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Category Archive for 'Calm-submissive'

Bonfire of the Insanities: Dumbinance Strikes Again

Posted in Alpha dog, Behavior, Calm-submissive, Dominance, Dumbinance, Ian Dunbar, Pat Miller, Shock collar, Trish King, Uncategorized on Nov 24th, 2009

Tweet Dominance theory, or dumbinance theory as I prefer to call it, reared its howling head again, this time as a prescription for child rearing—“Becoming the Alpha Dog in Your Own Home.” (As of today, the most popular article in the NYT.) Meet Cesar Millan, the new no-nonsense nanny. Here. In the New York Times. […]

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And another thing… I Do Not Want My Dog To Be ‘Calm-Submissive’

Posted in Alpha dog, And another thing, Calm-submissive, Dominance, Fearful dogs, Greeting behavior, Relaxed-happy-confident, Uncategorized on Jun 14th, 2009

Tweet Today begins a new series of blog entries entitled ‘And another thing’—brief ‘shout outs’ shorter than my typical blog post and too long for a tweet. Some things grind away at my thoughts like a dog that refuses to give up gnawing a bare bone. Others things make me feel so happy, I swear […]

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