Was It For Spite? Think Again!

[Lucy & AnnaBelle's Mom]

Adrianne shared this on the DRC facebook page and I thought it should be here as well.  I know this has come up very often on here and I know I've even been guilty of thinking it myself on occasion.

http://consciouscompanion2012.com/2013/08/05/was-it-for-spite-think...

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

Thanks for sharing....these are great reminders.

[Lori, Quincy & Frankie]

Great article!  thanks for sharing.

[Becka]

The illustrations are priceless! Thanks for posting.

[J and Riley (and Luna)]

This is great!

We've never scolded/punished Luna for destroying things or stealing socks... so she lets us just grab whatever she has stolen (usually socks or empty toilet paper rolls) and take it away.  She just wags her tail and goes about her business :p

She definitely does it out of boredom so I can't fault her for it.

[Miss Ellie]

That was a great article...thanks so much for sharing it with us!

[Gail and Bailey]

Great article!  I wish a copy of this would come with every animal who becomes someone's pet!

[F, Calla & Luca]

So true. Sometimes bad behavior can even be a mistake. The other day my son and I met up. We had 3 dogs but his was still in a carrier when we stopped to check out a dog boarding facility. We were talking with the owner when we noticed a small puddle of pee. My two would never do this, right? Then I realized the front counter was supported by tree trunk like material, probably simulated. I think Luca thought it was a tree. Also, it may have smelled of urine from a past dog encounter. Life goes on.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Good idea to post this here, Sheri. Great information.

[Camilla and Darwin]

Good information! Thanks for posting.

[Ricki and Tara (doodle)]

Thanks for the info. Some of those pictures were priceless! I got me thinking about the one time Tara soiled in the house after being house trained. DH and I were in the ER for endless hours and I called our neighbor and asked him to let her out to go... Well he let her out but didn't wait for her to go. So she ended up pooping on her own bed. The neighbors explained that she was mad that we left her alone for so long!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Right....