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Anxious dogs, like anxious people, need help managing and reducing distress

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Re: Anxious dogs, like anxious people, need help managing and reducing distress

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Post by cm2012 »

misja111 wrote: post #79
misja111 wrote: post #18

I love dogs, but aren't there bigger issues in this world that we should focus on first? Millions of children on this planet are malnourished or suffering because of wars, climate change or just bad government. Is it ethical to pay a fortune for magnetic brain stimulation of your dog, if somewhere else in the world several people's lives could be saved with that money?

I'm amazed by the cynicism in the reactions here. I was trying to make the point, that if you have heart enough to spend a serious amount of money on your dog's wellbeing, shouldn't you consider spending it on saving somebody's life instead? Or at least some part of it. The reactions vary from, the dying child is thousands of miles away (and your unhappy dog is not), to, if you're not maximizing your life on donating…

You are missing the point like no one's business. You seem smart, I'm sure you can figure out a reason besides cynicism that your comment attracted a bunch of criticism.

Re: Anxious dogs, like anxious people, need help managing and reducing distress

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Post by subjectsigma »

BigCryo wrote: post #93
subjectsigma wrote: post #85

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I have no idea how laws got brought into this conversation but some people absolutely do worship their dogs, as someone who doesn’t really like animals and is highly allergic to pet dander, it’s frankly quite annoying and insane. I was bitten by a dog once and the owners immediately started trying to explain to me why it was actually my fault that I, standing there minding my own business, made the dog bite me! They…

You have no idea how laws got brought into the conversation? Well if there's a law requiring dogs to be physically examined every year and that would be what you call a law... Also people are bringing in stuff about registration and shots and so forth. Those are also called laws

I was confused because no such laws are advocated for nor even suggested in the article, which is what you were replying to in your original comment. It seems like you literally just invented the idea just to be mad about

Re: Anxious dogs, like anxious people, need help managing and reducing distress

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Post by Ensorceled »

logifail wrote: post #95
Ensorceled wrote: post #87

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This is still punishment, even if you believe it's for their own good that "actions do have consequences". You can't just redefine it as "not punishment" because you want to use that method in child rearing.

> This is still punishment, even if you believe it's for their own good that "actions do have consequences" "Actions have consequences" as a statement isn't really up for much debate, it's more of a observation on how the universe works. If we fall far enough, we hurt outselves. Gravity isn't punishing us when we fall, even if it may feel like that at times - the scars on my right arm from a cycling accident last yea…

"Actions have consequences" is explaining why you are punishing your child.

I'm not saying you're a bad parent for punishing your child, I'm saying you could be a better parent if you stopped leaning on punishment as a parenting tool.

Also, stop telling your child you aren't punishing them because they will ALWAYS remember that bullshit. At least own up to the fact that you are punishing them and tell them why.

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