Daddy & Mommy once saw a sign outside a private housing that said "Keep out, dangerous dog" and being curious, we tried to find the "dangerous dog". A labrador retriever came running out to the gate and started wagging its tail at us. Both of us started laughing; the only thing dangerous about a labrador retriever is that you might get licked to death!
But that was because Jody was still a very young puppy then hence we didn't realise the dangers she can bring. Now that Jody has grown up (1 year old!), we began to realise just now dangerous she can be.
Being a loving dog, Jody often wants to express her love for you and thus she would suddenly leap up and try to kiss you. Such sudden actions often caused us pain as her strong head will knock into our chins or in her haste, she ended up giving us a bite instead.
As a "spare the rod and spoil the child" mother, I often felt heartpain when I tugged at her chokechain and she started panting heavily. Thus, I often just tugged a little to get her attention. This is, of course, a big mistake as she soon realise I am not the boss around her. She would dash off in the right direction before running left again, causing the leash to tie up around my ankle and having strangers staring at me. With daddy, she would walk to heel, sit when darling stops, response to "come here", "stay", "down" and "up". However, with me, she's just a wild little puppy running loose, getting me into trouble. Oh dear. I guess I really have to be tough with her.
The worse came to climbing up and down stairs. Jody often dashed up and down stairs and that often caused me to be terribly scared. Sometimes I would be so scared I would end up letting go of her leash and screaming, "darling, get her!" We really need to train her to walk at a normal speed instead of dashing up/down stairs.
And bathing her is a nightmare too as she thinks that her towel is the greatest toy ever. When she was a little puppy, I would go "Jody, ready? Now, sit. Good girl. One, two, three!" and then started rubbing her dry with the towel. Over the months, she would immediately sit when she saw the towel and by the sound of three, she would start chewing on the towel. -_-" But as I am drying her up, she often accidentally chew on my hand instead! Luckily she always let go when I go "ouch" but we really need to get rid of her habit as her teeth are now bigger and her jaw much stronger. Accidents can really happen! Thus, I will close down her mouth tight with my right hand and rub her dry with left hand. She seems to understand that she's not supposed to fight for the towel now... Hope she will really learn!
So there, does my labrador retriever sounds dangerous too? Maybe I should go get that sign too!
And this is our dangerous dog, and we love her♥.
