Pet Pizazz

Another person I admire wholeheartedly as an animal handler is Victoria Stillwell from It’s Me or the Dog on Animal Planet.  She has bling, a very deep understanding of dog behavior and has developed many successful methods of positive training.  Notice I say *training*, not psychology.   She has a way of cutting right to the chase with stubborn owners.  Her chastisements are direct without offending, urging people to own up to their contributions to bad behavior.  Her instructions are simple to understand, consisting of patience, understanding, positive reinforcement and repetition.  I find it to resemble programming, repeat until one can do the motions naturally, without thought. ... Read more»