Many years ago I had a young dog...maybe barely two years of age. She was a great dog...but liked to eat our garden hose. Ha!!
As things happen...over time my 25 ft. hose turned into a 10 ft. hose. One evening I came home...and I caught the dog gnawing the hose again...I grabbed her by the nape of the neck and had the end of the hose in my other hand...I had her pinned to the ground and I beat the snot out of the ground next to her head with the end of the hose. I was yelling... "No"... everytime I whacked the ground. It probably sounded like I was killing the dog....cause she was yelping, and I was yelling...and whacking the heck out of the ground. But I never once touched the dog with the hose...I recalled right about then hearing my neighbor's grown nutball daughter carrying on about something..but didn't pay it much attention. As she was a nut. Ha!!
A couple days later....I have this guy come to the door...and he introduces himself...as being from the Humane Society. He asks to see our dog...
About this time, I figure out the nutball daughter "turned me in"...and I explain to him what happened.....We go back in the yard...and the dog of course is wagging her tail and jumping on me...licking me with her tongue, and wasn't effected at all by the "beating". the guy apologizes...and leaves. Just doing his job, ya know.
Anyway..I chaulk it up to.."that's life, living next door to idiots"..Hehehe..
About 6 months later....I'm in my backyard...and I hear this daughter just screaming at her kid...and the kid has that whinney cry..and maybe not feeling good. The mom was obviously tired..and it's late at night..,I dunno...but the mom is just literally screaming at this kid to shut up!!!!! Oh baby...I came real close to calling DHS on her. HA!! But I'd never just jump the gun on something like that........The girl was nutty..but I knew she loved that kid...and I never witnessed her mistreating the kid.
Anyway....this thread reminded me of that story. Oh yeah...the dog never ever gnawed on the hose again...!!!! HA!!!
Fwiw-