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Old September 9th 03, 02:50 AM
Charlie Wilkes
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On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 14:37:31 +0100, "Jonathan"
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I was just wondering,

In some of the posts from Jerry, you get:-

"the trainer said that I had to intimidate my dog" or ".. my dog had to fear
me more than he desired to chase a rabbit" etc.

Has anyone ever actually heard an approved trainer talk like that in the
States?
I may be naive, but anyone talking like that would be kicked out of the
training group I have visited. There is a certain amount of 'control' going
on- I.e. when in the class, and instruction should be obeyed, but the
trainers seemed to always manage that by perseverence and some clever body
language stuff (that I wish I could emulate better!).

Just wondering if things are different over there!

Cheers, J.

I am the owner of a 2-1/2 year old female dog who came from
fighting/protection stock and was quite aggressive and snarly as a
puppy. A number of people pointed me toward training resources that
emphasized force and intimidation as the best tools for controlling
such an animal. Jerry advised the opposite approach -- one based on
praise and distraction This is what I did. I followed some of the
exercises in Jerry's manual, and found they actually worked. Before
long, my dog was so slavishly loyal to me that my commands easily
overcame her instinctive tendency to charge people in my driveway and
scare the **** out of them. Now my dog is a model citizen, extremely
well-socialized, instinctively tuned to appropriate behavior and
highly OBEDIENT in all situations, especially the ones where it
matters.

So, I'd say Jerry is a mixed bag -- a Catskills comic with some real
knowledge.

Charlie

 




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