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Thursday, February 06, 2025
Disturbing Dog News
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Wednesday, February 05, 2025
When A Dog Makes A Mistake
Real And Pretend Dog Trainers
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Dogs And Escalators
Tuesday, February 04, 2025
Don’t Be Rough On Your Dog
Why do I feel the need to tell people to not be rough on their dogs? Because many people think that being rough on their dogs is the way to deal with a dog. That backfires, sometimes with disastrous results... (MORE)
Dogs And Social Media Videos
The latest trend is for dog training social media guru Jedi Masters to post their brilliant ideas about how you should train your dog.
In my opinion, many of these are stupid, ineffective, harmful, or cruel. Some are ok, as well.
My advice?
Don’t do any of that stuff with your dog. Especially the aversive stuff. Pick the wrong dog and give it the wrong treatment, and you’ll be the one in the ER needing treatment.
The internet is not where you should be getting a plan to train your dog. Even if the person doing the video is 100% correct with the dog in the video, that isn’t your dog and that doesn’t mean it is right for your dog.
Plan accordingly.
Dogs And Movement
Monday, February 03, 2025
Dogs And “Kill” Shelters
Sunday, February 02, 2025
Do You Train Sick Dogs?
Saturday, February 01, 2025
My Dog Breed Blinded Me With Science
Do You Want A Calm And Submissive Dog? (Part 2)
Dogs And Overcrowded Shelters (Part 2)
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Creation Of Neuroses In Dogs
I am very concerned by a video I saw on the internet this morning. This internet guru Jedi Master trainer was teaching the viewers a procedure that will ultimately cause the dog in question to have a breakdown.
I will not specify here what was happening and why it would result in damaging the dog. I don’t want to give bad people more ideas on harming dogs.
In general terms, putting dogs in impossible situations is cruel. It is also unnecessary. Imagine a human example: a prisoner is made to hit themselves with a hammer on a toe before being given a piece of food.
Furthermore, you can stand out as a trainer without resorting to unique, outrageous, and harmful practices. What the viewer sees is what is presented in front of the camera. What isn’t seen are the longer-term side effects of acute and chronic stress.
Animals can go completely haywire, both mentally and physically with such treatment, and develop a debilitating neurosis that will wreck the dog.
Stay away from strange and unusual methods.
Plan accordingly.