Blank było przykładem obowiązku niż nim wyłącznie nieopodal do gatunku the human and other dogs by a crowd of curious beasts crowding to examine her closely. I walked back, spread arms, and slowly pressed the cows back from the path till she could past safety. She hero-worshipped me for weeks after she was now convinced that I could keep her safe, and even her reactivity around other dogs improved. A lesson was learned on both sides… The Monks of New Skete have also been advertising a shock collar workshop that they describe as force-free maybe because you are not actually hitting or rolling the dog? But that goes hand hand with their dystopian view of dogs and dog training I am not at all surprised by the ideas the new book real disappointment is those that follow its advice. Laura Donaldson, PhD, CDBC, KPA CTP First let me say, your posts, I do NOT agree with the monks or I have two dogs, McGee, a border collie mix, a rescue and a therapy dog. He literally seems to understand what I wanted immediately when we started training. He is calm, mostly, and super obedient. other dog is Jayne, also a rescue. She and her litter mates were found dumped on the side of the road at about 3 to 4 weeks old. Luckily they were taken to a rescue person. Sadly was not socialized her early months, I rescued her at 5 months old. As a result she has some fear issues. We started school at around 6 or 7 months and still continue, she is 4 now. She does not like people, no growling or biting, just she's away. It took her over a year to go to trainer and a few other people class. She loves other dogs! And seems more comfortable around kids, not adults. Progress has been incredibly slow, but there has been progress, I guess we just keep plugging along. Tho trainer has mentioned Pops to some others, she feels would not benefit from it, I won't do it anyway. isn't terribly food oriented praise it is. And I fully praise and talk to dogs all the time. The border responds immediately, as her attention can be misdirected if anyone is walking behind us or too close. After training McGee, she has been a workout, but she keeps me on toes. They are the loves of life! This is all interesting. Margaret, I have thrown away all dog training books with approaches I no longer agree with. It's sort of satisfying to do that! How to Be Your Dog's Best Friend was one of the first training books I bought, way back when I started accumulating dogs, after I moved to the country. Oh dear, I still feel bad about one particular incident, involving neighbour's dog who I looked after sometimes. Normally he was pretty well-behaved, but one day he started acting strange and kept grabbing arm and pulling on it, and I was super busy that day and lost and did that throw down on the back thing I seem to remember the monks recommended. This was very stupid and very mean of course. AND it turned out later that day that he was trying to get me to go to his owner's house because the fellow had had a breakdown and was very bad shape. Finally, after the dog started running back and forth between the two properties, over and over, the dumb human, that's me, finally figured out that I should listen to what the poor dog was trying to tell me. Things turned out the dog stayed with us while the owner went to the hospital, and eventually the dog and owner were reunited at home. Thank Heavens as time went on I learned more and read more, and became a better dog person! sister is a natural dog person. It's funny…she isn't involved with animals any particular way, but I have never seen animal that didn't adore her! She greets any and all as though they were lost friends… it's wonderful. your little frog is beautiful! And the flowers…yes, yay annuals at this time of year…and sedum Lots of people cling to their beliefs, even when science marches on and proves them wrong. Monks and dog trainers are no exception. Sad. I had that New Skete book 20+years ago with first dog their theory never sat right with me, even then, even though the hottest thing on TV was ‘Uncle Matty' Margolis leash-popping dogs everywhere. I 't think he advocates that anymore, actually. I'd just throw those books away. Imagine they were books about another outdated, incorrect theory, such as eugenics. Surely you wouldn't want someone to be reading them? I loved the Monks' books back when they first came out too. How to be Your Dog's Best Friend and the of Raising a Puppy are both still on bookshelf, but only for historical reference now. I recently did a major clean out and donated a lot of books, but purposely did not give those away because I didn't want to put that kind advice out into circulation. I'm uncomfortable with anything resembling censorship too,