Cesar Millan’s techniques work on most dogs. I’ve used them on a lot of dogs and I have no doubt that many people use them with their dogs to get results. The downfall of those techniques comes when the dog creates associations while learning to stop its behavior. The corrections that Cesar uses get the dog to stop the behavior, but they create bad associations with himself and anything else in the dog’s environment when it receives a correction. Let’s talk about an example. When I was teaching my dog not to pull, I’d give him a physical correction on the leash when he’d start pulling. He would start pulling for multiple reasons: he loves to sniff, he wants to go meet another dog, he sees a cat, etc. Anytime he’d pull, I’d correct him. That physical tension I’d add to that situation would then be associated with whatever he was pulling towards – dogs, cats, etc. As a result, he developed anxiety around those animals and he started barking whenever he saw them. Adding more corrections to the mix would only make that association stronger and make his reaction stronger. Not all dogs increase their aggression with corrections, but they still make that bad association with whatever they were pulling towards. Whenever I corrected my dog, I was creating bad associations with myself. I wasn’t a source of fun or happy energy, I was someone to watch carefully, avoid, and try not to upset. It was not the relationship I wanted with me dog. I wanted my dog to love being with me so I knew I had to change... Short but astute piece by Ines Gaschot of The Crossover Trainer Blog. And you MUST bookmark this link which she has also posted at the bottom of the article. Some great resources here: https://docs.google/document/d/10Dktt12Zk3DLZcsNPlh_Sk61Hil5EjDUrO5ofdfnSlw/edit?usp=sharing ^ This link does NOT take you to the article; it takes you to the resource page. Please click the link below for the article.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 23:41:00 +0000
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