For the love of dogs and their people
Posted in Dog Star Daily, Fearful dogs, Ian Dunbar, Puppies, Turid Rugaas, Uncategorized on Dec 18th, 2009
Tweet My recent post, Lunch with Turid Rugaas: Am I Driving My Dog Crazy? initially stirred a wave of reactions from readers as you can see in the comments section of the post. As naturally happens, though, after a few days of spirited back-and-forth the dialogue ebbed and I moved on to other topics. Then, […]
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. […]
Posted in Alpha dog, Article review, Behavior, Dominance, Ian Dunbar, Lisa Mullinax, Positive training, Sophia Yin, Uncategorized, Victoria Stilwell on Jul 18th, 2009
Tweet I’m feeling a little sick to my stomach this morning having just spoken with a friend who has a friend who worships Cesar Millan. Let’s name her Melissa. Melissa has totally bought into CM’s simplistic and wrong-headed belief that just about all the problems you have with your dog can be ridiculously reduced to […]
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