Book Recommendations

Criosphynx

hey I just got a koehler book as a gift too...so I can re-affirm what NOT to do. LOL

fawkese1

lol...i don't know who koehler is...i'm assuming someone that i probably wouldn't like....

Criosphynx

hahah the father of dog training...think dog training in the 50s and 60s...lots of yanking and positioning, throwing chains at dogs etc. This book is the original 1962 copyright, but published in '86....either way its hilarious...lots of illustrations of happy smiling dogs that are being corrected on choke collar...

its all they knew at the time, so its hard to hate him. People who use this stuff now...well...

anyway, this guy was the master of compulsion based training. Just trying to stay well rounded in my understanding.

perhaps I will hear circus music.

Brittany

LoL you are hilarious. Isn't so much more fun to do positive reinforcement? When I used correction it just stressed me out. Now I love training and so does Kimber and Kelsey.

Criosphynx

hahah, its the boredom or the kool aid, Iam not sure.


I agree, more fun, and better for the dog IMO, I don't/wont/cant use compulsion/force BUT I do want to have a better understanding of ALL methods, especially if I ever work with dogs that have been subjected to said methods. I plan on reading Cesars stuff too, its just low on my priority list.

Plus this guy is just a plain ol' historical figure in dog training. He trained the dogs for film at that time. The book will sit awhile before I read it anyway..Iam still in the middle of Jeans new book.

Brittany

I am SO bored tonight too! And Kelsey and Kimber are already sleeping.

Which of Jeans books are you reading? Cesar's book is pretty interesting really....He doesn't really talk alot about his methods it is more about dogs and their history and how they think. I like it.

I will read about all the different methods too. I like to be able to discuss the different methods regardless of which I prefer so I think it is good to learn about all of them. Even you don't agree with the methods you can always learn something.

Criosphynx

exactly.

Iam reading oh behave...Iam almost done with it...its been to cold to function at home, so I haven't read much...I have a PILE of half read books by the bed.

a site I really have liked reading lately.

Home - Stale Cheerios

your on the east coast right? Your up late!

Brittany

Its only 9 here! What time is it where you are?

Brittany

She trains a gold fish?

Criosphynx

hahahah....amoung other things...there are goldfish tricks on youtube.

its 6

and now I get to drive home and freeze.