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LOL, incorrect definition according to who? THis first link is a great article! http://shibashake.com/dog/the-dominant-dog-dealing-with-dominance-in-dogs Taming the Dominant Dog by Robin Kovary A dominant dog knows what he wants, and sets out to get it, any way he can. He's got charm, lots of it. Wh...

1 dom·i·nant definition Pronunciation: /-nənt/ Function: adj 1 : exerting forcefulness or having dominance in a social hierarchy 2 : being the one of a pair of bodily structures that is the more effective or predominant in action dominant eye> 3 : of, relating to, or exerting genetic dominance dom·i...

I agree, Anna, I may be incorrectly using the term dominant to describe too many things that I am trying to get across. Hard to break away from old terms that you have used for so long. I also think it is hard for people that haven't experienced these breeds to truly understand what I am trying to c...

Easilyconfused, I am curious if you have "worked with" any of the breeds I have mentioned, since most are illegal in the UK, except I think the Dutch Shepherd and Belgium Malinois(and not show line dogs, I mean real deal KNPV lines). I ask, because I am curious as to how you are going to &...

Dog on the chicken tactic "If I dont pull I get chicken" Dog chooses not to pull because it is pleasant not to. So you area going to have to carry chicken around for the rest of your life in order for you dog to "behave?" That seems pretty impractical to me. Or better yet, when ...

OK, I am reading this "Dominance Myths" thing on the APDT site and I am still trying to figure out where they came up with some of these "myths" that I dont see where it in the original study of wolves, I will copy and paste each one from the site here in blue: Your dog barks at ...

[quoteThere are many ways to be a leader, you can lead by fear, if you don't do what I want I will make you, or you can rule by calmness, gentleness and by setting the dog up to do what we want when they are learning. Who would you prefer to work for, a boss that bullies you, if you don't want to do...

LOL@ Mattie, its not all about YOU. My post about people that want a "pet" should only get dogs bred to be companions was a GENERAL statement, I was not saying that YOU should only own companion dogs...kudos for you patience and kindness for the dogs you have rescued....but you are not the...

Even on a "soft" dog? Yep. I guess the best way to describe and compare the way we use an ecollar and a prong collar would be the equivalent of continuously softly tapping someone on the shoulder that is doing something else that you would like to get their attention, and when they finall...

Sorry, I guess my interpretaion is different than yours of a time out.... Negative Reinforcement strengthens a behavior because a negative condition is stopped or avoided as a consequence of the behavior. Punishment, on the other hand, weakens a behavior because a negative condition is introduced or...

Wasn't saying you in particular was critizing, I was just making a general statement to eveyone out there. It just gets annoying when people who truly have no clue about using particular "tools" when training a dog, goes on and on claiming that all who use those tools are cruel. Yes, I agr...

Mike says it all right here ,"More often than not though most +R trainers do use +P/-R. They either don't realize it or just don't admit it.: Jim, where abouts do you live, I am one of Mike's clients...I own the Dogo Argentino you see on one of his PP videos. NONE, of MIke's training methods ar...