Dogmantics Dog Training TV Episode 2: Pitbulls

About this Dogmantics episodes highlighted expert: Jessica Wheatcraft

Jessica has worked with shelter dogs for over 8 years. She turned her love of
dogs into a career and is a certified dog trainer with Whole Dog Training in San Diego, CA. Check out their website at www.wholedogtraining.com. For more information on how to get your dog to relax like Harley check out this book: Chill Out Fido by Nan Arthur.

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Pitbulls have been given a bad rap by the media and irresponsible, even abusive owners. This episode of Dogmantics focuses on one trainers journey into the heart of the breed and what she found out along her way. Harley, her dog, began her mission to dispel the myths surrounding the breed. Jessica gives us some training tips for pitbulls and demonstrates how clicker training seems like it was almost invented for this particular breed.

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Links:

Check out the statistics. Pitbulls are not responsible for the majority of dog attacks on humans:

The National Canine Research Council-
http://nationalcanineresearchcouncil.com/ncrc-research/


Here are some Myths dispelled regarding pitbulls:

http://www.pitbullrescuesandiego.com/learn/myths.htm

You will also find information regarding Breed Specific Legislation on this site.

www.badrap.com

www.pbrsd.com
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Books:

The Pit Bull Placebo: The Media, Myths and Politics of Canine Aggression- Karen Delise

Fatal Dog Attacks: The Stories Behind the Statistics- Karen Delise

Dogs Bite: But Balloons and Slippers Are More Dangerous- Janis Bradley

'Chill Out Fido' - Nan Arthur




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[affirmativeaction]

great video! but how come my pit (blue nose) barks at people while i am walking him and people who visit my house? i don't treat him bad, i give him lots of love, he has any and everything a dog can ask for, i walk him everyday but i don't seem to understand why bark at people? does it have to do with the energy people carry around them? because i heard that dogs can sense that. thanks

[kikopup]

Dogs bark to communicate, nothing wrong with that, in fact dogs that communicate are very safe, my dog also will bark if a stranger suddenly appears out of nowhere in the darkness. The dog is telling you he is anxious about strangers, so what you need to do is change his emotional response with counter conditioning- he sees the scary thing, but you give him something amazingly good just after, neurons in the brain change, and the dog starts to unconsciously change his emotional response.

[kikopup]

a book that would be a perfect 'how to' on this would be Scardey Dog By Ali Brown, its thin and full of pics.

Sometimes its genetics and sometimes its the fact that a dog didnt see enough people before they turned 12 weeks old...

[LilacAylaLynn]

It not the all about the breeds its all about the way the dog is raised and it is awful that people do not research when they have pets most of all dogs cause they can find that they have a wonderful 4 legged friend that will do anything for them...Great Vid!!...and I have a female dog named Harley too she is a mixed breed!! when I tell people her name they of course think she is a male :P

[kikopup]

so true! :)

[AnimalImpactYT]

pit bulls, shepherds, and labs are the best!

[horsescatsdogs]

great vid!

[HlgTheJabb3rw0ck]

i have lab/pit mix 8months well he should be pretty big but hes half the size he should be and i love all dogs so i dont care about how hes a pit bull i forgot he was a pitbull for quite a while he is very lovin and caring

[nancygrano1]

love this video!!!

[shaunaru]

I love the tender heartedness of pit bulls. I've raised (not bred, just rescued) pit bulls for several decades and now they work as my service dogs, but mine are so gentle with me, with children, and with smaller animals. My pitties have been bitten, usually by smaller dogs who come sneaking up behind them, but sometimes by larger dogs - so far, never by another pit bull, and they have never retaliated. As I raise mine, I teach them "loves" and reward gentleness & that's the way they live.

[rresiak]

Love it! Good video Emily!

[wenchiang12]

Hey there kikopup, I do not really understand how to use the clicker. I thought the "click" sound should come exactly when they do a command. Like when they "sit," immediately as their buttocks are reaching the floor, you click. Isn't it?

But what I see Jessica did was like the "click" sound means "okay you can get up now good girl." She asked Harley to "take a bow" and waits for a second then "click" and harley gets up.

Kikopup, do guide me. Thanks.

[bagalbraith]

Great video! Beautiful dog :)

[Munira125]

When will you be posting the next one?