We've been attending "Basic Respect" classes with both dogs for the last three weeks. They encourage us to distinguish between wrong choices the dogs make, which get corrected with a conversational "wrong," and behaviors that threaten the safety of themselves or others, which get corrected with an authoritative "no."
For the most part, our corrections are "wrong," except when Maeby decides to charge into the street to attack a bus, truck or bicycle. But after the muddy day we had yesterday, when I saw Maeby playing in the planter AGAIN this morning, I definitely used a "No!" And then I heard her playing with something that did not sound like a toy and I found her with my chocolate brown heel. Sigh. Wrong or no? I suppose there are those women in the world whose dog's safety would have been at risk for doing that to the toe of their shoe. Shoes aren't REALLY my thing, but I did like this pair, and I don't have very many fancy heel shoes. But I guess it was my fault for not paying attention.
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