Can You Kill A Dog With Love?

Is it possible to destroy a dog with love?

Yes, I recently worked with a couple who owned a fine Blood Hound with unbelievable abilities. She had tracking skills beyond most dogs who were trained to do it. She was able to detect scents without any prompt and could have saved hundreds of lives.

She could even detect a human scent in water...by making bubbles and making the scent surface... an extremely rare thing for a dog to be able to do, and incredibly valuable!

BUT...

She was confined to a small yard, rarely walked, and viewed by her family as a "person." When she was in the house, she had no rules and was allowed to do exactly as she pleased. They bribed her with treats to make her do anything... Even to get off of the couch.

Lack of boundaries, lack of leadership, lack of discipline, lack of exercise, lack of purpose...

This free rein treatment, boredom, and almost constant confinement turned this beautiful Blood Hound nasty, as I warned them it would.

She mauled her master's hand without warning.

For those of you who think you can still treat your dog like a child and it will be okay, think about this.

So as you see, you can kill a dog with love.

Rena Murray
Dog Whisper Woman

P.S. I was informed after the fact. So unnecessary.