Thanks, Cindy, for posting these 2 articles! Personally, I think we should have a thread dedicated to this topic because it is so misunderstood.
The problem with the alpha roll is that it rarely works (yes, it works sometimes - so does beating them, but we don't advocate that either). Unfortunately, it quite often makes the problem worse.
From the second article, Cindy posted:
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Originally Posted by livingdustmops . A true alpha roll is an aggressive measure, and if a dog is prone to aggression, he will feel the need to defend himself. |
From the first article that Cindy posted:
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| Oh, stop that alpha rollover! That is making her more and more defensive! Even the people who originally wrote that book and recommended that maneuver changed their position on it some years later, but unfortunately people keep teaching it, and doing it. It is extremely harmful to the relationship between dog and owner in many cases. |
I gotta tell ya that I have to laugh when people recommend this with a Yorkie. The visual of a 100-200lb human alpha-rolling a dog of under 10lbs cracks me up!
