Comments on: I Am the Alpha Dog! How Dog-Training is the New Parenting http://www.confessionsofameanmommy.com/i-am-the-alpha-dog-how-dog-training-is-the-new-parenting/ Because sometimes being a parent means doing what's hard. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:30:00 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Chris http://www.confessionsofameanmommy.com/i-am-the-alpha-dog-how-dog-training-is-the-new-parenting/comment-page-1/#comment-1517 Chris Sat, 02 Jan 2010 10:36:42 +0000 http://www.confessionsofameanmommy.com/?p=502#comment-1517 Cesar is very entertaining and a very good performer. And to be honest he does seem to get some good results from his dog training methods. Just the same I think dog owners would be well advised to stick to proven behavioral science dog behavior modification methods like clicker training - http://www.dog-obedience-training-review.com/clicker-dog-training.html Not sure which method would work best on the kids.... Cesar is very entertaining and a very good performer. And to be honest he does seem to get some good results from his dog training methods.

Just the same I think dog owners would be well advised to stick to proven behavioral science dog behavior modification methods like clicker training – http://www.dog-obedience-training-review.com/clicker-dog-training.html

Not sure which method would work best on the kids….

]]> By: Julie http://www.confessionsofameanmommy.com/i-am-the-alpha-dog-how-dog-training-is-the-new-parenting/comment-page-1/#comment-1040 Julie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:56:24 +0000 http://www.confessionsofameanmommy.com/?p=502#comment-1040 LOL this is great! My mom started working in a kennel when I was 7 years old, and I learned the trade from her and worked in one myself from age 15 up to last spring (I'm now 23). I've found that both of our parenting techniques are extremely similar to the techniques we use in the kennel to keep the dogs in line. Long before I had kids, I had the "mom look" down pat, and a nice, authoritative voice. But hey, after all, dogs and humans are both social creatures, and our hierarchies really aren't very different at all. LOL this is great! My mom started working in a kennel when I was 7 years old, and I learned the trade from her and worked in one myself from age 15 up to last spring (I’m now 23). I’ve found that both of our parenting techniques are extremely similar to the techniques we use in the kennel to keep the dogs in line. Long before I had kids, I had the “mom look” down pat, and a nice, authoritative voice. But hey, after all, dogs and humans are both social creatures, and our hierarchies really aren’t very different at all.

]]> By: Hollie http://www.confessionsofameanmommy.com/i-am-the-alpha-dog-how-dog-training-is-the-new-parenting/comment-page-1/#comment-931 Hollie Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:52:41 +0000 http://www.confessionsofameanmommy.com/?p=502#comment-931 Ha ha, I read the Dog Whisperer's book a few years ago and it immediately became my guide to (middle school) classroom management. I am in charge! Kids must ask for permission! Model the behavior you want! Be consistent! Duuuuh, it totally works the same on kids. Ha ha, I read the Dog Whisperer’s book a few years ago and it immediately became my guide to (middle school) classroom management. I am in charge! Kids must ask for permission! Model the behavior you want! Be consistent! Duuuuh, it totally works the same on kids.

]]> By: class factotum http://www.confessionsofameanmommy.com/i-am-the-alpha-dog-how-dog-training-is-the-new-parenting/comment-page-1/#comment-925 class factotum Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:47:18 +0000 http://www.confessionsofameanmommy.com/?p=502#comment-925 EDJ, I am a mean hostess and have taken it upon myself to tell visiting kids whose nice mommies don't handle the situation, "In this house, we do not put our shoes on the [newly reupholstered white] sofa." I mean, really. EDJ, I am a mean hostess and have taken it upon myself to tell visiting kids whose nice mommies don’t handle the situation, “In this house, we do not put our shoes on the [newly reupholstered white] sofa.” I mean, really.

]]> By: edj http://www.confessionsofameanmommy.com/i-am-the-alpha-dog-how-dog-training-is-the-new-parenting/comment-page-1/#comment-923 edj Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:42:46 +0000 http://www.confessionsofameanmommy.com/?p=502#comment-923 I saw that article too! Amazingly "new" stuff, isn't it? Sigh... Still, if it means that in future, children invited to my home stop climbing on the furniture and running amok through the house, I'm all for it. I saw that article too! Amazingly “new” stuff, isn’t it? Sigh… Still, if it means that in future, children invited to my home stop climbing on the furniture and running amok through the house, I’m all for it.

]]> By: class factotum http://www.confessionsofameanmommy.com/i-am-the-alpha-dog-how-dog-training-is-the-new-parenting/comment-page-1/#comment-916 class factotum Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:34:31 +0000 http://www.confessionsofameanmommy.com/?p=502#comment-916 My friend the pediatrician says her first parenting book is going to be called "Because I said so." A friend of hers claims to be a "because I said so" mother, but also writes FB posts about telling her son "no" and then being a punching bag for 20 minutes afterward. I think (but do not comment, because I am No Fool) that if she really believed her own press, she would just put her son in his room, close the door and walk away. Don't negotiate with terrorists is my motto. My friend the pediatrician says her first parenting book is going to be called “Because I said so.” A friend of hers claims to be a “because I said so” mother, but also writes FB posts about telling her son “no” and then being a punching bag for 20 minutes afterward. I think (but do not comment, because I am No Fool) that if she really believed her own press, she would just put her son in his room, close the door and walk away. Don’t negotiate with terrorists is my motto.

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