told me his dog got beaten, slightly, for misbehaving.

I'm ancient, and not stupid.

Told him to consider his dog weighing 1,000 lbs like a horse and would he do that then?

Realistic?  No.  Potential for perspective?  Yes.

You want a realistic relationship with your dog?  Be respectful, as if the dog weighs 1,000 pounds, see what happens.  You wouldn't treat a horse that way, aka beat the horse, would you?  Well, same for the dog.

Moral of the story?  Helicopter related?  

Treat your helicopter like that 1,000 lb horse, respect it, it can kill you, and your  passengers.  

Sort your attitude appropriately, it does work.  Aviation is NOT forgiving.  Only you can forgive yourself through dealing appropriately with your medium/helicopter and its operating environment.

"but Dad, since I'm bigger and stronger, I'm gonna whip this mutt's a** whenever I goddamn feel like. That's how this sh*t works at my house."

just trying to have a realistic relationship with our dogs.

you left that part out.

How did the dog get beaten, son? Good question, dad. Would you beat your helicopter like that? No, pa. Okay then, go beat a horse son and good talk.

Don't beat off your horse.

to ur imagination.

and like being a pilot it eventually comes back to kick the sch i ttttttt out of you.

That's the OP point.

The horse you beat off. Or something else. I'm really trying here. If the dog were a rhinoceros instead of a horse, you shouldn't beat it off? That I get and it's a lesson all young boys should learn.

ur head in ur libido.

The point is something ur not capable of pereceiving.

Safety first.

has a bit of intellect.

you awake or dreaming?  Drivel.

U don't get it, ur an idiot.

with my dog. I pretended it weighed a 1000 pounds but it still ate the couch and crapped all over the living room so I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Beat it off or no? Please hurry with your response. Thanks.

First, ur not telling the truth.

Second, in the event u are having a problem with ur dog decide to realize ur dog is a dog, not a human.

Probability your dog has no respect for you, possibly because you beat it, and it is bored to defecating on your couch in response.  Animals have far more character than you think, and they are usually steps ahead of their humans, just like helicopters.  

Figure out the relationships and  you'll have a good time with ur dog, and you may stay alive flying helicopters.

Very much so.

THINK.

Have you ever seen a old school blacksmith shoe an onrey horse? Hint...there a little bit of beat'n involved, 1000 lbs or not, there's only one boss. 

and that's the boss no one wants to work for.  Get that pushy with ur helicopter and you'll get the same response as from the ornery horse gettin' shoed.

Sorry to hurt your feelings, but both dogs and horses need to know who the boss is, no matter the size.  So your story, while maybe well meaning, is incorrect.  Break them before they break or kill you because they are living, breathing, (sometimes) thinking animals with spirit and attitude.

A helicopter is just a machine that does what it is told or not told to do.  You don't teach it, it doesn't learn, it just does with respect to gravity and mechanics.

This is one pathetic thread.

like a rented mule and this is helicopter related because my mule oh never mind

you are mostly correct.  BUT, there are ways to confirm who the boss is, and the best way with any animal is patience.  Having grown up on a farm I can confirm that.

It is also useful, patience that is, when dealing with flying helicopters.  In both cases, your interface with animals and helicopters had better be exercised with patience and care.  The subject is you, the person, nothing more.  Sorry that was not obvious to you, probably the way it was written, English/American language and all that.

it the current vogue of tearing each other apart, like Congress does, all the time?

Saw my Dad beat a 1,000 pound horse.  That horse there after paid attention to my Dad and did as expexted no horseplay!

Dad exercised no patience.  Do that and the behavior will become far more long lasting and persistent.

People who beat animals should get the same so as to enlighten them.  Beatings?  Disgusting.

to mention animals don't forget, and they do pay back.  Don't think so?  Ask a vet.

helicopters do.

Abuse them and they fail before their time.

That has to be the thrust of this thread.

Attitude.  Force things via beatings, animal or machine, and look out, eventually disaster.

NOT