I know that some ppl take hold of the scruff of the neck of a dog and use it as a technique of training in some aggressiveness but I have a friend who allows there daughter to carry there 6 month old mini pin around all the time. I was wondering, will that cause any permanent physical harm to the dog?
2006-08-26 07:56:16 · 12 answers · asked by S.R. 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
If they keep this up they're just asking to get bitten. Mothers do it to their very young puppies, this isn't something people should be doing. This girl needs to be taught how to treat a dog in a hurry.
2006-08-26 08:02:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mothers carry the puppies around by the scruff up to a certain age, then they stop. This can cause problems in the neck, and spine if it is done all the time after a certain age. To lift a dog up by the scruff all the time every day is not a good thing to do. After a while it will stretch the skin, muscles, and nerves out, and the dog will have problems.
Not to be mean, but I wonder how that child would feel if she was carried around by the scruff of her neck every day all day.
Good luck.
2006-08-26 08:05:49 · answer #2 · answered by venus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You shouldnt carry a dog by its scruff, their moms only carry them like this for a few weeks when they are very young pups. There are better ways to train a dog that is being aggressive. They should take the pup to a behaviorist.
2006-08-26 08:37:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Out of curiosity why does your friend allow his daughter to grab his dog by the scruff and carry it around the house?
2006-08-26 08:01:06 · answer #4 · answered by Brittany 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think the parents of this girl need to explain how to treat animals properly, maybe they should carry her round by the scruff of the neck and see how she likes it.
2006-08-26 08:13:17 · answer #5 · answered by RED 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your friend really needs to show the daughter a much more
proper way to hold a dog than to drag it around like a handbag.
My parents would have beaten me if I held our dog like that.
2006-08-26 08:05:20 · answer #6 · answered by retrodragonfly 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
well it could hur the dog...tell ur friend to tell his/her daughter to tell her how to hold a dog better and ask how she would feel if she was carried arround the house like that
2006-08-26 08:10:06 · answer #7 · answered by Horse giRL 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eventually, that little f*cker is gonna bite the kid. And I am guessing the parents are going to blame the dog.
Humans are so stupid.
2006-08-26 08:08:30 · answer #8 · answered by kelly24592 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It shouldn't hurt the dog, but when the dog gets older and decides it doesn't like it, it may bite the child.
2006-08-26 08:03:28 · answer #9 · answered by M L 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would NEVER allow a child to hold a pet. Children always do cruel things to their pets, and when they die they will wonder why. (hey thats rhymes)
2006-08-26 08:02:48 · answer #10 · answered by .:♥ Fire Within♥ :. 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋