We’ve been doing a lot of talking to folks in America - on-line as I found a Cesar "Fan site" and joined! This is a large group of people, mainly in the States as far as I can tell (those of you may remember I don’t do Geography!) who follow Cesar’s way. This is no ordinary fan club, they use Cesar’s philosophy, his method of Pack Leading to have balanced dogs, then share their experience. The tips and insight into dog rehabilitation that I am getting is truly excellent, and I’m able to offer my experience gained with my pack members too. So this is a great way to learn how to be pack leader, as close as I can get to asking Cesar himself! Mind you I really do think he should come over to the UK and help us follow his lead, his way is the only way I’ve found that has a positive impact on my pack!
One of the great, new to me, philosophies I have got from this "Cesar group", is NILIF - nothing in life is free! This works really well alongside Cesar’s way. When we apply this to the dogs it means that to get affection, this involves lateral thinking to define what a dog perceives as affection - walks, food, even talking to him, and albeit negative shouting at a dog can be seen as joining in! Tip - if they’re barking - don’t shout - don’t join in! So to get anything from me as their leader they have to earn it, do something for me and they will receive affection, this can be as simple as a sit, but they are doing something for me ….so nothing in their life is free, and they are becoming less dominant and more like followers!
Will share some more of these great tips from States side soon! I’ll keep chatting (yippee) and you keep reading! Way to go American pack - We’ll all become “awesome” pack leaders!
Also, coming soon - if you can’t shout at them what can you do to stop barking?
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