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i doubt he "beat" his dogUp until 3 years ago, I raised, bred, trained, field trialed AKC beagles for over 18 years. I had a medium-sized kennel and normally had 45 to 50 adult beagles. I have trained a good number of dogs over the years. The thing about training dogs is this... If you don't correct the bad behavior within 8 seconds after it has occurred the dog has no idea of what you are trying to get him to do, or in the case of biting, what not to do. Coming home to find your apartment in shambles and then trying to punish the dog for it was a waste of your time and annoying to the dog. One of the things that all dogs love to do is to please their masters. Dogs get off on doing "good" behaviors and being praised. Beating a dog is the absolute last thing you want to do. You should not yell at a dog normally because if you do, they become used to hearing you yell and it will become meaningless to the dog. Only use a stern voice associated with the word "no". If your dog bit you because you were beating him, I think you deserved it.
I doubt he didn't. His own words... "I laid into him pretty good," and when called on it he admitted he "hit" the dog. He went to say "it was either me or the needle," so I guess he figured just as long as he didn't KILL the dog, the beating he gave it wasn't that bad.
Now... you don't call that beating? Does that require a baseball bat or something, a fist isn't good enough?
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