Yeah. Malamutes are sort of the same way--I mean. Sled dog. They were bred specifically to pull heavy things. So if you pull back against them, they immediately go into "pull!" mode. So there's this period of teaching them to remember, hey! Person back here!
I guess it's just, I get that no one's perfect. But there's not being perfect, and working with your dog, and then there's just... not bothering to even try. Like getting a dog with a lovely long coat that any idiot ought to realize would need to be brushed and washed regularly, and letting it mat up. If you can't be bothered to do that, you don't get a Leonberger. You get, oh, I don't know. Say a mastiff, if you're looking for a dog the size of a pony.
And if you don't want to train them, you get a push stuffed animal.
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Date: 2008-12-07 07:20 am (UTC)I guess it's just, I get that no one's perfect. But there's not being perfect, and working with your dog, and then there's just... not bothering to even try. Like getting a dog with a lovely long coat that any idiot ought to realize would need to be brushed and washed regularly, and letting it mat up. If you can't be bothered to do that, you don't get a Leonberger. You get, oh, I don't know. Say a mastiff, if you're looking for a dog the size of a pony.
And if you don't want to train them, you get a push stuffed animal.