I only watched the first episode because I was stuck in the hospital and didn't have anything better to do. Unimpressed.Mind boggling, I thought for sure there would be a thread started on the new Dog Guru and his work.
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This was the one I watched!! I just think that they are not giving enough INFO on why things are being done, or for how long...I thought it was dreadful & very irresponsible. I couldn't watch beyond 20 mins or so. One dog who was lunging & biting her owner's model clients was tethered to a desk to stop the problem. Genius @@. Finally switched it off when the "trainer" told another client to tell his barking dog to "stop it" without even assessing if the dog had been taught any kind of "quiet" cue. Dude is dangerous, IMO.
Exactly! That was a very serious issue and that woman was annoying me to no end with her excuses. When she said "Are you counting blood bites?" when talking about how many times her dog has bitten someone, he should have insisted that she not bring the dog anywhere until the biting issue was completely under control. Instead, he ties the dog under the desk & lets the viewing public think the problem is solved. Why doesn't someone give Dr. Dunbar a show already?!This was the one I watched!! I just think that they are not giving enough INFO on why things are being done, or for how long...
Like the desk tethering. Great, in theory...starting off with stationing the dog, and then building up to having it on a leash, working on the sit/stay at the same time, and finally getting to the point where it recognizes it's "station" and stays there, and then come out and waits in a sit stay to say hello - that is actually a great way to deal with the issue. But I bet that people watching will literally just tie up the dog and leave it at that. Sigh...
Also - What is with his little "therapy" sessions with the dog - sitting and actually talking about the issue with it without the owner present.....yeah, it may make a lovely bit of tv, but it just encourages people to anthropomorphize their dogs FURTHER, and treat them like they think the same way we do and want the same things...SMH
OMG the "blood bites" comment. I heard that and was just flabbergasted!! How on earth can you have a dog with a biting issue so bad that they are drawing blood on a regular basis and still be bringing it to work with you every day?? And to use the term "blood bites" she must have done some research...its like terms such as resource guarding - those aren't everyday terms, so if someone uses one, they must be doing at least SOME reading. Yet she is still unaware that this is a really serious issue..Exactly! That was a very serious issue and that woman was annoying me to no end with her excuses. When she said "Are you counting blood bites?" when talking about how many times her dog has bitten someone, he should have insisted that she not bring the dog anywhere until the biting issue was completely under control. Instead, he ties the dog under the desk & lets the viewing public think the problem is solved. Why doesn't someone give Dr. Dunbar a show already?!
I am of the same mind, it's all TV stuff and most of it pretty silly. Did notice that I saw a couple Marti collars. Aside from that nothing and I thought it would have been nice to at least explain the use of a Marti collar.
That very well could be the reason for no collar explanation.I got the impression that it wasn't explained because he wasn't actually putting them on the dogs - he was just using whatever collar they already had. I'm not sure on that one, but I didn't see him putting one on at any point, it was never mentioned, and it wasn't something that happened with all the dogs.
Possible but I do believe that the owner was just over dogged and meant well but just not the right experience necessary for the dogs she was trying to help.but maybe a better trainer could have made it work. *shrugs*