On Dog Training.

[draggonlaady]

And really, applicable to any kind of training. This article is a fairly long-winded way of saying that beating a dog into submission is not the same as training. All training should be based on rewarding desirable behavior while discouraging undesirable behavior (without scaring the life out of the trainee). I'm posting it, long-winded or not, because of the particular discussion of some of Cesar Millan's techniques, which I have parroted at me constantly at work.

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2007250,00.html

It is very very frustrating having to explain to people who refuse to listen to me, because I am "only a veterinarian, not a dog trainer" that not all problems (and indeed, not even many problems) are dominance based, and won't be resolved by dominating.

Comments

[kresentia.livejournal.com]

Lucky you...
I do get some "special" people though, like the ones who ask for info then don't use it. I can accept forgetting but pointedly ignoring, sigh.

[draggonlaady.livejournal.com]

Oh, I get those too... call up and ask for advice, and then argue with what I say. What the fuck is the point of that? I suppose they were hoping I would just tell them to do whatever they already thought was best, because they know more about it than I do anyway....