# You Beat your Dogs 2 Months Ago Because You’re Frustrated with Them, so You Adopt Another Dog

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**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")
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### Author: ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-beat-your-dogs-2-months-ago-because-you-re-frustrated-with-them-so-you-adopt-another-dog/549041/32 "2010-08-04T14:54:19Z")

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> [@curlcoat](#):
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> Guys, if I read the original thread correctly, **Papsett** said it happened once, not multiple times as you all seem to want to believe.

> [@BottledBlondJeanie](#):
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> **curlcoat** it was more than one time. Other than the “smacking” she says that when the dog peed in the house, that was one of the times(plural) she beat the holy hell out of her.
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> This isn’t an issue of physical correction.

> [@Do You Ever Feel Overwhelmed By Your Pets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-feel-overwhelmed-by-your-pets/541378/1):
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> When I come home, my pets want my undivided attention, and I am too damned tired & stressed. I end up losing my temper at them, yelling and screaming, and occasionally I lose my temper enough that I smack them.
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> After having been outside several hours, my female Gordon Setter waklked over to the towel and immediately pissed on it… she NEVER does that. That was one of the times I broke and beat the holy hell out of her.

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