Pet Forum / Miscellaneous / Animal Health / October 2004

> I have studied canine behavior and
> dog training for years.

> I have a huge library that covers every system of training.

> The Puppy Wizard's (Jerry Howe's) Wits' End
> Training Method is by far the most scientific,
> the most advanced, the kindest, the quickest
> and the most effective training method yet
> discovered.

>  It is not an assortment of training tips and tricks;
>  it is a logically consistent system.

> Every behavior problem and every obedience
> skill is treated in the same logically consistent
> manner.

>  Please study his manual carefully.

> Please endeavor to understand the basis
> of his system and please follow his directions
> exactly. His manual is a masterpiece.

> It is dense with theory, with explanation, with
> detailed descriptions about why behavior problems
> occur and how their solution should be approached.
>
> One should not pick and choose from among his
> methods based upon what you personally like or
> dislike. His is not a bag of tricks but a complete
> and integrated system for not only training a dog
> but for raising a loving companion.

> When I once said to Jerry that his system
> creates for you the dog of your dreams, his
> response was that it produces for your dog
> the owner of his dreams.

> You see, Jerry has discovered that if you are
> gentle with your dog then he will be gentle
> with you, if you praise your dog every time he
> looks at you, then you will become the center
> of your dogs world, if you use Jerry's sound
> distraction with praise, then it takes just minutes-
> sometimes merely seconds-to train your dog
> to not misbehave (even in your absence).
>
> (Just 15 seconds this morning to train my 10
> week old puppy to lie quietly and let me clip
> his nails). Using Jerry's scientific method
> (sound distraction / praise / alteration / variation)
> it takes just minutes to train you dog to respond
> to your commands.
>
> What a pleasure it was for me to see my
> 6 week old puppy running as fast has his
> wobbly little legs would carry him in response
> to my recall command-and he comes running
> every time I call no matter where we are or
> what he is doing.
>
> At ten weeks old now, my puppy never strains
> upon his leash thanks to Jerry's hot & cold
> exercises and his Family Pack Leadership
> Exercises.
>
> Jerry has discovered that if you scold your dog,
> if you scream at him, if you intimidate him, if
> you hurt him, if you force him then his natural
> response is to oppose you.
>
>  Is Jerry a nut?

> It doesn't make any difference to me whether
> he is or not. It is a logical fallacy to judge a
> person's ideas based upon their personality.

> As far as dogs are concerned, Jerry wears his
> heart upon his sleeve. It touches him deeply
> when he hears of trainers forcing, intimidating,
> scolding or hurting dogs.

> More than that, he knows that force is not effective

> and that it will certainly lead to behavior problems;

> sometime problems so severe that people
> put their dogs down because of those problems.

> Hey, do like me, and killfile Jerry.
> He has millions of people aleady reading his posts and
> watching him extract his soggy foot out of his mouth!
> Out of these MILLIONS, I've only seen 2 naive childs
> come forward and actually believe in his training manual.

> And, to date: I've not seen ONE come forward and
> actually admit to buying and having success with his
> little black box.

> Anyone by now that doesn't see a scam man coming by
> Jerry's posts deserves to get what is sure to be coming
> to him! LOL!

>Terri

> I believe that it is natural for humans to want to
> control their dog by force. Jerry knows this too.

> We have all been at our wits' end, haven't we?

> Dogs have a natural tendency to mimic. In
> scientific literature it is referred to allelomimetic
> behavior.

> Dogs respond in like kind to force; they respond
> in like kind to praise. Don't bribe your dog with
> treats; give him what he wants most-your kind
> attention. Give him your praise.

> You will be astonished at how your dog's anxiety
> will dissipate and how their behavior problems
> will dissipate along with their anxiety.

> Treat Jerry Howe's (The Puppy Wizard) Wits' End
> Training Method as a scientific principle just as you
> would the law of gravity and you will have astounding
> success.

>  Dog behavior is just as scientific as is gravity.

> If you follow Jerry's puppy rules you will get a
> sweet little Magwai; if you don't you will surely
> get a little gremlin (anyone see The Gremlins?).
> --Larry

> news:91381045.0301211225.6d5f60e5@posting.google.com...
> > > This makes me wonder.  If the dog taught himself to get
> > > the kid off of it by biting, why can't you teach it
> > > another method.  When my dog nipped to protect my
> > > kids, i taught her with distraction and praise.
>
> > What did you teach her to do instead of nipping?
>
> First we used distraction and praise to teach her biting is
> not ok.  2 weeks ago we had to seperate her from the puppy
> in order to feed them.
>
>  She would run over, bite him then take his food.  If he
>  licked the carpet where juice was spilled he got bitten.
>  just examples.
>
> Then during meals, when she moved toward him we
> (me, my husband, jerry and his wife) used sound distraction
> and praise.  We trained her to stay away from him.  Then we
> let them get close, when she looked like she was thinking of
> biting (snap) good girl! good dog... and she would let him
> close.   since he advanced to eating her food she began
> laying down and allowing him tot ake over.  so we taught her
> to find his food and eat his.
>
> Just doing this has taught her to share.
> If he's too roudy and the kids aren't inviting..
> she will find her rope and give it to him.  if he
> takes her kong, she does and finds his and either gets him
> to take his own king or simply lets him have his.
> we did this by feeding her as much as she wanted, giving
> her plenty of toys. we taught her there is always more..
> we broke that instinct of self preservation.  now they share
> from the same bowl.  not even a growl.
>
> then when she growled because my friends kid went near her
> while she was nursing, we put her on lead just long enough
> to come 1 foot from the kid.  just in case.  we put the kid
> on the floor in her mum's lap with the puppy and used
> distraction and praise if she seemed upset. then when she
> went near the kid in a fashion like she was going to protect
> something.. the kids, their food what have you.. we used
> praise and distraction.
>
> then it progressed to the other day.. the kid was smacking
> kelly in the face.  pummeling beyond all belief she has taken
> from my own kids.. like if the 23 lb 19 month old goes to
> stand on her, kelly will brace herself and hold still so the
> baby doesn't fall off.
>
> when the baby stands on her we distract the baby and praise
> kelly for waiting.  so anyway.. she's being smacked in the
> face by the same kid who likes to try and dig eyeballs out.
> kelly snarled her lip.. no sound.. just showed her teeth...
> sound and praise! and she broke her thought and came over to
> me.
>
> when the puppy was biting her so hard she cried (pits
> dont cry easily) we used sound and praise when she went to
> defend herself.  then we would go to him and distract him
> off.  in less than a week she learned to either a. drag him
> to me or my husband still attached and shaking her
> ear/neck/leg or b. distract him herself.
>
> she sees us use distraction and gentle measures and she
> does them too.  when he's trying to dig a hole she engages
> him in play.  when the kid is going somewhere she shouldn't..
> kelly will run over to her.. and seperate the kid from say
> the kitchen and guide  her in another direction.
>
> when the puppy is biting something he shouldn't.. she finds
> a kong and offers him the appropriate chewing method.
> Dogs are smart.  She only knew to nip or growl or bite.  We
> taught her gentle ways and she learned them.  Dogs don't
> want to bite kids or puppies or people.. but they want
> results.  if they know the food will never run out.. why
> should they bite over food?  if they know someone else will
> distract a biting pup why would she bite him? all she has to
> do is find me and i will do it...  why does she need to nip
> the lil kid again?
>
> she knows i will stop the kid from hurting her.  yes it still
> requires alot of supervision, because this kid does in fact
> hurt her alot and she is not part of our pack.  but that is
> part of my responsibility as well.
>
> Jerry calls it allomimetic behaviour.. i think its plain logic.
>
> the dog won't bite if it knows a whimper or cry
> will attract help.  but if no one else is in control... as
> we were not two weeks ago.. the dog will take matters into
> its own hands.
>
> And for Donna who asked how safe setting up an incident is?
> it is very safe.  If you know the dog will bite the kid if
> it goes near its food.. you put the dog on lead and have
> someone hold the lead securely.  MAKE SURE the lead will not
> reach say.. 1.5 feet away from the food dish.  then let the
> kid go near the food.  the dog couldn't reach if it tried,
> and if it did you are right there to priase distract.  It is
> much more difficult in the OP's situation since the kid is
> close enough to bite.  i'll let jerry elaborate on that.
> and i wouldn't try that without his advice.  but if you know
> your dog likes to lunge through the front door at the
> mailman.. put the dog on lead and open the door and use
> praise/distraction.. the dog won't go anywhere, but you can
> set it up to stop the thought.  it's really a common sense
> thing.
>
> i knew i needed to set up a situation and knew i
> couldn't risk a bite.. so i used a freaking leash that
> wasn't long enough to reach the lil kid.  voila.  by the
> time the dog realized it wanted to do something bad.. it
> forgot it was on lead... and you distract/praise and break
> the behaviour before the dog is mid lunge at the endof the
> leash.
>
> Amanda
> Whose vicious, aggressive, hopeless pit bull who should be
> watched carefully walked by a barking dog who was off lead
> as it growled at me and heeled immediately to "protect" but
> never used more than 1 foot of the lead and didn't bark or
> growl back.