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Old 09-13-2009, 11:29 PM   #83
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I have one of his shows. I don't watch it, because I feel he miss treats the dog.
I am glad there are others who think the same thing.


I am going to make a wild suggestion... if you can turn and trust me it can be tough to do to wtch with the volume down cause you see things you miss with his voice in your ears. Turn the volume down. Watch just the dog. See what you see for yawns lip licks, eye blicks, head turns, shake offs, These are all dog speack for I to stressed please stop. No good learning will happen in that state of stress. Sometimes you can see the light is gone out of the dogs eyes he is not there any more he has learned what is call learned helplessness.

Why I suggest watching it is that it is the fastest way to learn body language I know of and it comes in handy if you are out for a walk and apporocahed by a dog you are going to know if you need to book it out of there or if you are ok.

JL
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