Quote Originally Posted by IRescue452
I'm still a bit skeptical about him. A lot of the training tips he gives on his show work because they are typical solutions, not because he's a miracle worker. I believe he works with the behavior problems that are annoying the owner's but doesn't say much (at least on the show where all the other dog owners are watching) about how the dog has come to develope these problems. He treats the problem but does nothing to improve the life of the dogs. I had his show on demand on cable and there are other problems with the dogs that he needs to adress on the show. Imagine an episode where a border collie is having problem barking. He adresses the barking, but not the fact that this dog's only daily exercise is to be let out into the backyard. Don't you think that this would be important to adress in front of all viewers? There was one with an obese dalmatian and food aggressive neuroticism. The lady admited she never walks the dog, it lives in the house all day. He did suggest a daily schedule with a walk as part of it, but as a viewer I could have missed that two seconds of the 23 minute show. He's got a lot to learn as a dog trainer and a person. As a sociologist in training I forsee a big fall when he realizes he isn't superman.
In all of his shows he talks about how important walking and exercising is, he always says that one of the most important things. He always has the people walk the dogs to see how they do it, and if they are doing it right.
He always says that he's not doing anything special, he's just treating the dog like a Dog.
You respond/treat a dog like:
#1 An animal
#2 A Dog
#3 It's Breed
#4 It's Name
Just like you said "typical solutions", he trains people to train their dogs to do typical things and stop them from doing not so typical things.
He doesn't think of himself as Superman, it's the people that
he helps that do!