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Originally Posted by Catrina Hmm I don't know about him...
Oh believe me, its not like im letting my dog take control.. like when she makes "accidents".. she gets put into her cage and yelled at and she totally shows that she is not the "leader" but getting on her back doing that "i give up" position. But for some reason, me yelling at her and putting her in a cage does not work when a person she does not know comes.. |
Cesar will tell you that dogs do not understand yelling or time outs. That is not the way they communicate. You need to remain calm and assertive.
And potty training and being the pack leader have nothing to do with each other. She does not respect you as the leader. She doesn't think that you are in charge because you are not behaving in a clam asserive manner.
It is all in the body language and the mental attitude. It has nothing to do with dominance, punishment, yelling or time outs.
She feels that she has to protect you because you are not giving her the message that you can handle the situation. Because after all, you obviously can't handle her.
I'm not putting you down. I'm telling you that this is what the trainer is going to tell you and if you are not willing to change then you are wasting your money.
Watch Cesars video. Do what he suggests, and see if it doesn't work. If it doesn't then call the trainer, If it does, you have saved yourself $200.
But if you aren't prepared to chnge than nothing is going to work, because the problem is with you not with the dog.