My responses will appear in red within the copy of what I quoted that you posted previously.
Are you for real??? that is why I hate trying to get answers here. You all read too much into everything.
1. I take my B's the the park, unfortunately there is no dog parks here, almost everyday and the kids walk them on a regular basis.
I personally only asked about you walking your dogs and mentioned nothing about dog parks. Since I am not going to reread all the posts again in this thread I will concede that its possible another member did. I only asked the question in regard to walking your Basenji's because this activity or lack of it can have a direct impact on their behavior.
2. I don't hit my dogs at all. I tried it, it didn't work, I'm trying other things now.
In one sentence you say you do not hit your dogs and in another you say you did. If you are going post about hitting your dog in the nose and how your dog reacted, we have not read any more into anything than you yourself have claimed. Its good you finally figured out that hitting your dog was not the best route and you are trying other things. Even so, the fact remains you already admitted to hitting your dog! I do not think there is any confusion from anyone except for you in regard to this.
3. My financial situation was not part of the question so why you brought it up is beyond me.
**Excuse me? You brought up your financial situation in another thread when you were asked if you had taken your Female Basenji to the Vet after the birth of two puppies.
Taking your Basenji to the Vet after birth is very important and not considered optional to insure the health of the mother and prevent any chance of a serious uterine infection that possibly could kill her. Your answer was that you needed to wait until pay day so you could afford to do it. So to save time I combined it in this one. As far as I can tell you are not responding to whether your took your female to the Vet after the birth and you have been asked several times. So yes there certainly is an assumption, at least on my part that you have not done so. If you had there would have been no reason to keep it a secret.
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**In addition, Even when you knew your Female was pregnant you neglected to take her to the Vet previous to birth so an Xray or possibly a ultrasound could have been done to insure both the mothers as well as the puppies health, and you would have had an idea how many puppies to expect.
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4. if you don't have positive advice to help, then I would appreciate it if you would continue to "…sit back and keep quiet..."
**You were given positive advice by many people in the other thread as well as this one. It appears when it came to the health of your female and her pregnancy, you simply have chosen to ignore it. Tell me what motivation is there for anyone to post any kind of advice for you be it positive or negative if you are going to ignore it. Just because you do not agree with what is posted does not mean those comments or advice offered is wrong
Apparently you only want people to post what you agree with and establish some sort of rules for others when you do not like what they have to say.
I have no doubt, that every one that has posted in this thread and the other one had the best intentions and were attempting to help you. Many of us were just trying to motivate you to consult a vet and seek the proper care for your female. Maybe if you had done that from that from the beginning, and received some instruction from the vet, it might have been possible to save the life of the two puppies.**
5. If you think I am abusing or neglecting my Basenji's then feel free to call the ASPCA or Basenji Rescue to come and investigate.
****Believe me, I personally considered doing just that as well as contacting your base commander. I even suggested it to another member on this forum in a private conversation. I have even gone as far as looking up the number to the vet clinic on your base and plan on calling them next week to find out if they have any xray equipment.
I have no doubt, that you do not like the comments I have posted, but I do have the welfare of the dogs in your possession at heart. The statements I have posted previously are only based on the information you personally have provided.****
When a question is asked, just answer it, don't go judging what you do not know!!!
****The only information that anyone has available to use in regard to your Basenji's is based on what you have personally provided. If you have left out important details that would clarify the situation, then you have no one else to blame but yourself. No one else is behind the keyboard on your side telling you what to communicate. You have constantly ignored questions related to taking your Female Basenji to the Vet for followup care after birth, this suggests very strongly that you haven't done so. Once again, all anyone has to go on in this forum is what is presented to the members. If it is incorrect information, then it is solely up to you to correct it!
To all of you with the good advice, thanks!
A lot of what was suggested, we do. Keep doors closed, moved the litter box, push the food away from the edge, a basket full of toys for both of them. but the one good one I didn't think of was having him watch my girl learn something she already know and see if he learns from that. What has been happening is she has been following him and doing some of his bad things. She just started chewing clothes again after many years of not doing it no more. He has learned "not yours", for the most part… if he really want's it, he will run outside with it when we say "not yours"...
That's enough for now, thanks for the "good" advice.
If you don't have any "good" advice, please keep you comments to your self and just "...sit back and keep quiet..."
**_It's good that you are doing a lot of what was suggested, but if you are doing a lot of it and not all of it then you yourself have admitted there is room for improvement. Apparently you have appointed yourself to decide what is "good" or "bad" advice. In my opinion there is no better example of "Judging" someone else or their advice then what you have posted. Advice is subjective. What is good for you might not be good for someone else. This certainly does not mean the advice is bad or should not be offered.
If you want to control what can be posted, then maybe you should consider starting your own forum just so you have the ability to censor comments you disagree with or do not like!_**
Porthos
Jason
