My moms trying to convince me to go to SD for a few days for a Christmas with my 2 younger cousins and aunt and uncle. I keep telling her no, mainly cause of chores, and they got a black lab in August or so, my uncle hauls for Swift so he's only home every 2 weeks or so so I know the dogs had no reprimanding. And I don't tolerate untrained dogs it usually ends up with me holding a dogs mouth shut or giving it a slap on the snout after it jumps up on me, or bites me while trying to play. And then angry owners because I was 'to harsh' on the dog.
If they ever bring there dog out here though, there will be hll to pay with me though. No more dogs out here after my grandma brought her spaniel and it killed 4 pullets, she then blamed it on my sister who was 9 at the time, even though she knew she wasn't supposed to let the dog off the leash or unattended. Only dogs allowed is the guy I go hunting with since she's well trained and doesn't care, and my aunt and uncles 2 dogs, since they're accustomed to chickens.
I mean hey I don't know anything about training big dogs though.
When my cousin from Bismarck and her mom came to get ducklings they brought their lab out to see if he would tolerate them, he grabbed one, my cousin and I both got to him I gave him a sharp slap on the bridge of nose. My cousins mom sort of raised her voice at us and said we just have to tell him no, but do you really think that's going to stop a dog from eating a duckling! He's never touched a bird since.
