Forces nov 24 beach dogs prostitute and highly distracting books dominance are based on overpowering the dog and attitude of I'm able to force you to do it way. There's no learning here. What's even worse is that method only works if everyone is able to do it. instead of teaching the dog good behavior that it can use with all people, the dog only mind people who can over power him, and for Kingsley there aren't people who can. This trainer David never even got close to the dog after that. What's more Kingsley never learned anything the whole segment. I've written article about how strong a science based teaching approach is, and the problems with this punishment approach here: http: blog categories listings the-science-of-dog-training MC: viewers on Bravo's website and the RHOBH Facebook page called this dog trainer abusive. Would you agree with that characterization? JK: I have to agree. Any training based on violence or attacking a dog just isn't right. Plus it's actually the cause of aggression cases. Though I would take it one step further and say that abuse is any treatment of animals that doesn't give the animal a to ever learn to make its own good choices. Teaching fear is abuse. Suppressing behavior by intimidation is abuse. MC: The trainer instructed to bump him with your knee. Is that what dog owners should do? The best approach is to teach your dog the right behavior, not scare the wrong behavior out of the dog, no it's not. There are several better methods, the least of which being, delaying greetings for a few minutes until the dog is calm, offering rewards only when the dog is behaving the way you want or even better approach is redirecting the dog to perform a desirable behavior that you have taught him like to greet people sitting. MC: Did or the trainer do anything right the scenario? JK: Even considering that this is television and not reality, no there isn't similar to what I would do initial lesson or consult. I know its called reality TV, but of course the plot lines are scripted and edited; however just at the minimum, the trainer was brought because of a chewing problem, and by the time he left, the dog had exhibited aggression to dogs and humans, and none of any of that was discussed. Oh, the son did bring them some bottled water, which was nice. MC: What did you them do wrong? JK: I can only say what I would have done that same scenario, which is quite different from what I saw. I would have reminded to leash Kingsley. I would have waited to greet Kingsley until he was comfortable with me. If a dog is scared, I usually offer food by tossing it where the dog can reach the food without having to come to me as it builds trust. asked for help, it is sad that she didn't get any. It's pretty clear that doesn't know how to train and she IS trying because she has hired a dog trainer. I would have helped her with some techniques that made it easy for her and the dog right away. I would have instructed her exactly what to do the circumstance. At a minimum I would have helped Kingsley learn a better method for sit than being trapped between to last two people on earth that you are supposed to be able to trust and have them repeatedly knee you to do something you 't know how to do. Well I would have done a background interview, both prescreening on the phone and then at the house making own observations before doing much of anything, but the next thing I would do would be to teach the dog some good behaviors. Meaning that I teach it to sit, rather than drag, pull, choke and thunk it to do something. I personally have no approach other than to give the dog a to know what you want out of it, by teaching not manhandling. You have to teach the dog how to make proper choices the dog learns how to behave. And training with force and pain is just plain wrong. is lucky the instruction to grab the collar and yank didn't cause her to be bitten herself. MC: After the trainer kicked and hit at Kingsley, said the dog was shaking and she was scared. What should she have done at that point? JK: It's owner's obligation to be their dog's advocate. When you a dog trainer doing something that you think does not make sense or gives you a bad feeling, stop it right away. At that moment the most important thing is to help the dog recover as quickly as possible. Get the dog away from the scary stranger, reassure it and get its mind on something more pleasant. Food or a toy might get Kingsley a more relaxed state, you can't stress and have fun at the same time. Distance Safety Comfort Reassurance would have been instantaneous reactions. Then I'd get rid of anyone who treated animal like that