Let's also consider that when you chase your dog, the dog thinks it's a game and will run away from you. Like... "you can't catch me!" Man, Basenji's can bolt! On the other hand, when you are the one running away, the dog instinctively joins you because you are part of the dog's family/pack. This is not to be confused with a learned command to chase an assailant, in Police work, for example. That would be a totally different game of chase.
Koehler Method
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As far as your dog meeting another dog, I'd suggest (anyone wanna guess??) the Look at That game from the Control Unleashed book.
As far as how to respond how about "I just don't feel those methods have a place in my relationship with my dog". If they argue, just repeat the above. It's hard to argue with someone who just repeating the same thing in a neutral tone.
What is Look at That Control Unleashed? Could you please tell me the name of the author so I could look for it?
Regarding the answer for the TV show fans, thank you, I will put that into practice! -
I usually just respond by saying something like 'yeah, he makes it look easy in a half hour TV show, in real life it is usually a little more complicated'
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Leslie McDivett is the author of CU
I just talked someone else into reading it; but I do not recieve
any royalties
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Koehler is SOOOOOO old school.
Just burn the book, you will get far more out of it _.There is nothing positive about Koehler… yuk yuk and yuk!_
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Hahaha! I would burn it…the only thing is that the book belongs to the Public Library, so I don't know if I should...:)
I am glad that I am not the only one who thinks that a TV show is just far away from real life, thank you for your responses and tips. I will look for Leslie Mcdivett's Control Unleashed.
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Most people seem to forget how much editing goes into producing a TV show. With the right editing, I am sure my basenijs could be made to look nearly perfect. It might be a very short video but I'm sure some clever producer could make it work.
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With the right editing, I am sure my basenijs could be made to look nearly perfect. It might be a very short video but I'm sure some clever producer could make it work.
The shorter the video, the more space for commercials - a Basenji obedience training video would be perfect for producers trying to sell advertising space on video
Seriously though, I've found Patricia McConnell's book "The Other End of the Leash" useful when working with Rocky and Roxy, along with "My Dog Pulls. What Do I Do?" and "On Talking Terms with Dogs: Calming Signals", both by Turid Rugaas
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You are very right, everything is about cut and paste and results will be just perfect, altought I would need a lot of "delete" with my bsj…:)
Thank you for the suggested readings
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A good idea Ivoss, we could all have perfect Basenjis (or seem to) - mind you they'd be very boring in my opinion! LOL
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Because I believe Kohler and some are abusive, and Milan abusive and well dangerous, I don't try to be diplomatic. I tell them to go to veterinary behaviorists sites and see what they say and that they will find what I said is true. I then talk about building relationships with a PARTNER, not man-handling or dominating. I tell them if I put a shock collar on a toddler or husband I could teach them fast… but all trust and relationship are gone. That there are positive ways to train. Of course i also tell them I have 20 yrs experience with Rotties and chows and rehab for aggression and if I can do those with positive training, so can they. And I offer to give them a few free hours if they need help.
That said, have I ever used force? Yes. I had a dog go after someone in my house (actually the rescuer who brought the dog to me to evaluate and try to "fix"). If I had to kill a dog, even my own, to stop it hurting a person, I would. But I don't share that with non-dog people. I tell them if they have a dog that the ONLY way they can handle it is with force, they need professional help and fast. I am 54 years old in 2 weeks, and the number of times I have really had to use any kind of domination much less physical corrections has vastly decreased as I learned more.
Basenji and chows have a common trait... you want to train, make them think it is fun and their idea.
And Linda, I share your pain. My first Rottie, not Koehler... but I used a newspaper on her and some harsh tones. She was the softest of dogs, never ever should I have had to correct her. I was young, I didn't know. But I looked at her and literally used to cry thinking of how much damage I did for no reason other than my inexperience. She never learned to think for herself, she always had to check with me. I did all sorts of confidence building, but she was confident except about ME.
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"On Talking Terms with Dogs: Calming Signals", both by Turid Rugaas
I am 100% certain that without Calming Signals, Jet the try-ing would never have finished his Open or Excellent agility titles.
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