Yikes time for an update

Sorry for the lack of updates to my precious 5 followers :) Hopefully there are more people checking out the blog, since I know my site is at least fairly busy.

I've been training full time since June and its been a busy time. I'm changing my store over to provide kong and premier pet products instead of the tuffy / vip toys. Nothing against those toys but they were too expensive to bring in from the USA and my new supplier is in Canada. I hope to have all my products listed in the near future.

I've been taking a few dogs into my home from the SPCA to give them a break from being at the shelter, and to help assess behaviour in the home. I've been lucky to have 2 great dogs come spend some time with me, one of whom went to an excellent home and another who hopefully will soon.

I wanted to share with you all 2 excellent resources regarding punishment, dominance and Cesar Millan. In my travels and classes I actually haven't met that many people that mention him or dominance, however I SEE a lot if it around dog shows, parks etc, so I can only assume the big time Cesar fans out there are not calling positive trainers for help....

Here are two articles that every Cesar Millan fan or hater should read - Thanks to Jean Donaldson for posting them on her facebook

http://www.4pawsu.com/dogpsychology.htm

http://www.4pawsu.com/cesarfans.htm

Cheers,
Tristan

Is the world coming to an end?

Very strange things afoot in the dog training world. Cesar Millan is coming out with a new book titled "Cesar's Rules" and it seems that the father of positive dog training, Ian Dunbar, is featured in a chapter of it. It seems the book is a compilation of both Cesar and other dog trainers speaking about their methods.

While I believe Cesar has really set dog training back - its very encouraging to think he might be examining his methods, or at the very least using his fame to promote other trainers and methods.

No matter what you think of him, Cesar Millan has huge power because millions of people see him and adore him. Sadly many people take his word as gospel and that affects the lives of a great many dogs all around the world.

If he were to use his fame to promote reward training that would be a treat for trainers and dogs alike.

Here's the link of what Dr Dunbar said regarding working with Cesar:

http://www.dogstardaily.com/blogs/my-contribution-cesar-millans-new-book

Here is the video promo featuring Ian Dunbar and Cesar together

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z6XR3qJ_qY&feature=youtube_gdata