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Originally Posted by Syaoransbear
I haven't seen every episode, but the ones I've seen where he immediately confronts an aggressive dog it submits to him, and dogs that aren't aggressive usually respect his space when he comes in the door.
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I have rarely seen his show and have seen handfuls of clips of him and can say there have been multiple episodes where dogs have tried to eat him, had to be muzzled for him to work with or had to be strangled because they went after him. He does not a magical dog god who dogs automatically become friendly and polite around.
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Originally Posted by Syaoransbear
Not exactly. I think the more common dog behavioral problems are created by owners who spoil their dogs so that the dog thinks it's allowed to act however it wants to. These would be owners would don't like it when their dogs jump up on them or eats things off the counter, but let them do it anyway and just deal with it because their dog is their 'baby'.
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Jumping on people and stealing food are pretty normal dog behaviors - most dogs will do these things if not trained otherwise. The theory that behavior problems stem from "dominance" is pretty outdated at this point.
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Originally Posted by Syaoransbear
I don't understand what you mean by "  ". Does that mean you've seen the show, or not? I actually just finished watching that show an hour ago and Brad Pattison said "I'm really pissed off right now" 3 times in one episode, lol. |
That guy is an
. Talk about presenting really bad training and behavior information to the general public.