Lone Wolf Project: Post All Your "Experiments" Here

Actually I am not so much a dog "trainer" as much as someone who deals with Dog behavior issues.... thus a dog psychologist, if you will. And when I said they "Live to please", I didn;t say it in the sense that they want to please us, their human "masters". It's that way with their canine pack leaders. It's instilled in dogs from the time they were wolves, and it is still programmed in them now. Don't misunderstand the statement. They do not live to be slaves or performing monkeys. They simply enjoy being on their pack leaders good side, whether it be canine or human. A pat on the head, or a muzzle nuzzle to the ear is the greatest reinforcement a dog can get.
 
ElCuchillo said:
Actually I am not so much a dog "trainer" as much as someone who deals with Dog behavior issues.... thus a dog psychologist, if you will.
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Well, you characterized yourself as a "dog trainer" though calling your self a dog behaviorist or a dog psychologist or any other name wouldn't change whatever it is you do to alter the dog's behavior. (Of course if they lived to please us, such alteration wouldn't be necessary. ;))

Anyway, like I say, we can discuss the issue further in another sub-forum or via email if you prefer. It's a bit far afield here I'm afraid.
 
ElCuchillo said:
Actually I am not so much a dog "trainer" as much as someone who deals with Dog behavior issues.... thus a dog psychologist, if you will. And when I said they "Live to please", I didn;t say it in the sense that they want to please us, their human "masters". It's that way with their canine pack leaders. It's instilled in dogs from the time they were wolves, and it is still programmed in them now. Don't misunderstand the statement. They do not live to be slaves or performing monkeys. They simply enjoy being on their pack leaders good side, whether it be canine or human. A pat on the head, or a muzzle nuzzle to the ear is the greatest reinforcement a dog can get.
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El Cuchillo, I wrote my reply to you (above) before you edited your original message though I don't think I misread any of it.

Fact is, in a pack, dogs don't follow the "alpha' because they like to or they find it pleasantly rewarding, there's a great deal of dominant behavior that goes into determining who leads the pack and by what means. (Let's take this offline for any further discussion of the matter.)
 
Well...
If'n folks were more like dawgs, society would for darn sure be better off.

Unconditional feelings ...
..., fuss at 'em, because they need fussing at, like chewing on your box your new knife come in, and 3 minutes later they come back over, sorry, knowing they did wrong, and they deserved being fussed at, but all is forgiven and they don't hold it against you, or bring it back up sometime later.

"Sorry about chewing on your knife box, but I got all excited about your new knife too. How does that thing cut anyway, how about using it to open them new treats you bought me to test it out? " - dawg.

See? We could all learn some things from dawgs and apply to ourselves to make society better.

*smile*
 
sm2,

I think one of the best bumper stickers I've ever read was:

"Lord, help me to be the man my dog thinks I am."
 
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