By Dr. Sally Foote, DVM Interim Director of CattleDog Publishing I’ve just returned from the Western Veterinary Conference in Las Vegas, which I attended as an exhibitor with CattleDog Publishing, the company created by Dr Sophia Yin. Vetz Petz, an Australian based supplement company, featured Cesar Millan at the booth. Mr. Milan is the celebrity … Continued
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Experts Say Dominance-Based Dog Training Techniques Made Popular By TV Can Contribute to Bites
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Despite the boom in popularity for dominance based dog training, experts agree that one of the contributing factors to the 4.7 million dog bites that occur yearly may be due to owners mimicking what they see on T.V.
New Study Finds Popular “Alpha Dog” Training Techniques Can Cause More Harm than Good
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“The client, an elderly couple, had a 6-year-old male, neutered Rhodesian Ridgeback that was aggressive to dogs” describes Dr. Jennie Jamtgaard, an applied animal behavior consultant and behavior instructor at Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine. “They had watched Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan and seen Millan place aggressive dogs in with his group of dogs and then hold them down on their sides or back if they were aggressive. So they brought their dog to the dog park and basically flooded him [immersed him in the aggression-inducing situation].”