Ixas_girl:Gawd, lighten up and untwist the undies
Ixas_girl: I find that to be a very unattractive image
These are reasons I quit wearing undies. Difficult to get twisted panties if you aren't wearing any.
As for characterizations or sarcasm, there's been plenty of that around in other threads. As a sheet flapping in the wind, I get my fair share of it and am expected to have a sense of humor, even as my viewpoint is diminished because I don't have someone else's exact situation. So, while we endure being sheets flapping in the wind in an uppity way without enough dogs to warrant commenting, or dogs that aren't heavy enough to warrant a comment, or whatever the deciding factor is in who is competent to comment, I would hope that a little undie-twisting can be remedied. What's good for the goose is good for the gander, at least in my opinion.
I, too, believe CM to be of integrity and commitment, even if I don't always agree with his style or even his perception of the problem or solution. That is, while I do not always endorse his policies or methods or behavioral models, I can appreciate that he means well.
And it is the hope of this flapping sheet in the wind with a clicker in my right front pocket that CM will, in fact, expand his education and understanding and be able to show that on the show and that he will be able to use more of these other methods. We know he knows how to finger bite, and foot tap, and collar pop and tsst. Let's see him do the other stuff. If you want to talk about balance, then let's see some balance. FWIW, in the episode where he helped Holly, with the rebuilt leg that needed slow physical rehab, he was gentle in his own way of having the owner physically place the dog. And even though we know that physical means, nigh onto molding help immediately, it's the underlying change in behavior that we are looking for and that comes from within the dog. And in the case of this walk, the reason for the slow heel position was not to assume alpha, but to slow the dog down in order to use the gimpy leg. I also applaud that he cautioned the owner to start out slow and small. Just make it to the neighbor's driveway and back. The 2 mile walk can happen later.
Now, what will happen to his audience if he truly incorporates more of the other quadrants of OC than just +P? Will they follow his journey or turn away, once he's "gone soft"?
The way you treat your dog in this life determines your place in heaven. - chukchi proverb
