Ian Dunbar: Dog-friendly dog training
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http://www.ted.com Speaking at the 2007 EG conference, trainer Ian Dunbar asks us to see the world through the eyes of our beloved dogs. By knowing our pets’ perspective, we can build their love and trust. It’s a message that resonates well beyond the animal world.
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One myth Dunbar …
One myth Dunbar likes to debunk is the idea that “dominance” means yelling, screaming and physically punishing the dog.
In fact, getting blue in the face is often seen by the dog as weakness, not strength. True alpha dogs don’t carry on like that. It’s Dunbar’s style of calm, consistent, but decisive leadership that best mimics an alpha dog.
If you have a …
If you have a client that doesn’t have the time or money to train his dog without using harsh punishment…you need to get a better class of clients. People who can’t commit the time & money to have a dog be a respectable member of society need to be educated, not trained to bully animals.
this nature, but i …
this nature, but i can not continue to watch this video based on that huge mis-conception, perhaps he corrects it later in, but he did make it appear that the female was the weaker of the species, while it is quite the opposite, for evolutionary and culturual reasons, only remember that, dogs realy ARE wolves
if the girl wolf …
if the girl wolf doesnt want to give the male wolf the bone, all he can do is irritate her, and in wolfs the alpha female would once again just come and WHIP HIS , the fact is that the idea of that lemon juice or the newspaper over the head, while not directly, over time origionated from the NATURE of the wolf clan, i do not belive it is neccicary to use violence to mimic
the thing that …
the thing that es me off so much is that he appears to think it odd that an inferior female would be able to beat a superior male of the species, he is simply missing the point of the way dogs brains work, think of a human, how many men do you think would grab food out of a woman’s hand if you didnt know where the next food was coming from, not many, but still quite a few, well in wolf, and general wild culture, they DO NOT OVERCOME INSTINCT……,
i cant even finish …
i cant even finish this one, i do agree that it is possible, and actualy quite easy to train a male or female dog without violence, but he starts this whole little bit with a huge mis conception, a full grown dog is just like an adolescent wolf, of cource a gama female can keep a bone away from an alpha male, but in wolf culture an alpha female would beat the out of an alpha male for even trying to take the bone, i’ll continue in a reply
mans a genius,been …
mans a genius,been to his seminars,loved them.
Well for starters, …
Well for starters, I’ve been training a lot longer than you - started with your methods and graduated to more positive approach because it was more effective. There will always be clients who don’t listen, or who don’t have money. But, the umption that positive training and management take longer than corrective training is false. But, when you are 22 and all puffed up because you train pit bulls and dobermans, you can’t see that. All you see is the stupid dominance hype.
i think that this …
i think that this opinion is a lil up its own . of course u dont have to use force to train a dog whther he is aggressive or not. but when a client has an aggressive dog and wants him to obey and stop being aggressive now and doesnt necessarily have the money or time to train the dog without leash correction, what are you gonna do, tell him to give his dog away? put it down? how about if the dog is always running away in the streets, u wait til he gets hit by a car or react?…………….
Actually, the myth …
Actually, the myth is that you must use coercion or force just because you are training an aggressive dog. And, it’s also a myth that you cannot train owners to train their dogs using positive training. The real myth is that there are never any negative consequences for the dog during training. Those consequences do not have to cause pain or fear to be effective.
Exactly. Balance is …
Exactly. Balance is important.
point taken and …
point taken and understood, but it is a myth that you can train a dog through only positive training, especially when ur training an owner to train his dog.
Aggression never …
Aggression never goes away - the object is to train the dog, or use behavior modification techniques, to lower the threshold at which that dog will react badly. But, no one can guarantee that such a dog will never aggress again. Some owners will elect to euthanize for that reason. Others will elect to train, condition, and manage the dog. But, no positive owner that I know advises owners to euth dogs. It’s a fallacy.
DoggRazor, it is a …
DoggRazor, it is a myth that positive trainers tell owners to put dogs down because the training doesn’t work. What is sometimes true is that people do not implement training well, or do not themselves wish to incur the liability of having an aggressive dog. I have never told a client to euthanize their dog - that is ALWAYS an owner decision.
i am entirely with …
i am entirely with you on this one, but i prefer cesar on this one. i am a dog trainer and i have yet to correct a dog for something i hadnt previously shown him how to do. i think that makin up human rules for dogs is just fine, as long as u show the dog what u want correctly first… this man has the sort of mentality that leads to training methods that dont work with all dogs and when it doesnt, these trainers will say put him down… idiot
I have a degree in …
I have a degree in psychology. You are right
I wouldn’t want to …
I wouldn’t want to be his dog either! But neither would I want to be Cesars!
and what he also …
and what he also forgot to mention is we show dogs what those rules are before we correct them for disobeying. We show them first by placing them and rewarding. Correction come in when they know the command and refuse to obey.
It is not fair to correct a dog when it does not know what it is being corrected for.
I am not a fan of this guy, but I am not a fan of Cesar either
You are right you …
You are right you can’t compare Cesar to Dunbar. Cesar is a guy who grew up in Mexico and no education, Dunbar is a brainiac, he is a DVM and a professor at Berkley. The best behaviorist out there. If you like to control your dog with fear and punishment then practice Millan’s methods which I’m sure you do wrong anyway. Cesar makes things up as it goes and he admits it, and news Daddy the dog was trained by someone else daddy is Shutzhund ii so yeah good luck with tsst and kicking you dog!
And punishes Dogs …
And punishes Dogs with P+. The dog has no idea why! Dominance! Yah, Thats it. Lets scare the sh**t out of them and they will obey us. Yes, they will obey; they will obey out of fear.
Ian Dunbar is the …
Ian Dunbar is the genius, not Cesar. If you knew anything about animal behavior you’d know better than to make such statements. The point is to train without force.
WE LOVE CESAR!
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WE LOVE CESAR!
His threefold formula of exercise, discipline, and affection is simple and effective. My 3 little dogs are happy to get a morning and evening walk, have boundaries at mealtimes and limits on where they can go in the house and what they can do! Cesar Rocks!
PLEASE DO NOT COMPARE THIS DISGUSTING DOG TRAINER TO CESAR MILLAN!
CESAR MILLAN THE DOG WHISPERER IS A GENIUS!
WE LOVE CESAR!
…
WE LOVE CESAR!
His threefold formula of exercise, discipline, and affection is simple and effective. My 3 little dogs are happy to get a morning and evening walk, have boundaries at mealtimes and limits on where they can go in the house and what they can do! Cesar Rocks!
PLEASE DO NOT COMPARE THIS DISGUSTING DOG TRAINER TO CESAR MILLAN!
CESAR MILLAN THE DOG WHISPERER IS A GENIUS!
He is so right, and …
He is so right, and yet it’s sooo easy to forget his message.
Everyone needs to …
Everyone needs to listen to this fellow. He should be on television. He was once on Patricia McConnell’s old Petline show, which I also loved.