Ok, I know that "Schutzhund" means protection dog but I just about spit soda on my laptop when I read this excerpt from the "Uncle Matty Protection Dogs" website:
There is no dog quite like a Schutzhund. In a category by themselves, these unique German born-and-bred dogs are more often than not, German Shepherd Dogs. They'll stop an intruder with whatever it takes, but all they'll do to your children is love them. A Schutzhund is considered expensive by some, but my clients who have them say they can't afford not to. "
I also like his reason why to get a "schutzhund" - one of which is "Are you ever afraid?" Maybe I should bring my Schutzhund with me next time I hit a roller coaster <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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Ok, I know that "Schutzhund" means protection dog but I just about spit soda on my laptop when I read this excerpt from the "Uncle Matty Protection Dogs" website: There is no dog quite like a Schutzhund. In a category by themselves, these unique German born-and-bred dogs are more often than not, German Shepherd Dogs. They'll stop an intruder with whatever it takes, but all they'll do to your children is love them. A Schutzhund is considered expensive by some, but my clients who have them say they can't afford not to. " http://www.unclematty.com/training/protection/protector.htm....
I also like his reason why to get a "schutzhund" - one of which is "Are you ever afraid?" Maybe I should bring my Schutzhund with me next time I hit a roller coaster <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
OK....... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> He has stepped way outside his league, hasn't he?
The thing is, with the combo of the last couple of posts, I "hear" him say that in that falsetto he uses to praise dogs.
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I'm quite a fan of Cesar Millan and am likewise reading his new book. He is more of a behaviorist than a trainer, though...trainers tend to teach how to do something, behaviorists tend to teach why a dog is doing something (usually wrong!). There is, of course, a ton of overlap. I do dog behavioral consulting, but I think each dog needs to know at least a minimum of sit, stay, and lie down and find it much easier to work with the dog and its owners once it knows these 3 basic commands. More, of course, can and should be added, but yeah...
"You don't have to train a dog as much as you have to train a human."--Cesar Millan
I would have to concur with the previous poster who made the point that no one trainer is the ideal trainer with the ideal method for every dog. Although many would like to think that they are the ideal trainer the best realize that an ideal is not something you can ever really achieve, but something you strive for your entire life.
Titles and experience are useful measuring sticks in determining someone’s expertise in dog training in the same way that degrees and experience are in the world of man. However, that said I've met many an educated person who didn't have the sense God gave him and many an experienced person who had years of doing the wrong thing behind them.
Take what any trainer tells you with a grain of salt and ask yourself if, using the logic of the pack, it makes sense to apply to your dog for the result you wish to achieve. I think I can say with absolute certainty that the great dog trainers of the world never became great by simply copying someone else.
"Utility and intelligence." Rittmeister Max Emil Friedrich von Stephanitz.
I would agree with James. I tend to listen to anyone who seems to have an opinion on dog training. After I listen to them, I then evaluate their ideas. If I find value in them, I incorporate them in my dogs' lives. If not, I do not.
Techniques that work for one dog, or one trainer, may or may not work for another dog and another trainer.
For me, pack mentality based training seems to be the way to go. I do like to watch Mr. Millan on his TV show and I might even pick up his book just for good reading. Uncle Matty's ideas do not really fit into my personal ideas of dog training.
I will also add that I believe that both have the animal's best interest in mind. And, that makes them "good humans" in my book.
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