Dogs They are our Children.
When we take a dog or a pup in our lives we think that having a pet around will make us feel less lonely. And we are absolutely correct in that. And within few days that pet becomes a child of our own.
We all have gone through a stage in our childhood where we were beaten up or scolded by our parents and we got upset. And even thought that they don't love us. And when you do ask your parents, after everything is cool and calm why they did that(scolding or beating) with you their reply always is, when you'll have your children you'll understand, that sometimes doing what is right for your child is way more important than the love that you have for him/her. Weather the child may like it or not but if its gonna save him/her from any further embarrassment and problems or if it is going to put good habits in him/her then a little punishment is alright even if it hurts you.
Something like this happened to me today. At the age of 21 being the second human to a Beautiful and cheerful Golden Retriever 18 months old's. She is adorable. These days she is suffering from mites, those that they get when they remain wet for longer periods. So the doc has told us to keep her dry for max time and no playing in puddles till all is well for her. For those of you who have not played with a golden retriever before let me tell you, they have so much of energy that you may feel exhausted but they will find some energy every time a offer for game is given to them, highly cheerful as I have already written and yeah harder to train as well, as for them everything is a game first then serious.
This is what happened. I give her water in a small bucket, as the temperature this summer is too much and I don't want her to get dehydrated. But from last night I don't know what she thought and started by spilling all the water on the floor and rolling in it and staying wet. If you think that she might be feeling the heat and doing this to keep herself cool, it can be but I have 2 fans working 24 x 7 for her and the room in which she stays remains cool and not hot, yeah a little warm but definitely not hot. I didn't had any problem when she did it for the third time today but when her mites started to get red I scolded her and it did seems to some effect on her but it lasted only a few minutes. She again spilled the water and was wet again this time his infected area did formed a blood drop on it. I got so scared from that and gave her a bath. Using her anti-mite shampoo and then applying medicine on the infected area but the first thing that she did was to go and roll in the water and get herself wet all-over again. That's when I lost it. I spanked her ass Twice with medium force or average force and even scolded her in heavy tone voice. I did applied medicine on her again. From that time she is angry from me and upset as well. Meaning to say that she just don't want to play with me or anyone but still wont go on a walk with anyone else except me. Yeah she does comes and stand with me and let me brush her hair and scratch her but shes not cheerful. I feel bad too but if she would have remained wet her mites problem could have gotten worse and I don't like it when she suffers and cries from it. I just want her healthy and void of all those red patches and blood clots that she has due to mites. I feel bad or I should say terrible but since then she has not spilled water and got herself wet. and her infected area is also dry. And no further blood drops. I did consulted her vet and he told me to remain calm and to try and keep the areas dry and not to allow her to play in water or wet areas.
Today it feels like what I did was right for her, but did I used the right way to do it. Could I have found the other way round and avoided all the scolding and spanking. I did spanked her for the first time no matter it was only twice but I think I could have avoided it. The vet said that she'll return to her normal self in a day or two but I never wanted her to be like this. I now understand how my dad felt after he had beaten me up and I used to just act like my pup. All sad, angry and upset with him. I used to think that he doesn't love me anymore but he did what was right for me to stop me from becoming a stubborn kid. And today when my own pup is feeling low I do understand that my dad felt bad too. I love my pup and I just cant think how my life would be if she's not gonna be there for me. But I just don't want her to become like those street dogs, I want her to be obedient and smart(yes she's so smart you wouldn't believe it) but sometimes her behaviour upsets me too. If shes gonna harm herself I just cant sit and watch. Yes I feel miserable But a little satisfied that she is not gonna get her mites problem worse.
Send your thoughts on how I could have handled the situation differently so that I don't have to get her all through this all over again and stop her from getting her condition worse.
We all have gone through a stage in our childhood where we were beaten up or scolded by our parents and we got upset. And even thought that they don't love us. And when you do ask your parents, after everything is cool and calm why they did that(scolding or beating) with you their reply always is, when you'll have your children you'll understand, that sometimes doing what is right for your child is way more important than the love that you have for him/her. Weather the child may like it or not but if its gonna save him/her from any further embarrassment and problems or if it is going to put good habits in him/her then a little punishment is alright even if it hurts you.
Something like this happened to me today. At the age of 21 being the second human to a Beautiful and cheerful Golden Retriever 18 months old's. She is adorable. These days she is suffering from mites, those that they get when they remain wet for longer periods. So the doc has told us to keep her dry for max time and no playing in puddles till all is well for her. For those of you who have not played with a golden retriever before let me tell you, they have so much of energy that you may feel exhausted but they will find some energy every time a offer for game is given to them, highly cheerful as I have already written and yeah harder to train as well, as for them everything is a game first then serious.
This is what happened. I give her water in a small bucket, as the temperature this summer is too much and I don't want her to get dehydrated. But from last night I don't know what she thought and started by spilling all the water on the floor and rolling in it and staying wet. If you think that she might be feeling the heat and doing this to keep herself cool, it can be but I have 2 fans working 24 x 7 for her and the room in which she stays remains cool and not hot, yeah a little warm but definitely not hot. I didn't had any problem when she did it for the third time today but when her mites started to get red I scolded her and it did seems to some effect on her but it lasted only a few minutes. She again spilled the water and was wet again this time his infected area did formed a blood drop on it. I got so scared from that and gave her a bath. Using her anti-mite shampoo and then applying medicine on the infected area but the first thing that she did was to go and roll in the water and get herself wet all-over again. That's when I lost it. I spanked her ass Twice with medium force or average force and even scolded her in heavy tone voice. I did applied medicine on her again. From that time she is angry from me and upset as well. Meaning to say that she just don't want to play with me or anyone but still wont go on a walk with anyone else except me. Yeah she does comes and stand with me and let me brush her hair and scratch her but shes not cheerful. I feel bad too but if she would have remained wet her mites problem could have gotten worse and I don't like it when she suffers and cries from it. I just want her healthy and void of all those red patches and blood clots that she has due to mites. I feel bad or I should say terrible but since then she has not spilled water and got herself wet. and her infected area is also dry. And no further blood drops. I did consulted her vet and he told me to remain calm and to try and keep the areas dry and not to allow her to play in water or wet areas.
Today it feels like what I did was right for her, but did I used the right way to do it. Could I have found the other way round and avoided all the scolding and spanking. I did spanked her for the first time no matter it was only twice but I think I could have avoided it. The vet said that she'll return to her normal self in a day or two but I never wanted her to be like this. I now understand how my dad felt after he had beaten me up and I used to just act like my pup. All sad, angry and upset with him. I used to think that he doesn't love me anymore but he did what was right for me to stop me from becoming a stubborn kid. And today when my own pup is feeling low I do understand that my dad felt bad too. I love my pup and I just cant think how my life would be if she's not gonna be there for me. But I just don't want her to become like those street dogs, I want her to be obedient and smart(yes she's so smart you wouldn't believe it) but sometimes her behaviour upsets me too. If shes gonna harm herself I just cant sit and watch. Yes I feel miserable But a little satisfied that she is not gonna get her mites problem worse.
Send your thoughts on how I could have handled the situation differently so that I don't have to get her all through this all over again and stop her from getting her condition worse.
Comments
Post a Comment