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Showing Original Post only (View all)If you have a large dog and a repair technician is coming to your home, do you: [View all]
1. Confine the animal to a portion of the house away from where the repair technician will be working, as a gesture of basic respect and courtesy?
2. Stubbornly insist that the animal is fine and get indignant when the repair technician objects to the animal repeatedly jumping on him or barking aggressively at him?
These are, more or less, the two categories of behavior that encounter in the performance of my job. In which category to you place yourself?
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If you have a large dog and a repair technician is coming to your home, do you: [View all]
Orrex
Jul 2021
OP
I had a huge paper delivery route when I was a kid. Its amazing how many type 2's are out there.
CentralMass
Jul 2021
#5
People have legitimate fear or concern with dogs. Who am I to scorn that? Makes me a not nice
LizBeth
Jul 2021
#17
Option 3, spend the time to train your dog to respond to commands so it does not
GumboYaYa
Jul 2021
#8
Regardless of size, you confine your dog to another room so the technician can do his/her job.
Arkansas Granny
Jul 2021
#11
Right. My little dog goes to the garage, and my cat goes in the bathroom.
Midnight Writer
Jul 2021
#46
He is a small dog but I lock him in his carrier while any service person is in my home.
In_The_Wind
Jul 2021
#29
Same here, except for the late Milo, who would be all up in everybody's business
Ocelot II
Jul 2021
#56
3. I let the dogs help me answer the door. They jump up and loudly place paws on the sidelights...
Phentex
Jul 2021
#45
I don't have a dog but for a repair guy who was scared of cats, I did put the cat away
Skittles
Jul 2021
#53
Our 3 beagles are not large but they are in their kennels if we have a worker at the house.
beaglelover
Jul 2021
#55
I know a guy who works in a rescue - Big guy who has no problem dealing with big dogs
GoneOffShore
Jul 2021
#69