# You Beat your Dogs 2 Months Ago Because You’re Frustrated with Them, so You Adopt Another Dog **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-beat-your-dogs-2-months-ago-because-you-re-frustrated-with-them-so-you-adopt-another-dog/549041 **Category:** The BBQ Pit **Created:** [August 3, 2010, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-beat-your-dogs-2-months-ago-because-you-re-frustrated-with-them-so-you-adopt-another-dog/549041 "2010-08-03T19:39:19Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 18
### Author: ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit) #### Post date: [August 4, 2010, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-beat-your-dogs-2-months-ago-because-you-re-frustrated-with-them-so-you-adopt-another-dog/549041/18 "2010-08-04T07:23:24Z")
Well, she herself said she beat the holy hell out of her dog. And that occasionally she smacked them. And this was with four dogs. She may not still be doing that, but why add yet another stressor to the mix? In fact, why go out of your way to get another dog if you’ve recently been feeling this stressed? I couldn’t help reading this post in her new thread: > [@Meet Dixie... the New Doper Dog!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-dixie-the-new-doper-dog/548822/20): > > I could not be happier with this little girl. She is all that a Dobe should be. To show you how scary-smart she is…I put her & the Gordons out in the back yard this morning to potty. They were out about 15 min and it is HOT here. I heard knocking at the back door & snuck out… Dixie was using her mouth to try and open my storm door, which doesn’t latch tightly. I laughed and let them all in. Well… I needed to run to the store down the street for a few items a little while ago, wasn’t going to be gone more than 15-20 min, so I put the 3 of them back in the yard. When I came home, I was greeted at the door by 2 Papillons… and a red DoberGirl, looking very smug. Yes, she figured out how to open the door and let herself in. Life with Dixie… gonna be interesting. And thinking, if things get as bad for her at work as they were in that other thread, will this kind of incident provoke laughter or stress and tears and upset pets? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-beat-your-dogs-2-months-ago-because-you-re-frustrated-with-them-so-you-adopt-another-dog/549041)._