Where's the love man?

Dear Sundance!

My owner will take me for a walk after she finishes class. I hear her tell me this on our way to school, where I sit and wait a few hours before she returns. She leaves me in our truck for what seems to be eternity only to return to me with excitement. I am so excited to see her, but she always corrects me with a strong and firm verbal correction and an aggressive slap on my rear. I am unclear why she get my blood flowing, only to squash it with a unyielding correction. This is sending me the wrong information, the wrong message, yet I continue to remain emotionally aroused. I only want to make her happy. For instance, today when she came back to the truck, she was talking to me with a high pitch voice that excited me so much that I became very anxious. This only led to her slapping my rear with such force, followed by yet another verbal correction that I could not understand, because I don't know what frustration means. I do not know why she feels the need to send me the wrong cue every time.

Please help!
Pitbull with wrong social cues

Dear P.W.S.C.,

I am so bummed to hear about your situation. I think it sends a wrong message to you and the rest of us when an owner behaves like that and mishandles leadership. I see it happen plenty in front of my own eyes, only to read about it later in the news or read it from a fan like you.
I recommend next time your owner sends you the wrong cue, follow it with a puppy stare or even better, record this misdeed and post it on YouTube for the world to see and bear witness to such idiocy. Owners who use strong coercive tactics to get their dogs to behave are very imbalanced individuals. Especially when the owner triggered the unwanted behavior. It is sad to see humans behave like this, when they are expected to behave with calmly and assertive conduct to give us the cues on how we should behave.

See if you can find the number for a good person-trainer and leave it in a conspicuous place in the house, and maybe they'll get the hint.

Live Happy!

Sundance