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Location: UK
Joined: Jul 2006
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I must say that I too was a little disappointed. Not for any of the pulling on the leash - it's up to individuals how they work with their dog - and as someone who has had to pull his dog around a little, I'm of the "walk a mile in my shoes" thinking.
I was disappointed at the banality and childishness of it all. It looked to me as though Mic had gone to the presenters with a "I reckon people f******g love seeing me on television, and so why don't we get me f******g hiding around in bushes.... etc. etc".
The truth is, for my money, he's too single-faceted to carry a television programme alone. Once you appreciate he swears a lot and speaks his mind, there's not a lot left.
I also felt that he was a little too dismissive of all the "trick" training that the dog owner had clearly done with the dog, and done exceptionally well from what I could see. I'm not personally one for tricks either but even I know that to get them right, you have to have spent a lot of time with the dog, which can only be a good thing.
As for the potential losing of the certificate - even if there was a single chance of that happening - would it really matter? I think not.
Overall, extremely disappointing. It seemed less about the dog and owner, and more about Mic perpetuating his image of a hard-talking trainer. Yes, we already get it. Let's move on now...