“There was an old woman who lived in a shoe.
She had so many children, she didn't know what to do.
She gave them some broth without any bread;
And whipped them all soundly and put them to bed.”
I sometimes work with students who have too many dogs, either for the space they live in, or not matching their physical and financial capabilities. Most of the time, they don’t have the time, resources or grit to work it out with every single one of their dogs. Their overconfidence is risking the entire enterprise.
Once the training gets going, they give up, but the problems don’t give up.
As Harry Callahan (Dirty Harry) once said, “A man’s got to know his limitations.”
Don’t get yourself into this bind in the first place. And if you are there, do you have the grit to see it through? And if not, then what is your plan for providing a humane and loving situation for all your dogs?
Plan accordingly.
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