Everythingmastiff the other reason I don't make training videos besides the one you outlined is because you can't ask a video a question when you encounter a problem. My TM has taken my knowledge and skills to a whole new level. Because of this dog I still call my fried and mentor to ask him what to do about certain challenges he is presenting. I freely admit I'm not through learning and there's no video or book anywhere that will cover how to train dogs such as these.I think you miss the point of my post. I don't give a rat's ass (no anger intended just emphasis) whether or not someone discloses the technique I have a system that works. My point is, show that your method works with a dog like my TM and not a dog that won't give their system a true test period dot end of story. Many of the members here have serious dogs with serious temperaments. they deserve to have a video with some one utilizing a like minded dog.I will give you one more example and maybe you will stop touting people who can only talk about controlling a dog. In the tv series Dogs 101 on National Geographic They presented a female Dogo in that killed a mountain lion by herself in defense of the owners daughter. During the fight the dog lost an eye before killing the mountain lion. If this incident is true can you honestly say that this Dogo is operating on the same level as a Rott, Mal, GSD, or even yur Corso etc. The reason there isn't a lot of video of trainers/behaviorist working with these kinds of dogs is because THEY CAN'T. I'm going to push yu a little further, do the people you crow about even own a dog like this? If they don't ower conversation is over. Owning dogs like this under control for twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, three hundred and sixty-five days a year for he life of the dog or dogs and keep a lid on things is the true test IMOP of someones system.I don't ask them to do anything I don't do. It is a simple case of put up or shut up.I do have a life outside this forum and my dogs. I will not look at every web site to see if some nobody meets my criteria that's only important to me. I requested it before and I will request it again. If you are going to post a video or link give us somebody who handles dogs similar to ours. Once again thank you season and hector for stepping up.
. I witnessed his female Martha(one of his 4) rip someone off a motorcycle he was trying to steal. By the time we got to them his arm was mangled both bones broken and his intestines were hanging out of his belly thanks to one of the others. I've personally owned, trained, and raised over 100 dogs. Including Blue Heelers that were all working dogs, we also bred them. GSD's, I've adopted numerous retired police dogs, my father being a retired detective and works in the security industry with clients like Johnny Depp (when he's at the home he owns in NM, wreaks like pot inside his house lol). I've rescued, found, or otherwise acquired pits, rotts, and numerous mutts and x breeds. There were times when I would have in my possession up to 7 dogs at a time. This I've done because I enjoyed it and have a love for dogs. Any dog. Whether they earned their keep or ate for free or not. I've had hard dogs, easy dogs, and downright nasty son-of-a-bitch dogs. I didn't even know there was such a huge industry until around 10 years ago when I was working with race horses and received a rat terrier from my boss as a bonus and said it's parents were show dogs. I asked him WTF is a show dog? Talk about drivey, high energy, and because I encouraged it, she was viscous. You couldn't walk up to my truck if I had the window down to shake my hand cause Mijita would attack your ass. If I told her to bite a shovel in the ground she would do it, or a person, a cat, anything. Mijita was the first dog I ever used a leash on and that was after she was already 6 years old and had considerably calmed down. This whole concept of "heel" and walking on a loose leash is only something I've learned about in the past few years. Hank my fawn EM is the first dog that I used a leash on from the day we brought him home at 8 weeks. He will be 3 on 11/11/15. I didn't know what the fuck P+ or R+ or negative reinforcement was. That's not how I learned. I learned through watching and doing what my step-dad did. I didn't know that a correction is referred to as an aversive. I just know that my grandfather said, "This is how you teach a dog to ____." There was never a point in my life when I didn't own a dog. I've never had or found a dog I couldn't make behave in an acceptable manner. I've been bitten more times than I can count. I've been literally attacked on a few occasions when I was younger and didn't know any better. This whole "science based dog training" idea is pretty much brand new to me. Here lately I've just been working on trying to get "up to speed" or "up to date" with what people are using in the industry. Mostly because I want to get into the industry. People can read books and go through case studies all they want. I've lived the shit. Many of the methods I've learned and used in the past I'm learning more and more aren't necessarily the best way to do things or even accepted as ethical by today's standards. Glasgow talks about cognitive dissonance. After I looked it up in the dictionary, I realized it was a brand new idea to me . It also is applicable to the way I think about dog training now. I've been learning so many new things in such a short time I often have conflicting thoughts on what dog training actually is all about now lol. I have an impulse to go out and buy a clicker for god's sake lol.1 year ago if you told me I had to click something the exact moment my dog's ass touched the floor I'd have called you a moron. I've been going over material on how to "shape behaviors" using a clicker. Truly fascinating stuff. I'm going to make an attempt to attend Clicker Expo in Reno, NV in Jan. All my spare time I've been spending learning everything I can. It's truly amazing how far things have come in the past 30 years as far as methodology goes. I'm like a sponge. Just soaking it up. Will I start using positive only methods? Prob not anytime soon. I'm to used to saying "nope" as a reaction to my dog breaking a sit/stay. But I also don't see anything wrong with that type of a correction. I bought a prong collar to learn how it works and to use on my own dogs because I want to form my own opinions of the tools available. Does that mean I'm going to allow my dog to walk past me while I turn around and jerk the hell out of the lead? NOPE. IMO that's straight uncalled for. Before I even put it on my dog I put it on me and had my wife jerk me around a little bit. It was pretty hot but that's a whole other topic =P Walls of text abound. Sorry for the ramble lol.