Just a small rant. I am not saying that how Ceasar Milan trains his dogs is wrong, I just don't believe you can watch a show on TV and then become a trainer at the same level.
Last night while I was at Agility practise at our club there was a young girl (18-25) with a young fairly large lab mix. I guess the dog's age to be around one. The whole time she was outside she had the dog up on it's hind feet "Ssssing" in its face or on its back. She was outside at least 1/2 an hour and I think the dog may have been on all fours for a total of 5 minutes. Whatever she was trying to accomplish was not working, as everytime she let the dog up, it would start pulling away on the leash and the whole scenerio would start again.
Our club has a Positive but not Permissve philosophy of training. I am pretty sure that is why she was outside, so the instructors could not see her.
Again, apparently Ceasar Milan's training style works for him, but I don't think it is for the average joe blow. I would much rather build a relationship of mutual trust with my dog than force it to do my bidding. All of our dogs, last night, were doing very complex agility courses, I don't think my dog would have worked as hard for me if I was constantly "Ssssing" in his face or rolling him on his back everytime he made a mistake or even blew me off.
Last night while I was at Agility practise at our club there was a young girl (18-25) with a young fairly large lab mix. I guess the dog's age to be around one. The whole time she was outside she had the dog up on it's hind feet "Ssssing" in its face or on its back. She was outside at least 1/2 an hour and I think the dog may have been on all fours for a total of 5 minutes. Whatever she was trying to accomplish was not working, as everytime she let the dog up, it would start pulling away on the leash and the whole scenerio would start again.
Our club has a Positive but not Permissve philosophy of training. I am pretty sure that is why she was outside, so the instructors could not see her.
Again, apparently Ceasar Milan's training style works for him, but I don't think it is for the average joe blow. I would much rather build a relationship of mutual trust with my dog than force it to do my bidding. All of our dogs, last night, were doing very complex agility courses, I don't think my dog would have worked as hard for me if I was constantly "Ssssing" in his face or rolling him on his back everytime he made a mistake or even blew me off.