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Argh again. I feel bad posting this, because I do love many Cesar lovers here... but I am just horrified by what he is doing to this poor retriever. He is choking her repeatedly and she is crying out in pain and fear. It IS abusive. It is killing me, because the owners said she is a very high energy dog, probably too high energy for them -- well, why not hire a dog walker to take her on a two hour run a couple times per week! Cesar says she is sensitive to being touched in certain areas of her body. Thor was like this too, and it's soooo easy to fix - you just get the dog relaxed, and then tough the sensitive body part a little bit. That's it. I'm obviously not an expert trainer, but body sensitivity is SO common, and so is the technique I just described.

I don't believe in 100% positive reinforcement. I found pennies in a can very effective, I believe in using your body to set boundaries, I don't believe dogs should run the household, and yes, I think dogs are dogs, not people. While I don't agree with it, I'm not shocked by people who spank their dogs with newspapers or rub their noses in their waste. But Cesar is using cruel and unnecessary methods, WAY beyond a simple whack with a newspaper.

These dogs look just like the kind Victoria trains, it's just that "It's Me or the Dog" bills them as ordinary behavior problems, not shocking, can-this-dog-be-saved emergencies. I'm watching Season 3, by the way.