[Nancy1999]

I can tell you in psychology, there are three major schools of thought, Behaviorism, Freudian or what is known as Psychoanalysis, and Humanistic psychology. The strict Freudians hate the Behaviorists and the Humanists, as does the strict Behaviorist, hate the other branches. A therapist, who only endorses one branch and shuns the others, is making a huge mistake; behavior modification works well, in certain circumstances, but talk therapy is needed in others. Dog training has long been dominated by only Behaviorism, because there was no way to psychoanalyze or develop a dogs " self-actualization." So Cesar comes along, and starts looking into the dog's psyche, and what, he believes, a dogs truly needs to be "self actualized", exercise, discipline, and affection, and this is a whole new way of thinking, when we start to look at the dog's needs. He is incorporating the two other branches of psychology, into his methods, and I can understand why this would infuriate behaviorists. While behaviorism was my specialty, I never discounted the other branches as being worthless, but I can tell you that most behaviorists do, even with human psychology, and when you are talking about animal psychology, I doubt if you will find any strict behaviorist who would endorse Cesar because Cesar doesn't just rely on just behaviorism.