
Originally Posted by
FrostyPaws
I think it depends on the individual dogs. There are some dogs it never makes any difference with as evidenced by TFX's story of the 14 year old female. I can think of a couple of dogs that never showed any signs of giving it up, and they were hammered throughout their lives for the most part.
While I agree that most all dogs are curs, I think there will always be the few that aren't. The machine cliche is applicable most of the time, but there are dogs out there that can almost make you believe they are machines.