Dominance in domestic dogs

[OnceInAWeil]

Yeah, didn't make much sense to me, either.


Here's yet another view on dominance, a little different: http://naturaldogtraining.com/blog/cens ... dominance/

Though I don't quite buy that one, either.

[jacksdad]

ah yes...."natural dog training". I tried reading his book because some questions came up on this board and in the dog training group I belong to about the same time around a year and a half ago. I couldn't get through it. made it about half way. it was confusing, disjointed, convoluted, relied heavily on "spiritual/mystical" sounding explanations. And aversive training methods are used/advocated under the guise of "balancing the dog".

[OnceInAWeil]

His theory that dogs that try to get on top of other dogs are "fearful of getting knocked off balance" seemed really far-fetched.

[JudyN]

I had a look at the website and book and decided it sounded like New-Age claptrap. To put it politely