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Originally Posted by totallyhip
 I can't stand Brad Pattison. He uses very old school training techniques and is being investigated by the SPCA for hanging a dog by a choke collar on a tree 
I enjoy watching Cesar and I think he is a very good handler with the dogs. But when it comes to tv shows (both Brad & Cesar) there is alot of editing going on and the scenes that you don't see behind the cameras. I also don't agree with some of the tools Cesar uses (prong & shock collars, electric fences) but that just me.
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I definitely prefer Cesar Milan of the Dog Whisperer at least he explains and shows exactly how he trains his dog in a step by step method. I recently attended a Seminar in Edmonton with Brad Pattison and I have written a complaint to the National Geographic channel about sponsoring his show. I would appreciate if all of you who do not like him would do the same. If he doesn't have his sponsors then he will be taken off the air...this was my letter to the National Geograhic and my experience last Saturday with what happened at that Seminar.
To whom it may concern:
I just want to voice my opinion on Brad Pattison (At The End of My Leash) whose show you televise on your TV station. I had been watching the show and thought I would attend a recent Seminar here in Edmonton which I did on December 13, 2008. I wanted to learn more about his training methods because he explains very little about how he actually trains the dogs on the show. Unlike Cesar Milan (The Dog Whisperer) who shows everything to do with his training methods in a step by step progression which makes sense.
I am appauled that you would sponsor someone like Brad Pattison after attending this Seminar. I mean do you not consider yourself animal activists and strive for humane care and treatment of all animals and yet you televise and promote Brad's show. Are you aware of how cruel and unhumane his methods are? I imagine that he edits out all of the parts where he is unduly cruel to the dogs and this is why it doesn't make sense on his show how the dog was actually trained. What I saw appauled me to say the least. He hung several dogs up in the air for a time with a choker collar, he slapped them across the snout very hard and even though the dog followed through on the action he did not reward him right away because in his words the dog hadn't performed enough to live up to Brad's expecations. He cut most of the owners dog's leashes and harnesses in half and through them away so these people would have to buy his leashes and collars. He was so arrogant through the entire show. He did not show or teach any of the owners how to train their dog but just grandstanded on how he could make them behave through his cruel methods and physical abuse.
I have a little 3 pound 10 ounce Yorkshire terrier. When I spoke to Brad on the phone prior to the Seminar I voiced concern whether all the dogs were large and he said there was nothing to worry about they were all sizes. 90 percent of the dogs were vicious and huge. They were growling and barking fiercly when Brad was beating them and manhandling them. My Mica got scared and was trying to protect me so she barked. Brad came and grabbed Mica by her harness and literally hung her up in air way above his head and the neck part of her harness was choking her little neck. He put her up his jacket and ridiculed her and pulled her bow off her head. Then he had her in the middle of the ring and she was too afraid to walk so he dragged her around like a mop in front of everyone. Then a big Belgian Sheppard who got loose from his master ran at her and Brad only stopped this dog at the last minute from attacking Mica even thought the owners yelled at Brad "No, no he'll kill her". I have never been so nervous through this entire seminar. He refused to let me hold Mica and she was scared, shaking, and cold lying on the concrete floor. I just can't believe that you support and sponsor someone who is so cruel to animals as Brad Patteson showed during the course of this seminar. After this happened Mica started to cough and choke the rest of the day and ultimately I had to rush her to the emergency Vet on call late that night because she was vomiting and it ended up that by hanging her by her harness for that length of time he had chokend her and injured her little throat and it was all inflammed. Mica required an injection of a narcotic to get her to stop choking and coughing, Prednisone to reduce the inflammation, and 7 days of antibiotics to prevent a secondary infection from occurring.
I would appreciate if someone from National Geographic could please comment on this for me. Basically I feel he is a quack, very arrogant, and his only training methods have to do with being abusive to all dogs to the point that they behave with him strictly due to fear. How can you sponsor him when his methods are basically cruel. He put my dog in severe danger at the Seminar and caused her to become sick. I mean I was initially very excited about the seminar with the expecation that I would learn some useful information to help with my training of Mica. However, sadly this wasn't the case at all because basically all he showed the owners was how to beat the dogs down with cruelty by yanking and choking their necks and suspending them up in the air to get them to behave. I'm totally angry and disgusted with his methods and to you, National Geographic, for even sponsoring him without actually looking into how he treats the dogs that he supposedly trains. He taped this Seminar but you can be sure he will edit it to make it appear that he is a wonderful trainer. I would appreciate a response or I will advise all of the people I know to cancel their subscriptions to National Geograhic because if something isn't done to cancel his sponsorship then you are just as bad as he is for advocating cruelty to animals.