Honey, The Dog Just Bit The Mail Carrier… Or Train Your Dog To Avoid Lawsuits (Part 1)

In the litigious society in which we find ourselves living today, legal actions seem to be commonplace. You can be sued for millions if a cup of coffee, which common sense would tell you is very hot, does not contain a warning label to that effect prior to someone dumping it onto their lap and getting burns. Parents are brought into court because their child kissed another child at school and someone called this sexual harassment. A would-be thief sued and won in a case where he broke his arm by tipping over a soda vending machine in an attempt to steal from it. All of these suits and more happen on what seems a daily basis and you just brought your own little lawsuit factory to live with you, in the form of an adorable little puppy.

It is true that this innocent looking little ball of fur can turn into a nasty, snarling, lawsuit building monster within moments. All it takes is one act of territorial aggression or even self-defense and your pet has just cost you thousands of dollars and, possibly, the animal itself. So how will train abet this poor outcome?

By teaching your pet, not to jump, nip, bite, threaten or behave as an aggressor, you save yourself possible legal actions and a lot of sleepless nights. After all, who really wants to own the dog that just mauled the neighbors’ two-year-old child for pulling its tail or killed the prize-winning cat of the lady next door? So how do we stop the bad behavior?

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