Flexibility both the enjoyable having world's best cat unrecoverable dive not a painful way, but to surprise the dog out of the unwanted behavior and get him back on track. A quick jerk of the leash to let your dog know he's not supposed to act a certain way during a walk does not seem to me to be a hurtful, dominant action. That being said most of the training I've done with dogs is basically positive Letting a dog know what it can and cannot do is basically a series of repetition until it gets it. experience, once the dog understands what it is you want, the desired behavior is achieved. The idea of the Male Dog cannot be attributed entirely to Schenkel it is actually common sense. Also the idea that for a human to be Dog requires force and intimidation is nonsense. All dog and dog-human packs have a hierarchy. This is established organically and does not require force or intimidation, though it be present. Dogs, and people too for that matter, can sense a hierarchy and their place it. Dogs can usually sense that they are lower the pecking order than all humans, including babies. Of course there are cases where foolish humans allow dogs to believe that they are charge I 't think anything was debunked here. To me it looks like a couple theories on positive reinforcement training were used to say a couple theories on training from the early 1900's are wrong. Maybe I'm mistaken, but I 't recall ever seeing a dog being drowned to teach it not to dig on dog whisperer. I guess I missed that episode. I've done plenty of reading on dog training and behavior, as well as wolf behavior. I'm not bias. I read both sides and implement what I thinks works best, somewhat of a combination. But one thing I really feel must be said, the whole reason I made account although wolf packs and dog packs are not the same, I venture to say reading some books and articles is far different than actual observation. With the way the American government controls stray dogs, it's almost impossible to observe a dog pack that isn't domesticated. I live Thailand and have for a few years now. Things are much different here. And the dogs, as the country is a Buddhist country, are left alone and free. Want to observe wild, feral, untamed packs of dogs? Go to Thailand. You'll be surprised just how similar the wild packs of dogs here are to wolf packs. And yes, there is ALWAYS every pack I've observed here. They very much use violence to determine dominance. Sometimes there are dog fights. Other times, the lesser dog submits. 't believe me? Walk down a rural road after nightfall and how far you make it without a stick or something your hand. Think they care that humans are bigger? Asserting dominance over dog packs Thailand is literally a surviving necessity lest be eaten by some wild dogs. Maybe the early 1900's, it was a lot like that with dogs, seeing as there probably wasn't established dog pound and animal control like there is nowadays. Maybe that's why the theories developed the way they did. Maybe there's some fact behind the ideas that people seem to think are hogwash and uneducated foolish reasons. if the same theories that came from studying wolves hold true with wild dogs, which are much closer descendants to domesticated dogs, perhaps... just maybe..... there's some sound ideas those theories. I'm not supporting almost drowning your dog if they dig a hole by any means. But to say there's no dog is asinine. A person only needs to travel halfway around the world and observe some wild dogs to figure that out. But I suppose the authors never done that now has she? Just read a few books, played with a few cute and friendly puppies, and