Training a dog by giving a continuous shock until they comply is an example of the same behavior modification technique used in Guantanamo Bay.
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Can I use a spray bottle to make my dog stop barking at the doorbell?
Spray bottle training isn’t as precise or useful as other more humane methods of dog behavior manipulation. In fact, it can be harmful.
Dog Bless You, Alan Titchmarsh: British TV host alpha rolls The Dog Whisperer
In a recent interview with the famous TV Dog Whisperer, British gardener-cum-talk-show-host Alan Titchmarsh questioned Cesar Millan’s use of punishment and coercion in training animals.
Cesar Millan’s techniques: choking, shocking, and setting up dogs to fail
The Dog Whisperer, encourages bad behavior in dogs in situations where everything is stacked against them.
Advice from the Dog Whisperer’s punishing predecessor: Throw a book at your dog
Once-revered UK dog trainer Barbara Woodhouse’s unusual way of getting dogs to stop chasing cars.
Cesar Millan’s secret training technique: Kicking dogs in the stomach
The so-called “Dog Whisperer” makes training look like magic. But on the cutting room floor, we find it’s not magic. It’s science. The science of punishment.
How do Europeans use shock collars on dogs? They don’t
Like prong collars, shock collars are not allowed in the EU. Canada and the US, please take note.
Punishment & reinforcement in Little Golden Books
The Poky Little Puppy and Frosty the Snowman demonstrate the quadrants of operant conditioning.
Dear Mr. Millan: What the hell are you doing?
The American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior has made its case against the use of punishment in dog training. Has Cesar Millan misplaced the memo?
Ye Olde Dog Shock Collar
In 1934, electric dog shock collars looked more obviously like the torture devices they are.











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