Old 02-23-2015, 01:34 PM
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AnvilheadII
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with no offense meant to either dogs OR teenagers, any "punitive" action is best handled at the time of the undesired event. if you didn't CATCH the dog in the act of peeing in the carpet, hauling him out four hours later does no good as the dog can't make that connection.

if you don't put up the hand WHEN the teenager is being: mouthy, sassy, rude, bitchy, mean or sullen....trying to ressucitate the convo later gives WAY too much of a time gap for them to rewrite history! and they have moved on to a least 4025 different thoughts, moods and texts!

i think your plan is sound and hopefully it helps. she's 17, so if you two are at least HAVING conversations that don't end in screaming matches and doors being slammed, you're ahead of the curve.
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