(04-14-2014, 12:29 PM)xise Wrote: What 3D concepts are you teaching him if you use alpha-type physical dominance?
What 3D concepts are you teaching him if you discipline him with force?
Xise, I don't know if you have seen it, but that very popular Dog Whisperer show has spread this Alpha dominance virus everywhere. I sometimes read forums, where college-aged people post, bodybuilding.com and so on, and it is sad to see, how many dogs are probably being dominated just to satisfy some insecure male's ego.
Genuine discipline on dogs may be necessary, but in very few cases. Dogs' bad behavior is not as endemic as people make it out to be, and pretty much always linked to the owners themselves. Dogs are overwhelmingly loving. They have probably done more work indirectly for opening hearts for the harvest than many, many humans.