Don't use force or domination to train dogs.
Hi dog lovers, my name is Saro and this is
Nicky
in this episode I'll talk about the
negative effects of being alpha and using
force or domination to train your dog
hello dog lovers in my previous videos I
have talked about what you need to do
before you get started into training
your dog and I'll link those videos
somewhere in this video and also I
have talked about the negative effects
of using treats tools like shock collars
and prong dollars and today I'm talking
about using being alpha or force or
domination and the negative effects of those
when you use them in the dog training or
in your lifestyle the ideas of dog
training using force or domination or
the idea of being alpha to your dogs
it's an old system of dog training that
it comes and goes it was very popular in
the late sixties early seventies because
of this man actually on you know I'm
very much to blame for the term alpha
being used with wolves I published a
book in 1970 that now has over a hundred
ten thousand copies in circulation and
in that I labeled the top wolf in the
pack the alpha then I did that because
at that time that's all at science knew
but we've learned a lot that pub that
book was published in 1970 and in the 35
years since that time we've learned an
awful lot one of the things we've
learned is that the term alpha is really
incorrect when applied to most wolf pack
leaders and also became very popular
again
because of this man this is it this is
my dog psychology center I am Cesar
Millan and this is what all happens you
can call this a group therapy Center for
dogs with problems
the truth is dogs are my teachers a long
time ago I learned that dogs can
rehabilitate each other much faster that
human could help them to change and that
is because of the power of the fact
there is nothing more effective than a
stable pack a dog depend on its back for
its stability and survival the power of
a stable pack can influence the behavior
of unstable dog now I just want to say
that I don't think Cesar Millan for
example is a bad man and he means to
harm the dogs or whatever he's doing by
whatever style he's using I don't think
he means to harm the dogs but his form
of thinking and philosophy and the
ideology or the system that he uses to
train dogs for instance is a pack
mentality and this is a system that it's
an old way of looking at dog training and
dog behavior it does harm dogs but what
happens is when an average Joe uses this
system then it becomes an issue because
they use it the wrong way the ideology
of it in a way it's wrong but also when
they use it the wrong way also it
becomes just a mess I'm hoping by the
end of this video you'll have a clear
and different point of view if you are
using these methods of dog training so
first let's explore how did this idea of
pack mentality or domination or being
alpha started the term alpha isn't
really accurate when describing most of
the leaders of wolf packs because it
implies the term implies that the Wolves
fought and competed strongly to get to
the top of the pack
in actuality the way to get there is
merely by mating with a member of the
opposite sex producing a bunch of
offspring which are the rest of the pack
them and becoming the natural leaders
that way just like with a pair of humans
producing a family this was a study that
had been done in the late 60s and they
brought few wolves and they captured
them from different areas and we
brought them in a area that they started
living together so when these
strange wolves started living together
they started fighting with each other
they started killing each other or
dominating each other obviously they
would behave differently because they're
strangers they're not family members you
see wolves are not pack oriented they're
actually family oriented just like
humans families don't dominate each
other families don't kill each other and
also we know that the results of that
study that had been done then it's been
debunked and it was wrong and in a way
kind of fake but let's say that animals
or dogs or wild wolves dominate each
other in the world which they don't do
but let's say they do pack mentality
only will work if you're part of the
pack and pack mentality will only work
with wolves for example the other issue
is that dogs are not pack animals they
have not been bred to live with pack
dogs they have been bred to live with
humans to live with group of dogs with
group of humans or with family of dogs
and family of humans you must also
understand and accept this fact that your
dog is a domesticated animal just like
tells chickens goats they are pet if we
were going to treat or behavior on our
dogs like pack dogs or pack animals then
it would be like treating
humans like chimpanzees just because our
few similarities there's a big
difference between humans and
chimpanzees chimpanzees of today are not
the same as humans today dogs also have
evolved they're not wild anymore
they have been genetically formed and
designed to be calm friendly with
humans and kind to humans and the only
similarity between a dog and a wolf is
the genes just because they are the same
it doesn't mean that they have to be
treated the same
most dog breeders breed their dogs
because they want to have a family dog a
family pet not a wild dog the reason
dogs become wild and aggressive and
start bad behaving is not because
they're becoming wild animals is because
of behavioral issues that have developed
in their mind and just because wolves
are treated differently and they use
domination in a different form it
doesn't mean that we have to use
domination on a pet on a friendly dog
the reason dogs are behaving badly is
because of stress their needs haven't
been met and it has nothing to do with
the trades of dogs behavior to its
ancestors of wolf if you have stress in
your life also you are living that way
when you are stressed you will act weird and
differently than other humans as well it
doesn't mean that we have to treat you
differently you're a human they are dogs
the other problem is that in domination
form of dog training or being alpha you
have to act as a dominant human or a
dominant dog or be alpha to your dog the
problem is that you're actually just
acting up you're not really dominant I
don't see any human being dominant to
their dog it's not possible for a human to
be dominant to a dog and if you're
pretending
and you're acting up as you are alpha
and dominate your dog can detect a lie
from miles away
just ask yourself are you a dog or a
human you're a human being
humans live differently in the wild
domination is practice differently among
their own kind among their own
breed among their own species and if two
species who do not look like each other
and act like each other like humans and
a dog obviously they're not going to get
each other because they don't understand
each other when you are pretending to be
an alpha or dominant to your dog your
dog instead of understanding that your
dominant or alpha
it says I'm very confused now what are
you doing why are you behaving that way
now I'm scared of you because you're
acting differently
you're weird also you have to remember
that to be dominant to be in charge
means a lot of responsibilities it means
they have to take care of everything
it's not only one thing they have to
take care of everything nobody no dog no
animal wants to be in that level of
pressure of stress
no human being also needs to be in that
level of stress of being in that
domination state of mind to be
dominating their dog 24/7 I doubt that
your dog wants to be a dominant dog and
wants to be in charge and when you act
like that with your dog and you start
dominating and acting up as an alpha a
person or alpha dog your dog just laughs
at you just gets more stressed gets more
confused and it says you yourself are
unbalanced and you're trying to help me to
become balanced easiest thing is be a
human that's the only thing that you are
be a human and let your dog to be a
dog teach your dog the rules of humans
how humans and dogs live together in
harmony
teach them to respect humans and your
dog will learn to respect you and treat
you like a human
so basically be your dog's friend be
your dog's guide and help them
understand and respect you as a human
and you let them be dog and respect them
as a dog so the last thing is I want you
to understand that your dog is not a
wild animal is a pet is a dog that
humans have bred to be a friendly animal
living among humans and if you use any
of those systems of domination force or
being alpha to your dog you're just
going to confuse your dog and you're not
going to get the results that you want
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you using domination or force or are you
being alpha to your dog and if you are
what are you seeing what are the results
that you're getting are you happy to be
dominant to your dog do you enjoy being
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have fun with your dog
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