Stupid BP Owner

[voodoolamb]

Well I'm glad it's not your dog then. Because I don't tolerate any dog getting into my personal space without permission, let alone dashing at me. It's a mark of a very badly trained and hyperactive dog that will rush at you and jump on you. He deserves the smack he got for not listening to commands. You act like I punched him? I smacked him. Smacks hurt, sure. But they don't break bones. Discipline is important for dogs as well as children, and even horses.

Spoiling your dog is as bad as spoiling your horse or child.

Not turning this into a dog training arguement, of which I assure you I have far more experience with than you. (Mentored with some rather big names in that world)

Smacking is not an appropriate type of discipline for a canine. Hitting is primate behavior that doesn't have an equivalent in dog language. Proper discipline alao has to be delivered in a calm cool and collected way to be effective. Don't think what you did was disciplining the dog. It was just pushing him back to collect your pet... which had no business being loose in the dog's area of the house. Which is what we would be having words about.

Of course you are lucky it was a golden. I work with much higher drive dogs. A smack would not deter them and you absolutely would have a dead snake on your hands. But I digress.

As for snakes, yes, it's been made plain that I'm a big of a greenhorn when it comes to experience with them. But to be fair, there is a lot of mixed information out there. Go take a look. What works for you isn't what works for HLC Python, 1SoftKiss, or SnakeBytes. Not 100%. These snake owners know their stuff, and while some information may come off as a little strange, I can see why they see what they see. Does this make sense?

I'm only familiar with the last 2. Snakebite is a fine source. But softkiss majorly anthromorphises her animals and takes a LOT of risks with them. Not a person to emulate if you care about your snake's welfare.

....? My hair isn't always in a pony tail... Adding in details into your own mental picture is fine, but I didn't wrap him around my hair. He was around my neck and my hair was like a curtain. I'm sorry if this isn't a suitable quick solution, but I was trying to get the dog to behave, keep the pasta from over-boiling, and keep the snake out of reach of the dog.

It actually doesn't matter what your hair style was. Even long hair worn down in a curtain can in no way be conceived as a proper secure hide for a ball python.

You cared more about your pasta over boiling than getting your snake to feel secure. That is sickening to me.

Forcing your juvenile ball python to endure the presence of the large predatory animal that had just terrorised it is psychological abuse.

Poor snake.