Group challenges dog ordinance

Dog trainers have proved ineffective when dealing with the problem dogs such as in Cesar’s videos. I personally have not had a lot to do with dogs, because I have had little faith in my ability to cope with dog behaviour, or to understand dog psychology. The most effective dog handlers I have seen have used much worse methods than Cesar employs, much as I did not like the methods, with absolutely no detrimental effects on the dogs. Stop equating dogs to humans.

I don’t know what drugs you are doing where ‘professional trainers have problems with everyday cases of aggression that some undereducated amateur can fix’ seems like a sensible statement, but I’m guessing your brain doesn’t work right in general. Cesar’s aversive techniques are what have proven ineffective, that’s why hardly any professionals are using them. Furthermore, the dogs on the show are hand-picked, deliberately provoked, and the footage is highly edited to make Cesar look better.

And you know this how? No wonder the poor man attempted to commit suicide, with this sort of vitriol flying around. It all still sounds like sour grapes to me. What makes you think the ‘professionals’ are right and Cesar is wrong? Maybe it’s the other way around!

Any ‘real’ dog trainers I have witnessed always lack a certain something. Cesar doesn’t. He is the real deal. I would trust the man with my dog if I had one before anyone else.

I did not mean little bits of paper, which are at best worthless. I meant his whole approach, his total ability to relate to unstable, unhappy dogs. A piece of paper does not provide that. Only a deep wisdom provides that, and that is what shines through in his videos. All his dogs seem to smile, too. That is good enough for me.

So what about the dogs? Are there detailed reports of the harm he has caused to lots of dogs, with evidence? How have you formed this opinion? I do not agree with you about the bits of paper – some of the most useless human beings I have ever had the misfortune to meet had lots of initials after their names, and not one ounce of worth as human beings. I am making sense to me, sorry if you can’t follow me.

OK, have checked YT out, and there is nothing. You need to tell me where I can find evidence for your claims. Cesar is a dog rehabilitation expert, not a dog trainer. If he helps the dogs, then he is legit, and he is doing lots of good for the dogs. Who cares what the ‘experts’ think? He will always be criticised by lesser mortals.

You call that abuse?  If he was beating them with bits of wood, that would be abuse. Dogs are big, strong animals. They are not made of icing sugar. Treating the problem ones with kid gloves does not work. Cesar’s instinctual methods and dog psychology do work. Like I said, this is a bunch of sour grapes. You should be ashamed of yourself!

To Amberdextrix, you are irrational. Sounds like you need a psychologist yourself. Bet Cesar could fix you. Please, take your hate someplace else, and let us enjoy Cesar and his humane and immensely watchable methods in peace.

Isis will still go after another female dog is she hasn’t been socialized to her. Male dogs, however, are another story. She wants to play with them.

Perhaps there should be a mandatory training class that must be passed prior to owning a pet. Education is the solution here. Not only would the new pet owners be better equipped to handle their pets, but it would help weed out those who would be irresponsible owners. If you aren’t willing to put forth the time, money and energy to pass the class, you are not worthy of having a pet.