Why i dont like the Dog Whisperer

 So many sing his praises and i used to be one of those people until i discovered some things about him. i admired his work and in some ways i cant say hes all bad but its the behind the scenes things that i dont like.

 im against shock collars, i had one, er well i should say the ex bought one for Murphy and it was only used a few times and NOT by me!!! When i moved out i purposely took the shock collar for one simple reason...i did not ever want it used on another dog, and i have the dog it was meant for. So needless to say i sold it and from what i understand the person who bought it from me may have bought it for the same reason that i had kept it for, that no one would use it on another dog.  Now even though i am against shock collars that doesnt mean that if someone knows hoe to properly use them that its always wrong but 90% of the time they do more harm than good and the dogs end up having to be retrained.

What does that have to do with the Dog Whisperer you ask?? Well they dont show you that he uses shock collars to train with behind the scenes. Now to my knowledge its on his personal dogs mainly but nonetheless i feel his practice is wrong.  im not a professional dog trainer but i do have 3 rescues and also worked along side a woman who operates a rescue for Great Pyrenees and i learned from her how to properly work with, desensitize and rehab rescues. You use verbal cues, squirt bottles and lots of one on one time. These 3 things have  yet to fail me but they can be time consuming with a stubborn dog. My most stubborn boy still will ignore the squirt bottle at times while my other boy sees it and stops in his tracks, i dont even have to keep water in it when it comes to him. My newest one is so tiny and new that i havent done much with her yet besides working on getting her back to health and working on puppy pad training. Shes only 3 pounds so its not like shes much of an issue to control.

i just find it heart breaking to hear of professional trainers resorting to such inhuman ways of training, maybe hes too busy to spend hours on end with one particular animal and thats whats behind his reasoning but no matter his reason ive lost all respect for him and know that my days of following him are sadly over.