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Originally Posted by kalina82  i think we can all say what we would have done in the situation, or how is should have been handled, what should have been done, and what shouldn't have been done until the cows come home. Unfortunately we were not there, we did not see the whole footage of what happened. Clearly the dog has aggression/dominance/insecurity/what-have-you issues. we don't know if they had any other training (they can say whatever they want on tv), and we don't know the whole background on the dog. There is a lot we don't know.
So i think we all need to agree to disagree on how we view that particular situation.
We all like to discuss Cesar because he is on TV (as is victoria). Its easy to pick him apart because we can actually see what he is doing, good or bad, right or wrong. When dogs react he only has a second to decide what he wants to do about it.
Its great to read books and learn theory, but until you are actually doing it, and are in that situation you can't really say what you would do exactly. I'm all for learning. I have many animal behavior books (a lot are dog books) and took courses in college while i was getting my bio degree. Reading is great but i think behavior and training is something you need to actually DO to get a good handle on it. |
Very true. Things are always much clearer in theory than in practice. Lifes experience will teach you that nothing ever works out like they said in the textbooks.
If all of these other experts have such good methods then let them come on TV and show us theirs.