In the Dog House

[8/7/09] This is a new show on Animal Planet. And comes with a disclaimer at the beginning of the show ala Dog Whisperer. I see no link to the show on the Animal Planet web site other than this TV Listing.

After watching the show, I would say if people are bashing Cesar's methods, they should have a field day with this guy. In addition to working with the dog or dogs, he equally (or more) works with the owners or owners who seem to be as bad cases as the dog.

He's blunt and straight forward. In other words, not very tactful as Cesar usually tries to be.

I wasn't overly enthused by the show, as it didn't seem to show much specific techniques. But, hey if it works, it works.

As Cesar's other disclaimer says, there are many methods to training your dog.

Hmmm. My suspicions seem correct. Here's some viewer reactions found on the net. In general, the reviews are from the positive-reinforcement camp (which seems pretty much to be the current thinking in dog-training world). And these positive people are mostly negative. They don't like the Dogfather either.

I see the guy's name is Brad Pattison and has a show called "At The End of My Leash" in Canada and it looks like this show might be repackaged as In The Dog House for Animal Planet (yep). He came in third in a poll to Cesar. (Second was Neither).

Here's a Q&A with Brad.

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[6/8/12] Some of the At The End of My Leash shows are on the slice website.  But you can't view them in the U.S. (at least I haven't figured out how yet).  However I see there's a couple shows currently on vimeo.

The Canine Conundrum (Season 2, Episode 3)
My Pretty Pony (Season 3, Episode 8)
Cajun's Last Hope (Season 6, Episode 1)

Plus the guy (White Iron Inc.) also uploaded Puppy S.O.S. which is another show starring Brad Pattison.

I see his book, Brad Pattison Unleashed is on Google books with a preview of the beginning chapters.

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Via twitter, I see that Brad Pattison has a series of short videos now on youtube.  The series is called Brad's Bark and the first episode is Dog Walking.