Im very happy to welcome Drayton Michaels back to lead a week-long discussion on Pit Bulls. And, yes, he has brought us more videos. :-) Here is the url to his advocacy videos youtube/thepitbullhoax This is good place for people to go if they are not familiar with my work in advocacy for pit bull dogs and dogs in general. Drayton has set out topics for each day and hell take questions, of course. The discussion will be fairly flexible but this way we are assured that he will also get in topics that he wants to cover with us: Behavior knowledge - Why its the advantage in advocacy. This will also cover how to be an effective advocate, media interactions and general day to day occurrences of advocacy, posting on the web etc…many people do dogs a disservice when they misspeak or get into emotional options about the subject. Play and Socializing of bully breed dogs. Misconceptions and Over generalizations. How to do in takes of info to set up greetings etc… I suggest people check out the videos Shaping Dog Play, as well as the Less Stress More Success videos - Counter conditioning, Cognition and memory, and Scent. As those are good primers for the discussion on socializing and dog play. Fight dogs, the realities, the history and the future. I know it is an awful subject, but it needs to be addressed in a sober way so people are aware of just how rare fight dogs are and the difference between aggression in an open context like a yard or dog park and the closed environment of a 16X!6 pen that 2 dogs are in. Trust me Ill keep it clean and scientific and based in history, no gore. : ) Any questions that people want to toss out Ill answer as well. For those of you who werent here the last time he led a discussion, here is Draytons bio: ______________________ Drayton Michaels has been working with dogs professionally for over 13 years. He honed his dog training chops while working as dog walker in both NYC and Seattle. In May of 2007, he received his certification in dog training and behavior consulting from the San Francisco SPCA Academy for Dog Trainers, directed by award-winning author and dog expert, Jean Donaldson and renowned canine behaviorist and trainer, Janis Bradley. Post grad work after the Academy consisted of interviewing world-renowned trainers and behavior specialists forThe Pit Bull Hoax. A short film that helps to dispel the falsehoods about Pit Bull dogs and dogs in general. That resulted in The Pit Bull Hoax DVD. The Pit Bull Hoax sets out to debunk common myths about pit bulls and educate the public on why humans are the cause for dog issues and why Breed Specific Legislation is not a way to solve the issues, education is. The film features interviews with Jean Donaldson, Dr. Ian Dunbar, Diane Jessup, Jane Berkey (Animal Farm Foundation) and Dr. Nicholas Dodman. If you’d like to view the Pit Bull Hoax DVD you can see it on You Tube: youtube/watch?v=KtqXudr7qAQ Other videos of interest include - The Heavy Hand Myth - Why you dont need fear and pain to train dogs. youtu.be/WGZnQlFevf0 Dr. Karen Overall Interview Part 1 & 2 - Interview with one of the leading animal behaviorists in the world. Dr. Overall specializes in research for working breed dogs. Hear why Pit Bulls are not what the media portrays them to be, why pain training is a faulty way to train and what Vets do not know about animal behavior. An eye opening and highly recommended video! Part 1 - youtube/watch?v=VKNNbQjTjco Part 2 - youtube/watch?v=6xIDI1bkomQ&feature=channel_video_title Dog Training - Behavior Technician Info Also upon graduating from The Academy for Dog Trainers, Drayton started a specialty subsidiary of Urban Dawgs called Pit Bull Guru to offer modern, reward-based training and behavior consulting for Pit Bull dogs & Bully breed dogs of all ages. In addition to his academic studies and documentary work, Drayton has logged countless hours counseling and educating dog owners, shelter staff, rescue orgs on how to train and treat behavior issues with truly humane methods that do not include startle, fear, pain or coercion. Here is the link to the leash walking and leash reactive videos called Less Stress More Success for the discussion facebook/leashwalking Also youtube/urbandawgs ______________________ Drayton Michaels, CTC Urban Dawgs - Pit Bull Guru (732) 758-8522 pitbullguru urbandawgs Please help me welcome, Drayton Michaels back to Fans of Rover, Get Off Her Leg!
Posted on: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 05:04:18 +0000