Hi again, I just wanted to say thank you to everyone and that I need to clear up a few things.
1st of all, I'm sure most everyone can understand how excited they get when something or somebody ticks you off just enough. That was me last night. We all tend to get a bit carried away sometimes, and I sort of unconciously didn't realise I was making the whole "hitting and kicking" part sound so bad. I'm just going through the typical teenage-almost-"adult" daughter and mom clash phase.
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truth is that my mom does yell kinda loud, but she only slaps Lexie like you might slap a horse or cow. She also just pushed Lexie off the couch with her feet, a little more forcibly than I would've, but not a kick.
I failed to mention that the only kind of training I do with Lexie is the positive-reinforcement kind. I believe any other method is wrong, and its not my opinion, its a fact. There is no other way to train a dog. My mom does the same with her, and believes in all the same things, but I'm really the only one who works with Lexie. She's not a bad-behaved dog, and I've seen some abhorent situations on that Animal Planet show "It's Me or the Dog!". If you've ever watched that before, you know what I mean: some of those dogs on there are like little demons, and its sad because the real fault is the ignorant owners. Its still amusing to see Victoria get fed-up with them, if only b/c I can sympathise with her. I don't care, and in truth it does not matter whether you have a "bully breed" or a "toy breed" dog, all dogs must be trained using positive reinforcement. Inside, all dogs are the same, just like us humans who may look and act different depending on our culture, ethnicity, etc.
Its ok now you guys. Lexie is sort of like a child and a best friend to me at the same time, even though I'm only that certain unmentionable age where having a child would be, uh, gross. My mom is just a little bit old-school, but she understands that thats considered and proven to be the wrong way. But it seriously was just a slap, and maybe a shove with her foot.
I'll try the blanket thing! Thats a great idea, Lexie will love that! L0L, she must be rubbing her scent too, because she rubs her face all over, and makes tasmanian-devil like noises while digging and turning around and around, like she's having a coniption..it's SO adorable, you have to see it to beileve how hilarious and cute it is, kinda like when our piggies go bonkers and run the Preakness around their cage, while popcorning and twisting in the air!
