Comments on: Be on the Lookout for Abandoned & Neglected Dogs http://doggies.com/blog/2009/02/23/be-on-the-lookout-for-abandoned-neglected-dogs/ All Dog, all the time! News, photos, reviews, guides and more. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:21:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: The Dog Lady http://doggies.com/blog/2009/02/23/be-on-the-lookout-for-abandoned-neglected-dogs/comment-page-1/#comment-1558 The Dog Lady Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:33:40 +0000 http://doggies.com/blog/?p=1471#comment-1558 Piter - Your English is just fine - it's a very hard language to learn. I'm so glad you like the blog. Where are you from? As far as why I started writing this blog: I love dogs and live with four of them, so when they were looking for a writer, I signed up right away! Keep reading! Piter – Your English is just fine – it’s a very hard language to learn. I’m so glad you like the blog. Where are you from?

As far as why I started writing this blog: I love dogs and live with four of them, so when they were looking for a writer, I signed up right away!

Keep reading!

]]> By: PiterKokoniz http://doggies.com/blog/2009/02/23/be-on-the-lookout-for-abandoned-neglected-dogs/comment-page-1/#comment-1552 PiterKokoniz Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:26:14 +0000 http://doggies.com/blog/?p=1471#comment-1552 Hi ! ^_^ My name is Piter Kokoniz. oOnly want to tell, that your posts are really interesting And want to ask you: what was the reasson for you to start this blog? Sorry for my bad english:) Thank you! Your Piter Hi ! ^_^
My name is Piter Kokoniz. oOnly want to tell, that your posts are really interesting
And want to ask you: what was the reasson for you to start this blog?
Sorry for my bad english:)
Thank you!
Your Piter

]]> By: The Dog Lady http://doggies.com/blog/2009/02/23/be-on-the-lookout-for-abandoned-neglected-dogs/comment-page-1/#comment-1464 The Dog Lady Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:57:42 +0000 http://doggies.com/blog/?p=1471#comment-1464 Raiul - You did just fine! English is a very hard language to learn, and you are picking it up very well. Thanks for the post! Raiul – You did just fine! English is a very hard language to learn, and you are picking it up very well. Thanks for the post!

]]> By: RaiulBaztepo http://doggies.com/blog/2009/02/23/be-on-the-lookout-for-abandoned-neglected-dogs/comment-page-1/#comment-1463 RaiulBaztepo Sat, 28 Mar 2009 22:56:03 +0000 http://doggies.com/blog/?p=1471#comment-1463 Hello! Very Interesting post! Thank you for such interesting resource! PS: Sorry for my bad english, I'v just started to learn this language ;) See you! Your, Raiul Baztepo Hello!
Very Interesting post! Thank you for such interesting resource!
PS: Sorry for my bad english, I’v just started to learn this language ;)
See you!
Your, Raiul Baztepo

]]> By: The Dog Lady http://doggies.com/blog/2009/02/23/be-on-the-lookout-for-abandoned-neglected-dogs/comment-page-1/#comment-1313 The Dog Lady Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:07:57 +0000 http://doggies.com/blog/?p=1471#comment-1313 Some, but very few, of our meter readers carry pepper spray. Our preferred method is a small umbrella, called a Bite Terminator, which is opened in the dog's face to distract him while the meter reader backs out of the yard. It has really cut down on our dog bites, and is a required piece of protective equipment for all of our field employees. We found that mace or pepper spray often just makes aggressive dogs even angrier, so we do not recommend its use. I agree with you that some employees got carried away, but we think we have found a more humane solution with the Bite Terminator, and we have gotten better safety results than we did with the spray. Thanks for writing! Some, but very few, of our meter readers carry pepper spray. Our preferred method is a small umbrella, called a Bite Terminator, which is opened in the dog’s face to distract him while the meter reader backs out of the yard. It has really cut down on our dog bites, and is a required piece of protective equipment for all of our field employees. We found that mace or pepper spray often just makes aggressive dogs even angrier, so we do not recommend its use. I agree with you that some employees got carried away, but we think we have found a more humane solution with the Bite Terminator, and we have gotten better safety results than we did with the spray.

Thanks for writing!

]]> By: KKJ http://doggies.com/blog/2009/02/23/be-on-the-lookout-for-abandoned-neglected-dogs/comment-page-1/#comment-1312 KKJ Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:10:06 +0000 http://doggies.com/blog/?p=1471#comment-1312 This comment is being posted in regard to the article concering field workers in positions of meter readers and connects/disconnets being compassionant about abandoned dogs and cats. This comes to me as something extremely hard to believe. I worked as a meter reader and constantly heard guys laughing about how they maced a dog for no reason at all. It was not only common practice but also enjoyable for them. I eventually lost that job (and am quite happy i did) for losing it and taking on a group of 4 guys who were in the middle of telling one of their macing stories with physical action. Maybe your readers come from another planet or maybe this message was sent to them and they simply laughed and pretended to be sincere in their promise to honestly help animals in need. I actually witnessed a guy walk up to a fence where a medium sized dog was simply standing and wagging his tail, mace the dog. This was during my training period and when I mentioned it to the "management' they dismissed it and began to explain to me, a person with 25 years of animal training and behavior experience that how I was not experienced enough to know when a dog should or should not be maced. Obviously, I did not last long in that position and in the end they were served their Karmic debt by losing the contract with the electric company with which they worked for. It did not make right all of the wrongs that were done to so many dogs but it at least got rid of that entire group of people and hopefully did bring more quality people into their positions. This comment is being posted in regard to the article concering field workers in positions of meter readers and connects/disconnets being compassionant about abandoned dogs and cats.
This comes to me as something extremely hard to believe. I worked as a meter reader and constantly heard guys laughing about how they maced a dog for no reason at all. It was not only common practice but also enjoyable for them. I eventually lost that job (and am quite happy i did) for losing it and taking on a group of 4 guys who were in the middle of telling one of their macing stories with physical action.
Maybe your readers come from another planet or maybe this message was sent to them and they simply laughed and pretended to be sincere in their promise to honestly help animals in need.
I actually witnessed a guy walk up to a fence where a medium sized dog was simply standing and wagging his tail, mace the dog. This was during my training period and when I mentioned it to the “management’ they dismissed it and began to explain to me, a person with 25 years of animal training and behavior experience that how I was not experienced enough to know when a dog should or should not be maced.
Obviously, I did not last long in that position and in the end they were served their Karmic debt by losing the contract with the electric company with which they worked for.
It did not make right all of the wrongs that were done to so many dogs but it at least got rid of that entire group of people and hopefully did bring more quality people into their positions.

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