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Old September 10th, 2008, 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Etown_Chick View Post
This is my second dog- both terrier crosses, both rescues.
I don't know Jan Fennel, but I do know of Caesar Milan.
With my last dog, I had a lot of problems. Yes he had issues when I got him but what was doing (on the advice of the dog trainer) didn't help.
With the new one, Scruffy, I've been following more of the Caesar approach. It works really well.
Trying to see things from the dog's viewpoint and acting like the alpha dog are much more effective than expecting the dog to see things through the human perspective.
Yes I'm sure if I was a professional trainer it would be easier but that doesn't mean it's not worth doing.
I wholeheartedly agree about looking at things from the dog's viewpoint. It just makes sense. Thing is, it's a fairly 'simple' approach on paper, but not so easy to put into practice. I find I really have to put myself in my dog's head to try and figure out what might be going on. Issues can be very very subtle; dogs are so smart that they detect the slightest change in our behavior and theirs changes accordingly.
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