ChrisB

Hi Everyone, I said I wasn't going to post again but well.. here I am ;-) If Andoria doesn't stop posting I've threatened to remove her access to dogsonline by blocking it on our proxy server ;) A couple of points: We are going to continue training with Melissa. Aside from the rolling I believe the rest of the training methods have worked extremely well (yes even the stairs and the door) I won't re-iterate what I have said about the door and stairs except to say again - I firmly believe there was no cruelty or force involved. The benefits of her other methods are plainly evident. I can see a difference in Chewy's behaviour in the last week and it is all for the best and for the first time this week, we were able to take him on a walk without him trying to yank our arms out of there sockets.. end result will be that he will go on more walks progressively getting longer over time We still have some issues, obviously Chewy is going to need alot of work but that is work that we are both prepared to do. Some people have hinted that Andoria exaggerated her original post, I don't believe that as she is not a malicious person. What she did was for the benefit of Chewy. We both want the best for him and of course for us. She posted what she thought was happening from her perspective... I'm not going to comment on that any further. Her post after Melissa called us one night saying she had received threats via email was probably not the best method she could have used - however I am sure that every single person that reads this has been furious at some point in there lives. Some people handle it differently from others. Some people have hinted that Andoria was ungrateful and didn't apply the advice she was given by other forum members. Sorry but you are not here and I will say first hand she has tried a whole bunch of suggestions made to her from your community. If she didn't post results from this perhaps that is a bit ungrateful - but she did try to apply them.. I guess I could write all night but I'd just like to sum this post up with: We both want what is best for Chewy. Neither of us wants to see him being put down due to his (and our) lack of training. You may not agree with Melissa's methods and you may not agree with Andoria's statements. In the end that doesn't matter as you really don't have anything to do with Chewy or us. I do thank everyone for the advice they have given regarding Chewy and again apologies for the knee-jerk reaction that Andoria had after we spoke with Melissa the other night, it definately could have been handled differently ;-) Chris