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

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**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: ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-beat-your-dogs-2-months-ago-because-you-re-frustrated-with-them-so-you-adopt-another-dog/549041/7 "2010-08-03T22:56:37Z")

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I was reading the original thread (which I had missed) when you linked it in the other thread. She says she’s a licensed dog trainer, but then says:

> [@Do You Ever Feel Overwhelmed By Your Pets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-feel-overwhelmed-by-your-pets/541378/31):
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> The dogs are getting about the same amount of exercise they always did, several walks a week, a huge backyard the Setters run in constantly (You could bounce quarter off their hindquarters) and the Papillons get their extra running playing fetch. I have compromised breathing problems, and when it’s this hot & humid I can’t be outside all that much, short stretches at a time.

First of all, I am _not_ a licensed dog trainer, but I’ve grown up with dogs my entire life and am very proactive in the rehabilitation of my little shelter monster that I currently have. We work through her crazy ass issues everyday and she’s slowly improving to be a well mannered little ball of cute.

Ok, that said: anybody who knows anything about dogs knows that while backyard time is _wonderful_ (especially for big dogs), it is not the mental _and_ physical workout that dogs require every day. If your dogs are misbehaving in anyway, especially large dogs, the answer is always _more walks_. Yes, running through the backyard is exercise, but as a dog trainer once told me, it isn’t _focused_ exercise, so it doesn’t fulfill all the needs a dog might have. My dog can run like a maniac through the yard for 8 hours all day, but she’ll still be a little obnoxious asshole all night if we don’t do a nice walk that is at least 30 mins of brisk walking. All trainers know it’s exercise, THEN discipline. A tired dog is a well behaved dog. “Several walks a week” for large, active dogs should be several walks _a day_.

Secondly, she’s got medical issues that get in the way of her properly exercising her dogs, so she. . . gets another large dog that will require several long walks a day.

And that’s not even getting into the fact that she’s a freaking animal abuser. I’m sorry if you’re mentally ill, but there is no excuse to beat the shit out of your dogs because you had a tough day at work. For anyone who wants to dismiss that, imagine if she had said she got so stressed out at work one day that she beat the holy hell out of her kid. But hey, it’s two months later, so she’s better now and going to adopt! That’s great, right? RIGHT? :rolleyes:

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