[Desensitisation]

Originally Posted by ices ↗

Dog gets agitated, "WHOA BETTER BACK DOWN MAN!" Cant assert your dominance over a dog with an attitude problem!

See the fallacy of that?

There is no fallacy in that. There is the right way to deal with dog being food-defensive, and the wrong way. Ceasar Milan just demonstrated the wrong way, and it's obvious you know jack shit about dog psychology. I can guarentee this isn't the first time he's been bitten, and it won't be the last if he sticks to his model of dog training.

Food defensiveness is one of the hardest things to train a dog out of, because food guarding is a damn strong primal instinct. What Caesar did there is his typical (and stupid) I'll just dominate the hell out of this dog hurr durr. That works for certain types of posturing aggression, and even some forms of territoriality, but food defensiveness? No. You do not strike back at a dog who is food defensive after they have warned you (he tried the neck punch thing he does too damn often under the wrong circumstances). You give them room, and you assure then that you are not a threat to their food.

From there, you need to simply be near them when they eat until they show no signs of tension of you even being nearby when they eat. And you let them finish. That can take a few days. After that, you feed them small amounts of food in a bowl that you hold. And you let them finish. Then you proceed to feed small amounts in a bowl that you hold, then drop a couple of biscuits into it with the other hand within eyeline of the dog so they don't startle. And you let them finish.

From there, you can start moving the bowl around whilst holding it. First slowly, then back and forth, and away and towards the dog. Then you put the bowl down for just a moment and pick it up again, whilst the dog is eating. Then you gradually extend the time between drop and pick up. You know why we do this? So the dog learns that their food isn't going to be taken away forever, so they learn to trust that you aren't there to steal their food.

It comes down to trust. Ceasar's techniques are based more in dominance, which is based in fear. Every time I watch that fucktard doing his work, I know that he's been bitted multiple times. He's a one-trick pony, who only knows one "technique" for training dogs, and his technique with the wrong dog will backfire, regularly, just as it did with the dog in the vid. And that's a Labrador, one of the more placid breeds out there.

Real dog behaviourists will always keep an entire repertoire of dog training techniques in the back of their mind because every dog is different. Real dog behaviourists don't stare defensive dogs down in the eye and circle their arms around them like a fucking orang-utan. And yes, I'm a real animal behaviourist, with years of experience, more damn degrees in it than you can shake a stick at, and plenty of practice experience ranging from police and military dogs to psychotic little Chihuahua bastards owned by doting little old ladies. I'd've loved to see Caesar try and break the Akita I rescued out of food guarding. I managed it over 3 days, without getting bitten. Had he done his whole "dominance" bullshit on him the way he did on that Labrador, he wouldn't have the lips to smile with anymore.

[Darkest Angel]

Regardless of the man & his actions with the dog the bottom line is for me I would not trust this dog around my child. Not a chance. Especially a baby!!


Excellent advice Desensitization

[kellyhound]

dumbass

[juliemd]

my mother quotes this guy all the time like he is a god or something. Keeps telling me to follow his advice to train my dog. I have my dog trained just how we want him trained. He listens to me, and has no aggression in him unless a stranger comes into the yard, then his tiny little scruff pops up and he grumbles at them. any dog protecting his territory grumbles at strangers, so why shouldn't my dog lol.

[Xfactor]

Originally Posted by ices ↗

He is asserting himself, you really dont think it through do you?

Yes I do. Taking dog training classes for a 8 months before I got my dog. I have a dog that's smart and strong and a 9 years old daughter. I think things through. I took the classes before I got my dog.

Cesar being aggressive as the owner watches and stays quiet is a big mistake. The dog thinks he might be aggressive to the owner.


The dogs hair stands up at from the beginning.

[joak]

HAHAHAHAHA.

seriously, fuck this guy.

[mrfuzzybagels]

I miss the days when someone would just take the unruly mutt out back with a shotgun.

[girliegirl]