When someone says I can fix your dog’s behaviour in one week it actually means that they’re just going to bully or force your dog to suppress the behaviours. This might seem appealing but one it doesn’t do is find out why your dog was doing that in the first place, and that could be a source of suffering for them. You love your dog of course you do. A lot of these snake oil salesman rely on people feeling desperate and vulnerable and needing something that is going to help.
It might be that you went to a qualified professional before and it didn’t help but that might be that they weren’t the right one for you it doesn’t mean the resulting to these kinds of unethical practitioners is what your dog needs.
If your dog is exhibiting aggression, reactivity, resource guarding, they’re biting, their lunging at other dogs or people, they won’t let strangers come in the house, they’re hyperactive et cetera et cetera this is all indicative that there is something causing your dog difficulty.
Please don’t make their life and your life even harder by involving aversive methods that are rooted in archaic beliefs about dogs trying to dominate us, dogs trying to be the alpha, dogs trying to be the top dog, dogs needing a firm hand, et cetera.
And yes I’m talking about pitties, bully breeds, chihuahuas, labradors, golden retrievers, cockapoos, spaniels, malinois, german shepherds, Rottweilers, cane corsos, terriers, rescue dogs, puppies, senior dogs and more.
#dogs #puppy #dogstagram
18 days agosmiling_muffin87
From your post all I got: I'm better then all the others, buy my services. Trust me, bro.
24 days ago3_dogs_and_me
My youngest German Shepherd Dog was nothing like my other two GSDs who were calm and steady. Ivan was incredibly reactive. He’d bark, lunge and air snap at everything except his family. He even chased a man in a motorised wheelchair once! I was at the end of my tether so I took a basic canine behavioural course so I could understand his body language and how to manage him. Turns out I didn’t need to train him further, I just needed him to feel happy about the world around him. All it took was hotdogs, a clicker and distance. If I noticed subtle signs that he was nearing his threshold I just increased the distance to the trigger. It took about 6 months (certainly not a week) but now he is the life and soul of the local park with lots of friends. I’m still cautious if I take him somewhere new as he’s not particularly confident and I never want him to feel overwhelmed.
a month agowanderingwonderwillow
So sick of these slip lead wielding “dog trainers” and seeing happy dogs in their ‘before videos’ and very unhappy/scared dogs on their ‘after’ and calling that a job well done.
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