Real Life Dog Whisperers

How do we make dogs listen to us? I mean, really listen? A dog's sense of hearing is four times greater than ours, so they can hear. But screaming their name doesn't even rate an ear flicker, and every time you venture to the clothes line you're covered in big, muddy paw prints.

Taking them for a walk is an exercise in restraint for you and your pooch - it lunges at every other animal or person you cross paths with. Even seasoned dog owners can have troubles - everyone needs help, sometimes with unruly puppies, other times with older dogs. And society is becoming increasingly litigious, so a well-mannered dog is imperative. No-one wants a dog that may bite, or worse, require putting down for being too boisterous.

Some trainers advocate harsh methods that concentrate on a dog's aggressiveness or dominant characteristics, and the suppression of them. But there are other trainers who believe that a quick fix (which normally works for the trainer, but not the poor owner once the trainer has left) is a waste of time and money. They retrain and recondition behavior that is appropriate - for both the animal and their human partner. Dog owners don't want brute force - they want something that is going to work quickly, and show results even quicker.
Meet the dog whisperer.

A what? "What a dog whisperer actually is, is a person that actually can communicate with animals at a very, very, very high level. And that's what I do. And I'm fortunate, because I'm able to get dogs under control for people without any harsh methods whatsoever." So says John Richardson, self-proclaimed dog whisperer and owner of Australian company DogTech. Richardson states that when we shout at dogs to discipline them, we confuse them - dogs don't communicate verbally, they do so with body language.

Cesar Millan, is the founder of the Dog Psychology Center in Los Angeles, CA. He has been seen on Oprah Winfrey, who discovered Dr Phil, and now lends his name to Millan - often called "The Doctor Phil of dogs". He is a dog whisperer, and now has his own show where he works to train owners to be the "pack leaders". On his television program, the dog usually exhibits significant improvement by the end of the episode.

Owners are taught how to behave and think around their dogs (his website offers the quote "I rehabilitate dogs, I train people"), with the triad of exercise, discipline and affection the cornerstones of any behavior modification. Together with this, another central tenant is that dogs should be treated as dogs, not humans. And it is when we apply human psychology to dogs that we get into trouble. Dog whisperers treat dogs like dogs, and use dog "pack" psychology, placing the human at the top of the pack as the "alpha" dog.

People these days do not want dogs that are aggressive or overly-friendly, but they still want them to be members of the family. Dog whispering can alleviate the issues raised with traditional methods of training, while still maintaining a close bond with your canine sidekick. Dog whispering gets to the core of a dog's mentality, and is not some mystical, magical technique or eccentric method. It works.

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