Just finished a book by Barbara Woodhouse

selzer · 05-16-2009, 02:35 AM

Yep, written in 1978, thank you half-priced books.

I remember her on TV, I thought she was really kool, always upbeat, Walkies!

Ah well, her book talks a whole lot about jerking dogs, and goes on to hitting dogs, and shaking dogs, and well, I dunno.

I am a bit disappointed. I expect there has to be pearls of wisdom in there somewhere, but I am not all that impressed. I guess you could say she was the positive trainer of her time.

k9sarneko · 05-16-2009, 07:49 AM

I used to watch her when I was growing up in the UK. She was a very intimidating woman. Her methods, while effective, are now proven to be unneccessary and border line cruel. Have you ever read how to "break" the dog from chasing and killing chickens? If not read it, it really is hysterical, but scary.

The best thing about her show was how terrified her human students were of her. That and watching her call out "Walkies" and "Sit, stay" in her big booming voice.

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selzer Crowned Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Denmark, Ohio Posts: 17,499	Just finished a book by Barbara Woodhouse Yep, written in 1978, thank you half-priced books. I remember her on TV, I thought she was really kool, always upbeat, Walkies! Ah well, her book talks a whole lot about jerking dogs, and goes on to hitting dogs, and shaking dogs, and well, I dunno. I am a bit disappointed. I expect there has to be pearls of wisdom in there somewhere, but I am not all that impressed. I guess you could say she was the positive trainer of her time. __________________ RIP Arwen, CD RN CGC RIP Whitney, RN CGC Jenna, RN CGC Babs, CD RA CGC Herding Instinct Certificate Heidi, RA CGC Tori, RN CGC SG3 Odessa, SchH1, Kkl1, AD Ninja, RN CGC Milla, RN CGC Joy, Star Puppy, RN CGC Dolly & Bear

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k9sarneko Knighted Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: florida Posts: 2,577	Re: Just finished a book by Barbara Woodhouse I used to watch her when I was growing up in the UK. She was a very intimidating woman. Her methods, while effective, are now proven to be unneccessary and border line cruel. Have you ever read how to "break" the dog from chasing and killing chickens? If not read it, it really is hysterical, but scary. The best thing about her show was how terrified her human students were of her. That and watching her call out "Walkies" and "Sit, stay" in her big booming voice. __________________ Sharon, Mom to SAR GSD's Lexi CGC (Cert. area search) Neko CGC (Cert. HRD) Justice CGC (trailing), BOLO, Bloodhound CGC(trailing) Titan, Shilo Shepherd (beginning area search) Kibby(Rodie mix) Lil Bear and Izzy and Louie(Pom's)

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