Inspired by the expectations thread, I'm just wondering if anyone's
seen "At the end of my leash." It's a Canadian series, but I think it's
available on National Geographic as well. What did you think?

The show is only a half hour and just shows highlights, so it's a
little difficult to see the big picture. But I'm still amazed at some
of the transformations.

There's a story on it here if anyone's interested:
http://www.calgarysun.ca/cgi-bin/pub...articles&s=wag

Steven Fisher said in
rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

Inspired by the expectations thread, I'm just wondering if
anyone's seen "At the end of my leash." It's a Canadian
series, but I think it's available on National Geographic
as well. What did you think?

I was contacted by Global TV during the show's conception and
chose not to be part of it.

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:35:52 GMT, Steven Fisher
wrote:

Inspired by the expectations thread, I'm just wondering if anyone's
seen "At the end of my leash." It's a Canadian series, but I think it's
available on National Geographic as well. What did you think?

The show is only a half hour and just shows highlights, so it's a
little difficult to see the big picture. But I'm still amazed at some
of the transformations.


Neither my husband nor I like this guy even a little bit. He is all
about dogs being kept off furniture and beds, for fear of tarnishing
the owner's authority. He uses quite a bit of intimidation, and tends
to be condescending to the owners. Just not our style, but YMMV.

Darla
Nova Scotia, Canada
--
"I'm still here, you *******s!"
---Papillon

http://www.yougotta.com/DARLA/
--

Darla Vladschyk spoke these words of wisdom in
:

On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:35:52 GMT, Steven Fisher
wrote:

Inspired by the expectations thread, I'm just wondering if anyone's
seen "At the end of my leash." It's a Canadian series, but I think it's
available on National Geographic as well. What did you think?

The show is only a half hour and just shows highlights, so it's a
little difficult to see the big picture. But I'm still amazed at some
of the transformations.


Neither my husband nor I like this guy even a little bit. He is all
about dogs being kept off furniture and beds, for fear of tarnishing
the owner's authority. He uses quite a bit of intimidation, and tends
to be condescending to the owners. Just not our style, but YMMV.

Darla
Nova Scotia, Canada
I'm all for dogs off the furniture and bed, but it's got everything to do
with hair, and nothing to do with authority. But I HAVE authority. But if a
family didn't have authority, getting the dog off the bed would be
certainly a part of the protocol.

On 2008-02-15 18:37:10 -0800, diddy none said:

I'm all for dogs off the furniture and bed, but it's got everything to do
with hair, and nothing to do with authority. But I HAVE authority. But if a
family didn't have authority, getting the dog off the bed would be
certainly a part of the protocol.

I have no dog at the moment, but when I get one staying off the
furniture is going to be a priority. It can sleep at my feet.

I used to think nothing of dogs on furniture, but Chip went for an
at-foot position on his oawn, and I appreciated the reduced dog hair,
lack of motion on my lap, and a bunch of other things.

(My parents' Dalmatian will bark at you if you are sitting in his
corner of the couch.)

Steven Fisher spoke these words of wisdom in
news:2008021813010216807-sdfisher@spamcopnet:


(My parents' Dalmatian will bark at you if you are sitting in his
corner of the couch.)



That's just wrong.. and i'd be fixin that

In article 2008021813010216807-sdfisher@spamcopnet,
Steven Fisher wrote:


I used to think nothing of dogs on furniture, but Chip went for an
at-foot position on his oawn, and I appreciated the reduced dog hair,
lack of motion on my lap, and a bunch of other things.

(My parents' Dalmatian will bark at you if you are sitting in his
corner of the couch.)

That's bad behavior and isn't about being allowed on the furniture as
much as being allowed to be a brat.

My current dogs are allowed on the furniture (as are my cats). There
are rules though, and bratty behavior would have the privilege revoked
immediately.

--
Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

On 2008-02-18 13:05:10 -0800, diddy none said:

Steven Fisher spoke these words of wisdom in
news:2008021813010216807-sdfisher@spamcopnet:

(My parents' Dalmatian will bark at you if you are sitting in his
corner of the couch.)

That's just wrong.. and i'd be fixin that

He's only picked this up in the last year or so.

For what it's worth, I completely agree with you. The behavior itself
doesn't seem so horrible, but the bad attitude in it is (IMO) a warning
sign. I usually sit right where he wants to and I don't take any lip
from him.

11 years old and still picking up new bad habits! But my parents don't
seem to mind it, and consider it part of his "charm." That dog has a
LOT of "charm!"

Steven Fisher spoke these words of wisdom in
news:2008021813221175249-sdfisher@spamcopnet:

On 2008-02-18 13:05:10 -0800, diddy none said:

Steven Fisher spoke these words of wisdom in
news:2008021813010216807-sdfisher@spamcopnet:

(My parents' Dalmatian will bark at you if you are sitting in his
corner of the couch.)

That's just wrong.. and i'd be fixin that

He's only picked this up in the last year or so.

For what it's worth, I completely agree with you. The behavior itself
doesn't seem so horrible, but the bad attitude in it is (IMO) a warning
sign. I usually sit right where he wants to and I don't take any lip
from him.

11 years old and still picking up new bad habits! But my parents don't
seem to mind it, and consider it part of his "charm." That dog has a
LOT of "charm!"



The dog is NOT too old for "charm school" and NILIF should be implemented
immediately, but I'm sure your parents won't go for it

On 2008-02-18 13:39:31 -0800, diddy none said:

The dog is NOT too old for "charm school" and NILIF should be implemented
immediately, but I'm sure your parents won't go for it

I'll talk to my mom about it. Maybe I can get some traction.

There's more at stake here than just the dog; My wife and I have an
almost-toddler, and my brother and sister-in-law have two small girls.