat.\u00a0 And I never had another bit of trouble from that dog again.\u00a0 From that point on he worked for me.<\/p>\n

Over the years Camera Girl has improved slightly.\u00a0 But depending on the temperament of the dogs, she\u2019s done anywhere from fairly well to really poor at training them.\u00a0 Our latest pup is a female basset hound and she is feisty.\u00a0 And she likes to chew on things, including me.\u00a0 So, I started to follow Camera Girl when she was \u201ctraining\u201d Penny.\u00a0 And of course, the dog was running the show.\u00a0 She had this short legged chunky hound running around causing chaos and the only attempt at training was baby talk admonishments. So, I demanded that we get her straightened out.\u00a0 Now luckily there have been great strides taken in dog training since my days of biting Max on the throat.<\/p>\n

One training aid is a shock collar.\u00a0 Well, actually it\u2019s a combination buzzer\/shocker.\u00a0 Camera Girl is way too tender-hearted to shock the dogs.\u00a0 But I\u2019ve finally demanded that she start using the buzzer and use it consistently to get Penny to stop biting and jumping up.\u00a0 This is actually also for her own good.\u00a0 Basset hounds are very prone to hurting their backs and jumping up is a good way for them to do that.<\/p>\n

And what do you know?\u00a0 After about two weeks of consistent training the absurd puppy is finally, finally beginning to behave.\u00a0 She hasn\u2019t even tried to chew on my face once today.\u00a0 And I\u2019m overjoyed.\u00a0 I think Camera Girl is finally beginning to grow up.\u00a0 Any day now I\u2019ll be comfortable enough to finally throw that ratty coat and gloves away once and for all.\u00a0 And it\u2019s a good thing.\u00a0 I think next time the dog would win.<\/p>\n

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