tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post5098883531522886581..comments2024-03-28T00:23:01.632-04:00Comments on Lem's Levity: Holly has a serious problem, one that get her killedTrooper Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-8604208996987708532016-09-19T14:44:52.128-04:002016-09-19T14:44:52.128-04:00Don't bother me with the deets of his private ...Don't bother me with the deets of his private life. I don't care. Not my business.Amartelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636450794507517534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-46224586538095200852016-09-19T14:44:23.342-04:002016-09-19T14:44:23.342-04:00I love this guy. The people who criticise him are...I love this guy. The people who criticise him are the ones who think their dog is special and almost human (or some sort of better form of life). I saw one recently where Cesar went to China and dealt with a very angry and abused dog there. He's a miracle worker with the dogs.Amartelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636450794507517534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-4695313553593160062016-09-18T13:32:53.480-04:002016-09-18T13:32:53.480-04:00Good stories. I love hearing of animals with spir...Good stories. I love hearing of animals with spirit and humans who know how to bring out the best in them in a mutually respectful yet clearly defined relationship.<br /><br />In the expanded version of the Holly episode, Caesar talks about the bite he received and the negative energy conveyed through the bite to him, and how he needed to handle that. I appreciated seeing how fast the bite happened and his response of "I didn't see that coming", as I experienced a similarly unexpected bite several years ago that I didn't see coming and the surprise and negative energy received through the bite was worse than the blood and physical pain. <br /><br />A bite like that triggers the fight, flight or freeze response, and in my opinion he handled it well by responding strongly without allowing more energy to flow than needed to back Holly off and prevent further attack.MamaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00300520132972757396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-45472844740549510742016-09-18T10:55:40.694-04:002016-09-18T10:55:40.694-04:00And dog owners keep rewarding the wrong behavior w...And dog owners keep rewarding the wrong behavior while not understanding how to create good behavior.<br /><br />My dog squeezing was the roughest thing I ever did and that was to speed what would come naturally eventually. Belgians are remarkably easy to train. To them a cross word is devastating and unnecessary. They live for praise. Withholding praise is equivalent to correction in other breeds. It just kills them. My females needed to be touched and constantly told they're doing great or they're devastated. <br /><br />A few months ago a hunter told me the most amazing display of dog obedience he ever saw was my third Belgian who received only rudimentary training. Just the beginner basics. Our little routine was something we did together for her to show off how great she is. And she was frighteningly good. If you saw her your first thought would be she looks like a little Nazi. She was simply the fastest thing ever alert for clues to what the next thing will be. I mixed up commands so she wouldn't anticipate and she responded instantly, and I mean <i>instantly</i>. <br /><br />For example, I'd use a signal for heel, then stop and stay, create separation that she hated the most. She wouldn't know if the next command would be, "go," or "sit," or "come," but whatever it was she did it with such élan such impressive éclat that I had to stop doing this on hard surface or she'd crack her little elbows on "down." <br /><br />And that was just us playing. A routine for her to have fun and show off for me. Her chance to be great with me. I was just showing my friend our little basic routine and it left an impression such that he recalled it decades later as the best he'd ever seen. And his dogs all hunt. That's why I like the breed so much. They basically train themselves merely by me talking and showing and being consistent. <br /><br />I think I mentioned I taught them where to pee by drinking a beer and showing them once. After that, locked in.Chip Ahoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597726289890879627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-52241720680751857652016-09-18T10:55:36.140-04:002016-09-18T10:55:36.140-04:00Another video of his is a lot better but it's ...Another video of his is a lot better but it's unfortunately too repeaty-y, full segments are repeated.<br /><br />Celebrities are having trouble with their dogs, a female exercise guru with a nervous bite-y dog that nobody can touch and Kelsey Grammer and one of his wives. The dog owners are all messes. They do everything wrong. And I mean everything.<br /><br />In their cases the dogs are nervous types, and everything the owners do agitates the dog's nervousness rather than allay it before proceeding. Millan is bitten again and the woman freaks out. She freaks about everything.<br /><br />My favorite part, though, is Millan himself taking the first dog home to recondition it by using his own family. His son is quite good at a training technique of stepping on the leash and approaching the dog. The boy steps off the leash at the precise moment. He has developed an instinct for handling dogs. This is only the second dog that he's worked with.<br /><br />Then Millan has his associates approach the dog the wrong way because he knows that's what most people do. They raise their voice, "Oh what a cute little dog." And come at it hands splayed to pet it, then touch it's head to pet it, all overwhelming to nervous little Chihuahuas. He trains the little dog that all those people doing the wrong thing is not a threat. He's funny the way he imitates how people act. He's the most funny when he's showing people what they are doing wrong by imitating their behavior. It cracks me up. <br /><br />People don't take the time to calm down their dog before opening a door. Millan is great at getting people to bring down their dog's energy and to stay behind and knock it off with all the barking. The owners get worked up themselves because they know the dog will misbehave and that causes the dog to misbehave more. They continually reinforce bad behavior instead of taking time with them and establishing boundaries, and being consistent with their behavior.<br /><br />One time in dog training class with my German Shepard, this was second level where dogs do more fun stuff like jumping things, and (to me not fun) rigid type of retrievals, obedience is actually weirdly unnatural, I overheard one trainer say to another, "I noticed that dog trainers have the most well behaved children." The other returned, "That's because they're consistent. The child knows the parent will give the direction once, and that's it. No sass, no discussion, no negotiation, no testing of boundaries. A direction is a direction, once, and after that the child knows a correction will follow, and that's consistent." The first asked, "So they treat their kids like dogs?" The second returned, "No, they treat their dogs like they <i> should</i> treat their kids, consistently. Consistency is the key to training good behavior in both cases." <br /><br />Overhearing this I understood how all five of us kids are so well behaved. My parents were very consistent this way. (I couldn't wait to break out of that and become misbehaving but all that's on me. <br /><br />Chip Ahoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597726289890879627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-31431686782578402402016-09-18T04:36:32.656-04:002016-09-18T04:36:32.656-04:00Dogs know that people are not dogs.Dogs know that people are not dogs.The Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05354536924604187137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-38738977387814196142016-09-18T02:37:29.928-04:002016-09-18T02:37:29.928-04:00You don't have to be all that alpha and smart ...You don't have to be all that alpha and smart to own and care for a dog. That's their appeal. If Cesar Millan couldn't control my dog, I'd be having second thoughts about my relationship with said dog. Plenty of pups in the pound. Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07837540030934495651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-90120272289902770812016-09-18T02:13:15.855-04:002016-09-18T02:13:15.855-04:00Most people don't know shit about dogs. Worse ...Most people don't know shit about dogs. Worse is that most people don't have the temperament or personality to be dog owners, much less alphas. I understand Caesars techniques and can see how they are applied and I've used them on occasion with my dogs to great success and helping other friends with their dogs too.Methadrashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07828014989470539375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-59741818211076171322016-09-18T00:33:02.250-04:002016-09-18T00:33:02.250-04:00Nothing works 100% of the time. We have worked wi...Nothing works 100% of the time. We have worked with Cesar on some problem dogs with mixed success. I think his methods work better than most and are based on valid dog psychology, or at least they seem to be. I mostly follow his methods myself, because they make sense to me and work. The thing to remember about Cesar is that he typically gets the worst cases, and he does often get amazing results. The human taking over the alpha role is a pretty reliable technique for control and harmony, but there are dogs who will challenge that anyway, and some are determined to take it to blows. I believe this episode is the worst dog bite Cesar has ever gotten. He used to use more aggressive submission techniques, but pared that down in recent years. Most difficult aggression problems are dog on dog. They seem to be much easier to teach not to bite people. Dogs are just like people in that there is a wide range of personality, dysfunction, and even mental illness. It can't all be fixed in either species. bagoh20https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915174575358413637noreply@blogger.com