I have the Cesar book, and I think I agree with about 50% of his training methods, some of it just isn't practical for me, he keeps his dogs in the garage, and they are a part of his "pack" but not in the same way Kizzie is a part of my family.. He uses other dogs to train his new puppies, I'm a 1 dog household so I don't have an older well behaved dog to help me train the new puppy on the rules..
I do however use the claw method mentioned in this post and it works as far as I can tell.. I'm also clicker training her, using kibble as the reward, so essentially hand feeding her right now.. I refuse to give her the food if she tries to nibble my fingers or bite me, she must sit and wait for me to open my hand with the treat laying in my palm.. this way she is working for her food, but she also comes to me as her provider and friend.. Giving her something to do helps both her and I.. |