My Jazz hates to be brushed

[Hanne]

I do not like to "force" my dogs to something it does not like (hate), when it is not life-threatening.

And personally did not feel such Cesar Milan methods are suitable for such a sensitive breed as Shelties.

What It may end up with, is that our beloved puppy lose confidence in our actions - and we mistake perceives the situation as the puppy has learned something - no, it does things because the "are afraid".

Minnie does not seem it was a hit to be brushed, but over time so it is fine, and she seemed she is so fine and is praised, and when we finished so there is a nice reward.

 

[Cody]

I'll preface by saying obviously don't do something you're not comfortable with.

My thought:
Shelties are definitely more in tune to us than a lot of other breeds, but they bark like that when they are nervous. They need to know that you are the alpha, and knowing that you have everything under control means that they don't have to worry about the perceived threat. This actually puts them at ease. If I had done this and then allowed her to get hurt because of it, that may lead to distrust. But that isn't what happened. She has learned the vacuum, the poop scoop, my neighbor's dogs, and most recently the brush shouldn't be causes of anxiety and she is able to relax with them near her now. I don't want a high stress neurotic sheltie - she deserves to be able to relax in normal situations. This was a tactic Cesar specifically used on a shelties, in case that eases concern.

I do not like to "force" my dogs to something it does not like (hate), when it is not life-threatening.

And personally did not feel such Cesar Milan methods are suitable for such a sensitive breed as Shelties.

What It may end up with, is that our beloved puppy lose confidence in our actions - and we mistake perceives the situation as the puppy has learned something - no, it does things because the "are afraid".

Minnie does not seem it was a hit to be brushed, but over time so it is fine, and she seemed she is so fine and is praised, and when we finished so there is a nice reward.

 

[2GoodDogs]

Have you tried a long thick smear of peanut butter across the bottom panel of the refrigerator. While dog happily licks it off, you brush? It works for us.

 

[Hanne]

-- Cesar Milan use: - I held her leash short in one hand, made her sit, slowly brought the brush closer to her and when she would start to resist I'd make the "tsst" sound (if you've watched him you know what this is haha) and put tension on the leash.

Cody - In my eyes this is coercive / force - we use hopefully not forced to our children because they are afraid / uncertain - why do we so think it is okay to our puppies ??

We should be the brightest, have the most experience and to rely on and in this way teach them to live with us.

We have to deal with more than 15-20 years research:
It is entirely possible to train dogs without even thinking the least bit of leadership. Leadership is a concept entirely without value that has no place in modern dog training. It is enough to know about dog behavior and how dogs learn to train his dog to everything you want!

About Cesar Milan so is his programs several years ago taken away from Danish TV
copy:
"Unfortunately, these explanatory models also spread to TV as example. Cesar Millan's dogs whispers programs that in my view is based on completely outdated and completely unsubstantiated assumptions about how the dog works. The worst thing is that the methods are directly harmful to the people involved and dogs and for others who copy them. Leadership is one of the explanatory models that are immensely popular and quite incredibly difficult to come to life, but unfortunately without the facts".