Poll: Would you kick a puppy?

[Togs]

So you?re just incredibly unknowledgeable when it comes to modern dog training? You have to be if you think that physical abuse is a good form of punishment ? an idea that most dog experts abandoned a long time ago.

Just tell you don?t own a dog.

No I dont own a dog, and whilst your tone is making it very hard for me to not burst out laughing Im gonna try and stay civil- if the dogs trained I have no call to kick it do I? Its not something I do for fun.
And I was not suggesting it as a replacement for training but as something to stop it doing what it was at that moment- the number of times Ive encountered untrained dogs is stupid, and if it starts humping my leg or getting in my face im gonna discourage it from doing so, a kick may not be needed but Im gonna do whatever I need too to make it learn that Im not someone it can do that to.

 

[Sparrow]

What kind of asshole would do that?

Yeah, this. Hitting an animal for a stupid reason like this should be an offense punishable by death by firing squad. And fire. And pain.

 

[CarlMin]

No I dont own a dog, and whilst your tone is making very hard for me to not burst out laughing Im gonna try and stay civil- if the dogs trained I have no call to kick it do I? Its not something I do fun.

And using adequate grammar as it seems.

And I was not suggesting it as a replacement for training but as something to stop it doing what it was at that moment- the number of times Ive encountered untrained dogs is stupid, and if it starts humping my leg or getting in my face im gonna discourage it from doing so, a kick may not be needed but Im gonna do whatever I need to to make it learn that Im not someone it can do that to.

Physical intimidation and physical remediation simply aren?t good methods of training, unless you want to have an aggressive and insecure pet. No matter how annoying it might be having a dog crapping inside or humping your leg, kicking it or hurting it in any other way is not justified.

Christ, why am I wasting my Saturday trying to explain to some guy on the internet why kicking puppies is wrong?

Just google search it and im sure you?ll find a million of articles and studies telling you just why physical discipline isn?t advisable when it comes to dogs. Now, you obviously don?t know much about dogs, nor dog training, I suspect you couldn?t care less, but at least the decency in you to to check the basics.

 

[AudienceOfOne1]

depends if I needed a football...

 

[CarlMin]

You couldn't pay me 5 million euro to hurt an innocent animal, especially one who's incapable of harming me.

Finally some decency on this thread otherwise permeated by subhuman moral.

 

[DirtyMagic]

No, not for any amount of money.
I'm not some kind of moral knight, but you're basically the biggest jerk-ass in the universe if you get any kind of kick out of this.

 

[Ampersand]

You couldn't pay me 5 million euro to hurt an innocent animal, especially one who's incapable of harming me.

Finally some decency on this thread otherwise permeated by subhuman moral.

Cheers. ^_^

 

[JokerCrowe]

Only if I knew it would die instantly. I don't want to cause it any pain. But yeah I would. I wouldn't even do it for money. That would make me seem like a greedy bastard.

 

[BabyRaptor]

I kicked the roommate's cat a couple days ago. Does that count?

This cat (It's name is Naboo...The roommate is a huge Star Wars nerd) hates people. Like, about as much as the sun would hate having water poured on it. She only wants people around on her schedule, and when she's done with you, her preferred way of letting you know is teeth. Even if you were caving to one of her "Pet me!" moments.

Anyway, the cat jumped up into my lap, head-butted my nose and gave me a nosebleed. And then she clawed me when my cry of pain scared her.

I didn't kick her hard...Just enough to scare her out of my way on my run to the bathroom.

Anyway, no. I wouldn't kick that puppy for 15 bucks, not if it had to be hard enough to hurt it. I might if I just had to toe it.

 

[BlueberryMUNCH]

Hell no...
I hate dogs, but I couldn't bring myself to intentionally hurt animals [unless in a self-defence situation], and whoever says they would deserves to be given a good ol'kick themselves...

 

[NeuroticDogDad]

So there was a topic recently about eating intelligent pigs, and apparently people like the taste of bacon more than they like the idea of not eating rational creatures.

More like rashernal creatures, amirite?

Frankly, we have to talk about how heavy this puppy is, because I'm not breaking a toe for such a small amount of money. Also, I need to be assured that the RSPCA or the police aren't getting involved.

Then we can talk.

 

[Rayansaki]

maybe for 50?...

 

[kikon9]

Up it to twenty dollars and I'll kick it.

 

[madster11]

$5 is a pathetically small amount of money that i piss away daily. $15 is the same.

Make it $1500 and we'll talk.

What i won't tell you is that the puppy i picked had to be put down anyway, and before i kicked it, it was put under.

 

[GraveeKing]

15$? bugger that. Give me 40 POUNDS and you got a deal!
Yeah but other than my terrible evil, corruptible self, I can understand the reasons NOT to kick a puppy, then again there are worse evils in the world and it'll mean it's more likely to get a new better owner if it's been harmed in the past 'it's last owner kicked him when he was young' and everyone would be like d'aaww I wanna adopt him and feel sorry for him for the rest of it's poor likkle life, so in the end I'm actually doing it a favor if you think about it - it'll just end up on some foreign restaurant plate otherwise.

Oh and if it's a chiwawa I will do it for you for half price, some things aren't meant to be in nature.

 

[ReZerO]

i tell you what, if that thing snapped and started attacking my 3 y/o son i would kick it.
but that would have to be the only time i would consider it

 

[Rayne870]

15 bucks...i don't do shit for anyone for 15 bucks. Also regarding your inpsiration for the thread, pigs don't have thumbs so it doesn't matter how smart they are (not to mention bacon is awesome).

 

[rayen020]

a puppy? no. however that little yappy waste of air next door that is protected furiously by an old lady who blames me for its barking because i have the gall to be in my yard, i'll kick that little shit for free.

 

[Alex Cowan]

I already have.

It was humping my leg. My leg was not impressed...

 

[Feralbreed]

Hell yeah I would! Would it get me laid..?