tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550198522925841552.post2032026125599956456..comments2024-03-15T06:55:34.200-04:00Comments on The Dog Blog: Crawford pledges not to hear statewide pit bull ban, effectively killing the legislationKaren Workmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09826759882863096764noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550198522925841552.post-72646440648375875602011-07-05T10:46:06.378-04:002011-07-05T10:46:06.378-04:00Anonymous, thank you so much for your comments. I ...Anonymous, thank you so much for your comments. I haven't watched any clips of him working with dogs and now I'm not sure I can stomach it. <br /><br />It makes me very angry at times that the average person has such little good knowledge/understanding of dogs and what makes them tick — angry at the culture that propagates bad information, angry at individuals who allow ignorance to keep them in the dark, standing staunchly behind ideas like "the dog knows it did something wrong three hours ago and I know it knows because it looks and acts guilty." <br /><br />However angry I may get about our culture propagating bad information and individual owners who refuse to see the light, it dulls in comparison to the anger I have for those who call themselves professional dog trainers and use their titles and positions to further spread bad information and hurt dogs and dog-human relationships in the process. <br /><br />Nothing creates more behavior problems in dogs than fear. I believe in good leadership, but I have seen firsthand the damage that can be done using tactics that exploit fear. Far too many people muddy the waters, believing that leadership is accomplished through fear. It is not.Karen Workmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826759882863096764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550198522925841552.post-30913497292152755232011-07-03T20:35:42.326-04:002011-07-03T20:35:42.326-04:00Karen, first, thank you for your doggie posts. I a...Karen, first, thank you for your doggie posts. I am a pit-mix owner of two, one of which is a registered therapy dog. Second, this Dale McCluskey showed up on another site (DogStarDaily) and all the trainers/behaviorists debunked him and in fact some were outraged at his downright cruelty in some of his training clips. I think they concluded he is nuts and doing much harm to the dogs he supposedly trains. It's so sad when an owner is so naive about dog trainers that they end up with someone like him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550198522925841552.post-60909850852495656682011-06-17T11:22:35.975-04:002011-06-17T11:22:35.975-04:00Cysania, Thanks for alerting me to this. I think t...Cysania, Thanks for alerting me to this. I think this is a website run by the guy who criticized my post about dominance theory being antiquated crap. I'll have to look at the website more closely when I have some time. <br /><br />As for my opinion on dominance theory, I feel quite confident about my position. I have proof in my own dog that dominance theory can have some very damaging outcomes, and in terms of me being one of his "75 behaviorists debunked" I am not a behaviorist. I am journalist who studies canine behavior. I have no formal education and no right to call myself a behaviorist, and I don't think that anyone else should give me a professional title I have not earned.<br /><br />As for me being "debunked" because I couldn't answer his questions, I have two things to say: 1) He didn't ask me any questions. He left a comment criticizing me, and 2) He didn't answer the two questions I asked him, which of course, are about his credentials and what the heck "cognitive via influence" means.Karen Workmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826759882863096764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550198522925841552.post-34930523127449807652011-06-17T06:40:36.973-04:002011-06-17T06:40:36.973-04:00I was VERY glad to hear they're not going to t...I was VERY glad to hear they're not going to take this up.<br /><br />On a side note, I don't know what copyright you have on your blog posts, I saw that someone cut and pasted, html and all, one of your blog posts onto their site. It's at the bottom of this page: http://k9pack.110mb.com/houdini.htm I just thought I'd let you know in case there's a copyright issue.Crysaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09203108637459489012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550198522925841552.post-87016826401811379152011-06-15T14:38:44.072-04:002011-06-15T14:38:44.072-04:00Hooray! Crawford is a grown-up with a brain!Hooray! Crawford is a grown-up with a brain!Lynn Benoithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11602264087475847806noreply@blogger.com