My friends labrador retriever puppy is incapable of shame or guilt
He's 5 months old and a real handful. But if you yell at him or try to discipline him he is still totally happy and tries to get you to play. He thinks everything is fun, even getting yelled at for running into the street. You can't make this dog feel bad, so its a little hard to train him. He's smart and he wants to please you but he doesn't mind a bit if you're unhappy or upset.
He hears that you're yelling at him, but he doesn't interpret it as negative. Hell, its attention, and all attention is good. He thinks he's successfully stimulated people to play rough when they yell at him.
Especially puppies who love attention like labs. Ignoring him -- literally turning your back on him when he's bad -- is the best way to make him feel remorse.
that dog on Frasier? His owners thought he was untrainable- and so did the owners after that- and then the owner after them saw where his strength was and figured out how to train him. :7 (I saw somethin' about that on PBS)
Just got to find out how to get through to the little guy. :hi:
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