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Originally Posted by YorkieMother  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.
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I don't have to do that, because I have already saw the signs you are
referring to. I to have seen him get on top of a dog and hold them down
to show he is in control, I just wonder what he will do when his shock
collars fell and the dog is aggressive enough that it gets a hold of him
good. I use the reward method with Chance, I get her used to doing
what I expect of her with treats and love then I taper off the treats
and just use praise and love as a reward. That works well for us. I
was Animal Planet with Victoria Stilwell. She and I like the praise and
love and treat method over physical control. I would rather Chance to
want to do tricks and obedience because she respects me and wants
to please me than because she is afraid not to, because of what
punishment she may get. But everyone is different, I believe all dogs
want to please there owners so treats and praise will work for all dogs,
the people just need to have more patience and understanding for the
dog. Remember you never know what has went on in that dogs life
before it was yours. I feel, and it is just my thought, that there is know
bad dog, just bad owners, and that goes for Pitbulls also.
There is really no need for everyone to get so upset over this thread,
it is your dogs, and you get to train them however you want. That is
what is so great about AMERICA, we are FREE, to do what we choose
to do.. There are far worse things going on in the world now to worry
about than C.M.