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Originally Posted by JoeyP  I think the Dominance Theory works ....
1. If it is done Correctly ..... people can get hurt if they do it wrong
2. and therefore should ONLY be applied by people who know what they are doing
I use it and have used it with my dogs in the past and it works for me like a charm
If you think that your dog looks at you as anything other than his or her pack leader than you're putting way too much human values onto an animal that has lived and worked in packs for thousands upon thousands of years
Poking a dog at the neck may not be the same as the bite of another dog
.... but it does snap the dog out of a specific behavior and focuses their mind on You |
Well then you may want to actually look at the lastest work on dogs by Temple Grandin or actually animals in genral.
Or Dr Mconnell or Suzanne Cothier.
Or even some older stuff by coppinger.
Dogs are not and never have been pack animals they are soical beings.
Dogs are smart enough to know that you are a human and not a dog.
They are far better at understanding us then we are them.
Why poke a dog when it takes a little more work to engage the brain and keep ones hands off.
Yes I do work aggressive dogs I much rather work hands off with them and teach trust then do it or else.
Actually Dominace aggresion is impulse control agg. and was nothing to do with dominace at all just a lack of self control and or the support to gain self control.
All to many can not do domince stuff right including Ceasr.
Not only humans get hurt if done wrong a dog can be so bably damaged that you have to put it down or it leaves in fer the rest of its life.
Fear and the use of it in training is not OK!
JL