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Originally Posted by Pudh=SoTasty
I gotta say...You sound like a big pussy....Which is why your dog probably thinks he's boss....
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Oh, and how do you know that? More than a few behaviorists and trainers have told me that my dog is *the best* behaved small dog they have ever had the pleasure of meeting.
If using positive reinforcement + keeping my dog's health in mind as my #1 priority makes me a "pussy", then so be it. At the end of the day, this "pussy" still has a perfectly well-behaved dog.
Sorry to break it to you, but there is more than one method of dog training. My dogs obey me by respect and because they WANT to, not by learned helplessness which Cesar Millan teaches. I didn't come into this thread to talk about how I and other very experienced dog trainers disagree with Millan (and if you do more research, the dominance theory is considered outdated, by the way. The guy who coined the term "alpha" actually came right out and said so). I just wanted to let the OP know that hard jerks on the leash may have health consequences, especially with a smaller dog like a Dachshund. I'm NOT going to continue this training debate, so say what you want - my only concern was HEALTH.