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Bread and Roses (2000) IMDB rating: 7.10 Plot: Maya is a quick-witted young woman who comes over the Mexican border without papers and makes her way to the LA home of her older sister Rosa. Rosa gets Maya a job as a janitor: a non-union janitorial service has the contract, the foul-mouthed supervisor can fire workers on a whim, and the service-workers’ union has assigned organizer Sam Shapiro to bring its “justice for janitors” campaign to the building. Sam finds Maya a willing listener, she’s also attracted to him. Rosa resists, she has an ailing husband to consider. The workers try for public support; management intimidates workers to divide and conquer. Rosa and Maya as well as workers and management may be set to collide.

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Help my family understand?
So we got a Shih Tzu puppy a few weeks ago, and for the most part everything is going great. She’s smart, playful, friendly (she’s sleeping on my lap right now), and just a joy to be around. She was house trained in like three days, and its great. I’ve done a lot of research on raising puppies, both before and during the time she has been here, and there are some disagreements in my family on how to do so, and also, how to interact with the puppy.

For starters, she has a bit of a biting/nipping issue. My brother and I (I have two little bros), have been rolling her on her side and gently holding her there for a few seconds, as her mother would do, whenever she bites, and it seems to be working well. The problem we have is, my dad doesn’t mind the biting, and lets her use his hands as toys. I’ve tried to explain to him that it gets to the point where it stops being play and starts to become dominance, but he’s the bread winner, so he’s all like "I’m not anybodies bitch" I’m pretty sure the dog doesn’t understand that, and as far as she’s concerned, she gets the hand, he is her bitch.

The other thing is that my littlest brother (the other one), does not handle her well. For starters, he refuses to pick up any poop, because he doesn’t like the way it smells (cuz it smells like roses to me), and says that the reason she has accidents is that we were top lazy to take her out (this smart ass is 8 btw), and that’s bs cuz I take her out all the time. So I tell him that if he thinks we’re doing it wrong then he should do it, and then he told me "No! It’s raining." Hypocrite.

He also like picks her up in a really awkward way, and carries her around a lot. Even when she’s sleeping on the floor he’ll come over and start trying to play with her and then like pick her up and pet her, and she doesn’t appreciate it. She’s afraid of him, and she growls whenever he picks her up. Then I have to hear him crying that the dog doesn’t like him, even though I told him repeatedly to just let her be if she didn’t want to play with him. The other day she snapped at him, and he took it upon himself to lock her in her crate.

I think that between the two of those guys, and my brother, mom, and I. she gets very confused as to what is OK and what isn’t.

Sorry for the long question, I’m just trying to figure out how to get my dad to understand how a dog’s mind works, and my brother that she isn’t a stuffed animal, and comes with needs and responsibility.
Haha, so just now, my bro came in, took her from my lap and brought her inside to play, but in about 15 mins he’ll get bored, and he’ll come back and literally shove her in my face. Literally.

Help me.

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I like your attitude to all of this and it is a shame you are not being listened to.

Of course you are right about your dad, and that he shouldn’t be allowing her to nibble his fingers.

What I find more worrying though is your little brother picking her up. He is very young to do this securely, and if she as much as struggles then he could easily drop her and then you would or could have a major problem.

I think little brother has to learn that this is not a toy, and I think your parents should put restrictions on this.

| Sep 01, 2009

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Personally, if I had such a spoiled little brat as my brother like yours, he’d be dead a long time ago o.O
Tell him to stop doing it little piece of trash and that she’s a living being too!
Good luck
If he doesn’t stop, just tell him he is forbidden to see and touch her ever again until he starts acting like everyone else, and not like Tarzan
Ana | Sep 01, 2009

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The entire family needs to be consistent here. If everyone is not on the same page, then you could end up with a dog that is aggressive to some family members and behaves perfectly with other family members.

The biting thing. When I play with my dog, he is allowing to chew on me. Only when we are playing, and he is not allowed to do that to anyone else. Yes, he understands the difference between play time and not play time. I personally think that playing is different and there are a few behaviors that I deal with when it is play time that I absolutely do not when we are not playing.

As far as your brother, that is something that you will have to figure out on your own. He does need to learn the proper way to deal with a dog, but he is 8 so you might not be the person that should talk to him. Have your parents talk to him about it, it will prevent him from getting bit by a dog in the future.
jdgallagher2001 | Sep 01, 2009

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Your brother is your parents responsibility.

As for playing with the dog, the correct way of dealing with the dog when it gets nippy is to say, "ow" loudly and then stop playing with the dog for a few minutes. Eventually, the dog will learn how hard he can nip before it hurts.

I have 2 dogs that are a little over 4 years old. I don’t mind letting them use my hands as toys. One does it a lot more than the other. My wife doesn’t allow the dogs to use her hands for toys. Guess what? The dog uses my hands for toys but know not to use my wife’s hands for toys.

If you want your brother to learn how to deal with the dog, consider looking for children’s book that deal with the topic. I don’t know of any but I’m sure they’re out there.
BostonJeffy | Sep 01, 2009

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Your best defense is a book on raising shi tzus. If that’s out of the question, use your internet for the best advice. Usually, if it’s in print, by an authority, (especially for your Dad), it may help. Then, he can help educate your brothers in the handling of the pup.
Darlene H | Sep 01, 2009