The Dog Whisper-er.......
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| Lots of people watch and he seems to inspire a wide range of reactions. If you search, you will find many debates about him on this forum. I've learned alot from the show. I think it is good to consider a number of different approaches and develop the ones that work best for you. . . I also learned alot from these books Good Owners, Great Dogs, by Brian Kilcommons, Sarah Wilson
and The Dog Listener: Learn How to Communicate with Your Dog for Willing Cooperation, by Jan Fennell |
| I think he's a genius. I found the show by accident coincidently a few months before getting my puppy. I am applying everything I saw in the shows and it's working, working!! |
| Like it was mentioned alot of controversy around him. It's best never to stick to one person thought's or rules...but to read, watch and learn all different approaches and find out for oneself which method works best for that dog.
Keeping things positve, rewards, and praise will make for a happy, obedient, loving dog. |
| Some folks love him. Some don't.
Here's a comment that was in the New York Times last week. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/31/opini ... 1158120000 |
| and of course if it is in the NY Times is has to be true.
BTW the link doesn't work unless you log in. Shellie |
| There's a free online subscription to NYT, which is probably why the link worked for me.
I think the article makes some good points and misses big on other points. I enjoy The Dog Whisperer, find it helpful in some ways, but as always, I do my best to take what I think makes sense and fit it into my style and my dogs' needs/style. I am not a big fan of the clicker method, but just the clicker part. The rest of the training that I've seen/had is fine. I find the clicker sound grating and I'm not as good as I could/should be with the timing. Also, I just don't see myself carrying around a clicker. |
| It bothers me when people are so negative about an approach that works. I have been watching the show and I am now reaing his book. So far it has been a great help to me, I need to learn how to be the leader in my relationship with Skye. There is such a huge difference in the way she is around my live in boyfriend and how she is around me. He is a strong person and I am too submissive, Skye obviously senses this, I am the push over!
She pulls me on the leash, even after training and other methods. I now walk her with a new attitude, I try to be the strong leader, it has been working. Yesterday I put a soft leash around her, high up near the ears instead of lower on the neck...WOW! My neighbor saw me walking and said "Skye is such a well behaved dog!" If she only knew what I have been going through! Cesar has a lot of very useful ideas, I will keep reading and watching. His view on "dogs are not people" is great, we do treat them like babies. We don't let them be dogs, and that is sad. They have primal instincts that need to be fulfilled, if not they are missing out on what truly makes then so amazing. Most people don't like when someone is very good at what they do. I figure this man has been working with dogs for over 20 yr's, if it were all hogwash than we wouldn't even know about him! He would have been dicredited a long time ago. I could have saved my self money, what I learned in those petsmart classes, I could have taught her myself, sit, stay, lye down. Big waste, now I am learning how to really have a great relationship with Skye, and it only cost me $17.99 at Borders. |
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