Catahoula coonhound mix may have anxiety agression issues...

Criosphynx

we know your kidding! Iam sorry if you are feeling overwhelmed, we are discussing, not fighting!

ok, how about this.

Amazon.com: Click to Calm: Healing the Aggressive Dog (Karen Pryor Clicker Book) (9781890948207): Emma Parsons: Books

this is a great book for fearful/reactive/aggressive/barky/dominate whatever..."problem" dogs If would be a great help to you I think.

catahoulaowner

(so, he wants to play with you. And that makes him "dominate"? Goodness) Just to clarify what I took issue with was this comment about nipping. Not everything that was being said. And I would probably be the one calling the sky purple lol.

Criosphynx

I just found it very silly to say a puppy that was trying to play with its owner was trying to be dominate when the owner admits the dog was initiating play.


meh maybe we are both right

catahoulaowner

lol...Very Pretty!

Aussies4life

"you repeately in many threads now keep trying to downplay mine and others experience and upplay yours. I'd love you hear what you *think* my experience and knowlege levels are as you keep trying to insult them I know nothing of yours, except you own a kennel. I don't try to downplay your experience and I would apreciate it if you would quit being so presumptous with mine. Just because I disagree with you does not make me inexperienced or stupid. In fact I find most of the "experienced" dog people I meet to be stuck in their time."

What is your experience? From what I have read, everyone is either wrong or not up to your standards in which if you have any experience training dogs, at all, you would KNOW that your method doesnt work on every dog. You just tried to downplay my posts so why would that be any different of the person you were directing this at? You know, being a SUPER MOD, you should show a little more etiquette on the forum.

Criosphynx

where did I say you had no experience? If disagreeing is "downplay" I guess Iam guilty. This is a public forum and we are welcome to disagree. I mearly linked to an article debunking DT, which you were employing. I find DT to be harmful to the dog/human training interactions and did not think it would help the OP. Also This has been a recurring thing with g2d and I was asking nicely that they quit assuming.

asking som'one to quit insinuating I don't know what Iam talking about when I can back it up is rude? Disagreeing is rude? I fail to see how providing scientific evidence of a methods harm is rude.

please enlighten me as to what is wrong/right?

whats my method and why doesn't it work?


what do you quantify as experience? Does the person who owned dogs since 4 years old get to "win" because they've been around dogs longer?


If you have read so much about me, you would find my experiences all over this forum. The sort answer is Professionally I have been working with animals over decade now in a variety of settings with hundreds of species. Forgive me if I don't feel a genuine need/desire to prove anything to you. My advice has always been on a take it or leave it basis.

Its the internet you can't quantify experience. I could tell you I train dolphins or mind read.

I take it you didn't read the links

Aussies4life

Criosphynx- I am no longer wasting my time on this forum. I am a new member. Not a trainer by any means but rescue and work with dogs to make them suitable for a good forever homes. When you sit there and critisize a persons ways of doing things it makes them feel incompetent. Thanks for that.

Criosphynx

Thanks for answering my questions...I answered all of yours. I was hoping you'd be fair.

I still fail to see how providing a link is critism. I view it as education. Hey check this out, it may help you and your dog. Infact I simply posted a link and nothing more and G2G critised ME and Mikey and I rebuttled. Just because I don't agree with you doesn't makes me rude. You were very critical of me in the past couple posts and I did not take it personally.

Iam sorry you feel you need to leave. My intention is not to make you feel like an idiot. I have not been upset this entire time and there is no need to be upset/defensive. In fact my posts are peppered with lots of smileys. You can't read tone on the web, so people tend to put in the tone they want to hear or expect to hear. My intentions are friendly with a mix of a love of a good debate. You are perfectly welcome to poke holes in my theories...but so far no one has done so with science imo.

fawkese1

i'm sorry that you feel you are wasting your time... and i don't understand why you would feel that way... perhaps it is because your point of view was challenged? if you read thru the threads here, you will come across some heated debate, but you will also see that if you provided sources for what you say, that most of us are open to reading them...

Criticize - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary
being critical is a way of evaluating information... i am truly sorry that you are not comfortable with this, but i would encourage you to be critical of any advice that you receive rather then just accepting it, especially if you agree with it. anyone can pop on here and claim what they want to, it is up to you (and all the members of this forum )to be critical of that information and the sources, and evaluate it's merit... feel free to disagree, but please don't be offended when asked for sources to back up your claims... we can all learn from each other, and i'm sure you have value to add if you choose to...

Brittany

I have just read through this entire thread. I do not see where Crio was being condescending or critical to anyone. She, just like everyone else on this forum is here to have a good time, get to know other dog lovers and try to help other members by offering advice and experience.

What disturbs me the most about this thread is all of the personal attacks she had to endure last night for trying to help. Personally, if I didn't agree with what she was saying, I would have said "thanks for the advice Crio." Many of you decided to "light the torches" and put her on trial. If you don't want her advice, don't take it. If you don't like her, don't talk to her. If you want to keep this forum friendly, do not personally attack other members.

I have gotten pretty lousy advice on this forum sometimes and I just ignore it or politely say thank you. We are all here because we love dogs. The forum should be able to handle people from all different types of training and backgrounds.

But people are always going to try and persuade others to see their side and I think that is great. If you want to learn about different methods of training read the posts and links members post in response to the question. If you don't why not simply say "thank you but I am happy with my method."

What bothers me the most is the personal attack. I just think that was wrong. Disagree with members that is fine. Don't make it personal.