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kalina82 · 08-10-2009, 07:15 PM

i've been gone all weekend and finally finished reading through all the debating that has been going on. i would like to go back to the main topic and not the little off shoots.

I do have to say that i agree that Cesar does not abuse dogs. I just watched that video with the husky and i thought he did a great job. I've worked with dogs like that husky and what he did with the leash is exactly what i would have done as well. if he held that leash any other way that dog would have been all over him. that dog was jumping up at him and biting, if Cesar didn't shorten the leash and hold it as far away from him as possible and with out much room for the husky to move that dog would have gone for his face. Huskies are very snappy dogs. They bite without warning or reason sometimes. their jaws are quick and when they get you, they get you quick and usually multiple times. Some will say that if he didn't tap the dog to refocus his attention that the dog would never have turned on him. if it wasn't going to be that tap that turned him, it would have been something else.

I watched the video first with the sound off. I saw him stare and posture towards that other dog. Cesar tapped him to get his attention off the other dog...he didn't kick the husky. I also did not see the dog being jerked into the air. the dog was lunging up into the air. when the dog's four feet were on the ground the leash was taught but not suffocating. When you have a dog on a leash that is trying to jump and bite at you, what would you do with the leash? hold it loosely at your side or would you tighten up on it and hold it as far up and away from you as possible? He was not struggling for air, he was out of breath from the struggle. he was not blue from lack of air, i've seen dogs lose color from lack of oxygen. he took 2 or 3 large breaths and recovered quickly. Immediately when cesar had him on the ground he loosened the leash on his neck and probably would have liked to do sooner but the dog was too busy trying to bite him. Nor did he lose control of his bladder... it appears that it just rained because everything was damp. I don't agree with what that vet wrote at all.

08-10-2009, 07:15 PM	#330
kalina82 Phantom Queen Morrigan Donating Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: with my yorkie baby Posts: 10,141 Blog Entries: 1	i've been gone all weekend and finally finished reading through all the debating that has been going on. i would like to go back to the main topic and not the little off shoots. I do have to say that i agree that Cesar does not abuse dogs. I just watched that video with the husky and i thought he did a great job. I've worked with dogs like that husky and what he did with the leash is exactly what i would have done as well. if he held that leash any other way that dog would have been all over him. that dog was jumping up at him and biting, if Cesar didn't shorten the leash and hold it as far away from him as possible and with out much room for the husky to move that dog would have gone for his face. Huskies are very snappy dogs. They bite without warning or reason sometimes. their jaws are quick and when they get you, they get you quick and usually multiple times. Some will say that if he didn't tap the dog to refocus his attention that the dog would never have turned on him. if it wasn't going to be that tap that turned him, it would have been something else. I watched the video first with the sound off. I saw him stare and posture towards that other dog. Cesar tapped him to get his attention off the other dog...he didn't kick the husky. I also did not see the dog being jerked into the air. the dog was lunging up into the air. when the dog's four feet were on the ground the leash was taught but not suffocating. When you have a dog on a leash that is trying to jump and bite at you, what would you do with the leash? hold it loosely at your side or would you tighten up on it and hold it as far up and away from you as possible? He was not struggling for air, he was out of breath from the struggle. he was not blue from lack of air, i've seen dogs lose color from lack of oxygen. he took 2 or 3 large breaths and recovered quickly. Immediately when cesar had him on the ground he loosened the leash on his neck and probably would have liked to do sooner but the dog was too busy trying to bite him. Nor did he lose control of his bladder... it appears that it just rained because everything was damp. I don't agree with what that vet wrote at all. __________________ Kellie and Morgan