A well meaning friend recently emailed to tell me of about a recent Dr Phil show, in which the good doctor was dispensing dog training advice. Apparently he now considers himself a qualified dog trainer and in his professional opinion the only place that the family’s out- of- control, biting Lab could be helped was by sending it to a farm.

If one more person calls me wanting to give up their dog “to the farm” my head will explode.
There is no farm and there is no such quick fix for owners. Owners need to resolve their own dog training and aggression problems. There is no farm on earth where an aggressive dog will not come into contact with human beings at some point. Don’t farmers have families, mail, neighbors, visitors, friends, kids and an occasional delivery just like the rest of us? Just how many farmers are completely self sufficient, and why would they want our problem dogs on their farms? Can someone tell me how this problem is solved by sending a dog to a farm?

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