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by Josie
Fri Feb 27, 2009 5:52 pm
Forum: The TV Show
Topic: Zoe and Luca episode - making excuses?
Replies: 5
Views: 5120

Just a quick reply because I'm exhausted, but explaining a behaviour is not the same as making excuses. I had a foster dog with me recently who bit when he was being groomed. I might well have said 'he bites because he's worried' which was true, but the other side of that is 'so I need to teach him ...
by Josie
Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:36 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Do Greyhounds make good pets?
Replies: 30
Views: 13254

To be fair, she does say IF it is true, not that it definitely is. I've been a bit upset by some of the posts elsewhere and the venom directed towards Beverley and the magazine. Dogs Today has done a lot of good for dogs, and people are so quick to forget that :( Silly article by a silly woman, but ...
by Josie
Wed Apr 02, 2008 2:36 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Does aggression exist?
Replies: 16
Views: 9302

:lol: :lol:
by Josie
Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:09 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Does aggression exist?
Replies: 16
Views: 9302

Yup! I really like Peter Neville's EMRA approach: ********************************************** EMRA: the new perspective in approaching companion animals by Peter Neville and Robert Falconer-Taylor. Address for correspondence: Centre Of Applied Pet Ethology (COAPE), PO Box 6, Fortrose, Ross-shire....
by Josie
Tue Apr 01, 2008 2:01 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Does aggression exist?
Replies: 16
Views: 9302

I think I agree with you, just use different terminology. I would describe 'aggression' as purely the behaviour (growling, barking, biting etc) but always think there is a cause - which is usually fear. I don't think there is such a thing as an 'aggressive' dog. Basically, I think it's real if it de...
by Josie
Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:12 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Does aggression exist?
Replies: 16
Views: 9302

I don't think that 'fear' and 'aggression' are mutually exclusive.

Just because there is a reason for aggression doesn't mean it isn't real.

My current foster dog is aggressive and has bitten me once. It's all fear but the bite is still real!
by Josie
Sun Mar 30, 2008 2:45 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Damaging fall-out from Positive Method Training:
Replies: 30
Views: 11898

Yikes! :shock:

So are you off out to buy an electric shock collar now? :wink: :lol:
by Josie
Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:04 pm
Forum: Dog Training Advice
Topic: Help! Westie attacks telly...
Replies: 2
Views: 1717

Oh no, what a horrible thing to happen :( I can understand why your westie is frightened, I would be too! If he were mine, I would record a programme with lots of shouting, and play the tape at a very low volume that he doesn't react to, and then start pairing it with his dinner. Slowly, over time i...
by Josie
Mon Mar 24, 2008 2:44 pm
Forum: Dog Training Advice
Topic: Please Help
Replies: 17
Views: 6719

It's not about her breed, it's about the fact she already doesn't like children, and if they are also scared of her it's SO difficult to even manage that situation, let alone rectify it.

The advice would be the same regardless of what breed she is.
by Josie
Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:38 pm
Forum: Dog Training Advice
Topic: Please Help
Replies: 17
Views: 6719

As a dog trainer, I would not, in all conscience, advise anybody on a way to manage this situation. There are too many variables here, too many things that can go wrong that will end with your child getting hurt and your dog getting put down. If you want to sort the issue out, that's up to you, but ...
by Josie
Sun Mar 23, 2008 12:53 pm
Forum: Dog Training Advice
Topic: Please Help
Replies: 17
Views: 6719

Oops I posted at the same time as owdb1tch and mattie - just slower :lol:
by Josie
Sun Mar 23, 2008 12:00 pm
Forum: Dog Training Advice
Topic: Please Help
Replies: 17
Views: 6719

I don't think Owdb1tch was suggesting pit bulls don't make good family dogs, but that your dog isn't a good family dog. Being socialised isn't about intelligence, often more intelligent dogs can be more fearful and reactive (they remember things that scared them before!) and it's just not worth the ...
by Josie
Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:53 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Death row for real
Replies: 51
Views: 18300

Hmm, lets think - do we know of any tv doggy celebrities? :wink: I've been thinking long and hard about a website aimed at information about dogs, that includes things like training advice, both sides of the neutering/vaccs/feeding debates, getting a dog (rescue or puppy). breeding dogs etc. I know ...
by Josie
Sun Mar 23, 2008 12:09 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Death row for real
Replies: 51
Views: 18300

Um, yeah but that's cos you don't try.

(phew)
by Josie
Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:04 pm
Forum: Training Tools
Topic: Deterrent Sound Mat
Replies: 10
Views: 5922

As someone who is VERY anti-aversive, I don't have a serious problem with these devices. There are lots of things in a dogs environment that are unpleasant if they investigate them (the fire for example, or a hedgehog) so dogs are not traumatised by it. If there was an aversive strapped to their nec...