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Originally Posted by paddys mom  I Love Ceasar. I know some people think he's rough but animal mothers do carry their babies by the scruff so I would imagine it doesn't hurt if done correctly and not out of anger or attempting to be cruel. |
You have to remember though that young puppies have alot of loose skin to grow into so when their mothers pick them up it does not hurt however ceaser is doing it to adult dogs who do not have that loose skin, so therefore it does hurt them. Furthermore mothers do it when they need to move their babies, and they are very very gentle. However ceasar is doing it as a punishment and he could really mess the dogs up phsycologically, especially if they should ever become mothers.
Another thing along the same lines is that he tries to make people believe that the alpha roll works because and is acceptable because the alpha dog will do it in a wolf pack, this is incorrect. This theory is from a study of one wolf pack in the 1940's however furthur studies of many wolf packs all over the world concluded that actually dogs voluntarally roll over onto their backs in submission but they are never forced to do it.
This is also like the theory that the 'alpha' dog eats first, when actually if you study wolf and dog packs you will see that the adolesent dogs (those that would be seen as at the bottom) are allowed to have first pick of the food.