Reddit reviews The Dog Whisperer: A Compassionate, Nonviolent Approach to Dog Training

What do Zen Masters consider human? Honesty, integrity, courage, being alive.

Trolls are people who:

a. Refuse to answer questions about their religion

b. Refuse to answer questions about texts, esp. history, Zen

c. Outright lie to people in the foru and attempt to spread religious propaganda

d. Resort to pejoratives when cornered.

Are they "human" in the sense that Zen Masters talk about? Certainly they aren't alive in the Zen sense.

I consider them to be animals in a trap. I don't eat meat, and I would help an animal out at any opportunity, so I have a higher than average opinion of animals in general. But at the same time I don't expect they know who their friends are, I don't expect them to know even what their own best interests are. They snap and snarl because they can't help themselves, and they can't understand anything more than their suffering and their fear.

When we talk about why/how diseases like sex predator "teachers" can spread in a community, we aren't talking about communities with integrity and openness, or communities built on honesty and transparency.

We are talking about communities of animals in traps, worshipping the messiah who put the trap out for them, being taught by people who want to take advantage of trapped animals.

I consider someone to be human when they can write a high school book report. My experience is that children are more like puppies than they are like Zen Masters. I really like puppies. Who doesn't like puppies? I like those monks that train dogs without beating them or yelling at them.

So I'm not concerned with how trolls feel, or whether trolls are being dehumanized.

I'm interested in drawing the high school book report line in the sand and saying, if you want to be treated as a human being who can participate in this community, stop lying and start acting like a 14 year old high school student.

The Power of Positive Dog Training
Before You Get Your Puppy (Free ebook pdf link)
After You Get Your Puppy (Free ebook pdf link)
The Dog Whisperer (as in Paul Owens, not that entertainer guy on tv).

And if you have the time, making homemade dog food is a pretty simple thing. Wal-Mart has big bags of chicken pieces (legs and thighs). Cook and skin that, and combine with mixed vegetables and rice, and you've got a pretty balanced meal that you can be sure contains the best ingredients you can get for your dog. You can learn more in this book (it's NOT Caesar Milan)

The Dog Whisperer by Paul Owens

Is your dog still intact? I'm guessing he's been neutered but if not, that's first.

How much exercise? Many, many problem I've had with my V have been solved by insane amounts of free exercise (not running with you, he's too young). So if the problem is happening at the dog park, take him to a field and have him retrieve for an hour, then take him straight to a dog park. Wringing some of the energy out of the dog should set him up to win.

My female is intact and just turned two. She occasionally does some pretty mean (vocal) resource guarding with other dogs, but I've never feared she would tear into another dog. My first line of defense when this happens is to call her to come to me. If she ignores this, I use a Garmin collar on vibrate. She was trained to know vibrate or a beep means stop. (if you haven't used a collar in any capacity make sure you do research on how to use them effectively. you can really confuse them if they're not used properly. I also have the electrodes covered on mine with electrical tape. I think V's are too soft for shocking) If it's really, really bad (very rare) I'll grab her and point her at my face and give a stern (not screaming) NO w eye contact-pause-and then give her an OK to go back to hell raising.

Also, I had a friend who was raising a German Shepherd pup which became out of control with guarding. He swears by this book which I've not read: http://www.amazon.com/Dog-Whisperer-Compassionate-Nonviolent-Approach/dp/1593375980/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

Helped him immensely.