[Angelgal]

I tried educating myself about Cesar ... visited his site, and I can honestly say I have never been more confused about something in my life! So unless I go spend endless amounts of money on his books/dvd's and whatever else he "sells" I will never understand his methods enough to know if they are humane or inhumane. Is he the one who does the "alpha roll" or whatever its called?? I know someone exlpained the alpha roll to me at one point, and I know Brad has two versions of a pin he uses (its in his exercises book) but man its nothing like what the alpha roll was explained to me... the "pin" was a heck of a lot more humane.

For me, I have likes and dislikes about different trainers. I'm the same way with horse training. I mix and match and see what exercises work best.
Though I don't think I like this Victoria's method of teaching a dog to stop barking ... but I'm also sure it's adjusted according to each dog (I would hope, I've never heard of her though) to me it seems like all that's going to do is cause a fear or general dislike to horns. This is how I keep my Westie (ugh terriers!) barking under control. When he barks AT me, I put my hand up and turn away or I walk away ... saying anything to him is only "barking back" and it will be an endless battle. He stops. If he goes to run to the window to bark at something, I interrupt him before he gets to ... I watch his body language. I will put him in a down and stay (my terrier is territorial aggressive).

Can't wait to hear how things are going!