We were and i'd love to know how he got to that, because it looks very impressive, unfortunately i'd have to be Usain Bolt to get in front of mine

A picture proves nothing, all it proves was that at the time the picture was taken the dogs were with him!

Does anyone actually know whether he lives with dogs or are they only in that compound? If he doesn't or only lives with one or two then how can he train dogs to behave in a domestic environment when he has little or no experience of this aspect of dog ownership?

I watch whatever has been posted and that which I have seen clips of on the telly and that is all I need to see. Just watched the clip of Shadow and was horrified that the dog's tongue was blue when he was pinned to the ground, no wonder the poor animal collapsed. If pro-CMers can't see that as wrong then they need their heads examined, and if he has done it to one dog just imagine what does go on behind the scenes.

I would disagree with this statement. A dog that is constantly watching it's owner for approval is not a relationship based on trust and respect. If the dog constantly needs to be told what it can and can't do and has to constantly seek approval from it's owner then it has either had it's spirit broken or is very stressed and nervous.
Dogs should be able to run free without worrying what it's owner is going to tell it what to do next. I want to see my dogs having the zoomies all running in a long line across a field with huge great smiles on their faces. I don't want them to do that solely because I have told them to. I want them to do it because they have decided that is what makes them happy!
Becky

How much training have you done with them?

I suppose they must come back eventually. Sounds like they are doing what they like and have you on a long string, they know you will wait around for them.

Opposite of CM's idea really.

rune

Lurch, Hobble and Waddle (that well-known firm of athletic solicitors)...

Asking for Recall advice from CM followers was of course a `when did you stop beating your wife` question (sorry guys).
He is a Behaviourist, not a Trainer. Trainers teach you how to train your dog. Behaviourists explain and change your dog`s unwanted behaviours. So because 90% of dogs don`t have behavioural problems this programme is like learning cookery from the Fire Service.

just to make it clear that I personally would rather take advice on just about anything from a fireman (phwoah) or anyone else for that matter than than a tv doggyevangelist

Good post, there is nothing that makes me smile more than my lot, nose to the ground,,piling through the undergwowth at 300miles an hr

Robot springs to mind on the attention point, not a happy thinking dog.

sorry rune will try not to do it again

Have you seen a wolf pack outside of a captive environs ?

Studies done on anything other than native wild wolf packs is their natrual environs aren't worth a dime. Wolf packs consist of an fairly unrelated "Breeding"pair & their offspring from their litters, when the cubs reach sexual & physical maturity they leave the pack in search of a mate to strat up their own pack.

The youngest always eat first when the hunters return when the cubs are too young to join the hunt, then the "nannies"who have remained to protect the cubs. The hunters eat at the kill & then when they return to the cubs/nannies regurgitate food for them, this is encouraged by the submissive behaviour of licking the older wolves lips by the younger ones(a behaviour sometimes seen between domestic dogs & also with dogs & humans)

You cannot compare Big Cat behaviour & Canine behaviour, they are totally different species. A pride of lions can consist of only females for a while or a male & the females(who are usually sisters or sisters & mother)The male is unrelated & can be replaced by a stronger male, who will kill any young cubs in the pride to ensure that his genes are past on(although of course the lion doesn't know this-it is instinct)

Ok well why ask the question and then use it as an excuse to just further the anti mobs point of view? I gave you my answer early on how I train my dogs and the brilliant results I have achieved with all of them. Yes I expect them to do as they're told, shock horror. What's the point of training otherwise. Oh my poor poor dogs learning to respond to commands instantly, how sad they must be. Oh and because I choose to run/ jog and jump around with my dogs rather than waddle around is just another form of abuse. Obviously I can't possibly allow them to have fun can I, those poor abused creatures clearly never get the time to sniff and chase and amble about do they. Why do you seem to find it so difficult to accept some of us who like him actually get great rusults and yet we may use methods that differ from your own. I don't feel the need to tell you the way you choose to live with and train your dogs is wrong so what exactly makes you feel you should take the mickey out the way I am with mine. As for being a tv evangelist, I haven't seen the program in years, I'm too busy out abusing my dogs for hours on end. Not that the dogs see it that way but whatever I say you all know best as per usual. Oh and for the record I didn't offer advice I simply said what I do. I really should know better than to entertain you lot by now though shouldn't I?

No offence taken!

I can assure you its not for want of trying! They do come back if I really lower my voice & shout, I would just like them to come back before this!

CM has taught me how to walk them so they don't pull, stop them barging at the door when someone comes, stop them barking out the window & generally be better mannered.

In response to everyone who has asked how CM would train recall, I already said I can't answer as I don't recall seeing an episode that deals with it.

What some of us find unbelievable is that some of you think that kicking, jabbing, pining down, smacking, hitting, the use of shock collars, prong collars, pain causing collars or indeed any method that inflicts pain and fear on a dog is an acceptable method of training.
That I find totally baffling.
Becky