{"id":335,"date":"2009-06-15T04:17:47","date_gmt":"2009-06-15T04:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shibashake.com\/shibainublog\/?p=335"},"modified":"2009-06-15T04:17:47","modified_gmt":"2009-06-15T04:17:47","slug":"just-slap-him-on-the-muzzle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shibashake.com\/dog\/just-slap-him-on-the-muzzle\/","title":{"rendered":"Just Slap Him on the Muzzle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The other day I was walking with my Shiba Inu\u00a0when I\u00a0came across one of my neighbors. He is a very pleasant fella, so we got to talking about our animals (he is really big into cats).<\/p>\n<p>Both my dogs (Shiba Inu and <a href=\"http:\/\/shibashake.com\/dog\/the-siberian-husky-breed-good-bad\">Siberian Husky<\/a>) have pretty high prey drives, so I was explaining to him that when they see cats they would pretty much obsess on the kitty, and sometimes even quiver with anticipation. I know they would surely hunt the cat down if not restrained.<\/p>\n<div id='3084' class='wp-caption frame3 alignright' style='width:280px' ><div class='shiba-outer shiba-gallery' ><div class='shiba-stage' style='width:280px'><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2027-280x210.jpg\" alt=\"Just Slap Him on the Muzzle.\" title=\"Shiba Inu on collar and leash out for a walk\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3084\" \/><div class='wp-caption-text shiba-caption'>Just Slap Him on the Muzzle.<\/div><\/div> <!-- End shiba-stage --><\/div><\/div>\n<p>In response, my neighbor said, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/shibashake.com\/dog\/dog-discipline-punishment-beat-hit-dog\">Just slap him on the muzzle.<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>At first I thought he was joking. But later, I realized that he was actually being serious.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Does\u00a0the muzzle slap technique work well for <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/shibashake.com\/dog\/dog-obedience-training-good-and-bad\"><strong>training a dog<\/strong><\/a><strong>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If not a muzzle slap then what should\u00a0we do when\u00a0our <a href=\"http:\/\/shibashake.com\/dog\/how-to-deal-with-bad-dog-behavior\">dog behaves badly<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shibashake.com\/dog\/dog-discipline-hitting-spanking-slapping-beating-a-dog\">Read more about muzzle slaps, whether it is effective, and what are the alternatives &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<div id='5995' class='wp-caption frame3 aligncenter' style='width:520px' ><div class='shiba-outer shiba-gallery' ><div class='shiba-stage' style='width:520px'><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_4732-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"Does the muzzle slap technique work well for training a dog?\" title=\"Shiba Inu Making a Funny This is Bad Face\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5995\" \/><div class='wp-caption-text shiba-caption'>Does the muzzle slap technique work well for training a dog?<\/div><\/div> <!-- End shiba-stage --><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The other day I was walking with my Shiba Inu\u00a0when I\u00a0came across one of my neighbors. He is a very pleasant fella, so we got to talking about our animals (he is really big into cats). Both my dogs (Shiba Inu and Siberian Husky) have pretty high prey drives, so I was explaining to him [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[113],"tags":[151,152,153,154,155,156,157,158],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}