great point! like i said i dont do it myself lol but hes trained and has helped many people.
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Originally Posted by trini&coco  IMHO-like you said about the neck thing "That is what the moms do" We should not! Moms do it when they are pups and when a dog is full grown I am sure it is not as comfortable. I would never let anyone grab my fur-babies like that. Especially not in the case of that video clip...The discipline he used to stop those dogs from barking was way too harsh.
I do believe in the "alpha dog" or "alpha role" in my fur-family, Trini is definately the alpha and it shows buut mine are all pretty well behaved. They all know I'm the boss but I treat them as equals always... 
There are other less degrading ways to train a dog than to intimidate them or show them our superiority, that's all I'm saying. I remember reading a post from another YT'er a few months back saying that what helped her dog stop barking was to get a metal spoon and a pan and bank it every time the dog would accessively bark. I think that is a much better way to approach that situation. The dog in that clip looked scared into submission. <<<Not good  Your dog should do the right thing because they want to please you not because they are scared what will happen if they do whats wrong.
I also want to add that in extreme cases it might be necessary to be slightly more aggressive, but when the dog is having an aggression issue. Like a child, the discipline should conform to the offense...but I am not the one to decide what others do, just giving my honest opinion |