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Originally Posted by chattiesmom  The best of the best trainers know instinctively what to do. That is what sets them apart from those who have to have a "method". There isn't a method to training. You take each individual, evaluate them, spend some time getting to know them and then go from there. That is what trainers like Cesar do. They are able to "see" and "sense what most of can't -- similar to a composer hearing notes that a regular mortal can't or a blind person smelling things that a sighted person can't.
What I want to know is where were these "experts" when the dogs needed help? Cesar was there nudging a Husky in the butt to get his attention and having the same husky try to rip his face off.
I deleted the circus training/elephant paragraph because it didn't apply to my response. |
I would agree with this -- however, that doesn't mean there aren't scientific principles behind what these trainers intuitively know, and we have been able to identify some of these. I mentioned the old way gypsies broke horses earlier as an example of that. I believe that Cesar has an excellent intuitive understanding of dog body language, but that doesn't make everything he says right. That's why science is important - instead of just following what the mystic says, we can progress, and get better, so you don't have to be brilliant to train your dog.
I'm not sure what you mean by "where were the experts" -- surely many of them are involved in rescue work (presumably, if they are with the ASPCA).