What exactly do you mean by "Just knowing your friend will get back what she's done to that dog 10 fold is good enough for me
" huh
?
Maybe she is going to have your friend whacked?
I've always thought you can catch more flies with honey than you can with vinegar, and from what I see here I think you agree, Tokis
. Barging into a situation like you are 100% right and everyone else involved is 100% wrong without considering the
why isn't always the best way to get what you want. Yes, she is hitting her dog and it needs to stop, but I think we can all agree that if there is a way to get that accomplished without uprooting the dog from its home or destroying the friendship, that would be the best possible outcome. A little honey can get you a long way in situations like this.
I agree with everyone else about her feeling stressed, but here is another thought... perhaps she is just uneducated about proper, and more effective, training methods? My mother was the same way with my dad's dog (my mother is an excitable and short-tempered person, bless her), until we worked out some methods of training that actually worked for the dog. Once the dog was better behaved and my mother had the tools she needed to control it without hitting it, the hitting stopped. Yet another example of honey being better than vinegar
I'll state for the record too that my mother would have
never hit me to save her life. To say that someone who would harm an animal would also harm a person is absolutely ridiculous. There is sometimes a correlation, but more often than not it's not the case.
