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Originally Posted by Lovetodream88  I am not a big fan of the pack leader thing and don't much believe in it. When Callie would get real hyper and nippy and stuff as a puppy we tried the rolle her over thing and it didn't work for her and we tried a few other things when she was a pup and they never worked. I personally think yorkies are just to smart for it or something. I would start from the beginning with potty training and taking him out every hour or so and making him go pee then treat him for that and keep him confined when inside and if you see him do it tell him a firm no. |
The alpha roll-over originated from the Monks of New Skeet, NY, who breed and train their dogs for new homes. The rollover was used EXPERIMENTALLY by one of the monks for very few, training-resistant pups. They responded with criticism to Milan's wide adoption (and making popular) of the technique. The Monks found that the dogs responded out of fear (duhhhh!!) to the rollover, hampering the human-dog bond (again, duhhhh!!) and discontinued the experimental technique. Milan has since recanted his blessing for this technique. Unfortunately for his followers, many haven't received that memo update
Milan freely acknowledges that his techniques are based on small number (for you statistics nerds)/anecdotal studies, as opposed to more in-depth and objective research. Please note that this is an FYI only on a specific technique and not a Milan-bash.
Signed, she who read waaaay too much while searching for my Liberty