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<blockquote data-quote="SearchingForRainbows" data-source="post: 135395" data-attributes="member: 3388"><p>in my humble opinion, I don't believe your dog is learning not to nip by being kept in isolation for extended periods of time. I really liked the trainer my "favorite sanity saver" had in puppy kindergarten. He said that in order to teach a dog right from wrong, you have to actually catch the dog in the act of doing something wrong in order to teach him/her anything at all. If you try and reprimand or give the dog consequences for something after the fact, the dog won't understand why you're upset with him/her.</p><p></p><p>in my humble opinion, I think that a good dog daycare facility would have your dog come in for an "interview" prior to being allowed to attend dog daycare. One of the staff members would observe your dog, under supervision, while he/she was with the other dogs. The staff person would be ready to intervene if a problem regarding safety should occur. In this way, the staff member would be able to learn alot about your dog's personality and whether your dog would be a good "fit" with the other dogs in a social sense. The staff person would also take the time to get to know your dog a bit individually too.</p><p></p><p>If your dog nips while playing, the staff member should have suggested some training before your dog would have been allowed to socialize with the others. I would NEVER send my dog to a daycare facility that didn't get to know the personalities of each and every dog in the group first and how they get along with eachother. in my humble opinion, this is extremely important for the safety of all of the dogs in the group.</p><p></p><p>However, after saying this, I think that if your dog was nipping while playing, the staff had to separate him/her from the others. Otherwise, the "play" could result in another dog getting angry and ultimately one of them could have been hurt.</p><p></p><p>As far as your dog being extremely thirsty when coming home, I think this is a normal occurrence because your dog may have been too excited/over stimulated to think about drinking.</p><p></p><p>So, in a nutshell, my best advice is to find a decent trainer and take your dog for some lessons. Once your dog understands that nipping isn't allowed, then I would find a different dog daycare facility and try again. I truly believe it is important to make sure dogs get enough chances to socialize when they are young. I think it gets harder to do this the older they get. However, I still believe it can be done. You just need to have more patience and need to spend more time socializing the dog. </p><p></p><p>I totally just lost my train of thought - difficult child 2 has been throwing a fit for almost an hour - got to go!!! Hope this helps a bit. WFEN</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SearchingForRainbows, post: 135395, member: 3388"] in my humble opinion, I don't believe your dog is learning not to nip by being kept in isolation for extended periods of time. I really liked the trainer my "favorite sanity saver" had in puppy kindergarten. He said that in order to teach a dog right from wrong, you have to actually catch the dog in the act of doing something wrong in order to teach him/her anything at all. If you try and reprimand or give the dog consequences for something after the fact, the dog won't understand why you're upset with him/her. in my humble opinion, I think that a good dog daycare facility would have your dog come in for an "interview" prior to being allowed to attend dog daycare. One of the staff members would observe your dog, under supervision, while he/she was with the other dogs. The staff person would be ready to intervene if a problem regarding safety should occur. In this way, the staff member would be able to learn alot about your dog's personality and whether your dog would be a good "fit" with the other dogs in a social sense. The staff person would also take the time to get to know your dog a bit individually too. If your dog nips while playing, the staff member should have suggested some training before your dog would have been allowed to socialize with the others. I would NEVER send my dog to a daycare facility that didn't get to know the personalities of each and every dog in the group first and how they get along with eachother. in my humble opinion, this is extremely important for the safety of all of the dogs in the group. However, after saying this, I think that if your dog was nipping while playing, the staff had to separate him/her from the others. Otherwise, the "play" could result in another dog getting angry and ultimately one of them could have been hurt. As far as your dog being extremely thirsty when coming home, I think this is a normal occurrence because your dog may have been too excited/over stimulated to think about drinking. So, in a nutshell, my best advice is to find a decent trainer and take your dog for some lessons. Once your dog understands that nipping isn't allowed, then I would find a different dog daycare facility and try again. I truly believe it is important to make sure dogs get enough chances to socialize when they are young. I think it gets harder to do this the older they get. However, I still believe it can be done. You just need to have more patience and need to spend more time socializing the dog. I totally just lost my train of thought - difficult child 2 has been throwing a fit for almost an hour - got to go!!! Hope this helps a bit. WFEN [/QUOTE]
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