i think you are greedy
Posted By: me on 2008-07-08
In Reply to: Need to vent sm - MT
The dog shouldnt have bit her and the owners should be responsible. If the dog is dangerous, it should be put down. But you did not have to pay 800.00 out of pocket and I think the 87 dollars should be enough. No amount of money is going to make your daughter feel secure in her neighborhood. How you handle the situation will only do that. It seems to me that you are using this as an opportunity to get some money out of them. If it were me, I would be pushing for the dog to either be put down or the leash laws to be enforced, not pushing for the almighty dollar. What is getting money going to accomplish?
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Dear NOT Silly Girl,
I am a clinical psychologist and now teach medical transcription. I lost my deaf old sweetie 2 years ago. He was incredibly vain about wearing aids and/or his glasses. FINALLY got him to an audiologist in Canada (half the price than here in US) but getting him to wear the aids was another matter. Solved it by training just like dog or horse. Yep! Intermittent positive reinforcement - rewards, treats, smooches, etc. I told him I would only go out to dinner or shopping with him if he wore the hearing aids. Refused to go out of house with him unless he had them on -- and he loved going out! It worked, except then I still had to repeat everything 3 times inside! Many, many frank discussions also helped. Turned out he was incredibly vain and thought he looked old with hearing aids. I finally convinced him that shouting at people REALLY made him look old. He got contacts instead of glasses.
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Good luck.
Rosie
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