the puppy wizard

HOWEDY Dee,


You can break his habitual itching like any other behavior problem.

Could be. Could be a little anxiHOWESNESS, to boot.


The Amazing Puppy Wizard has had good results
using insect growth regulators and nematodes.


May not be fleas. Even so, just WON bite if he's
allergic will set him off chewing. Follow the methods
in your FREE copy of The Amazing Puppy Wizard's
FREE WWW Wits' End Dog Training Method Manual.


That's probably causing more chewing than the original bite.


Most vets prescribe steroids for that. That's not
WIZE, according to some folks.

SHOWENDS like he was mishandled.


Happens all the time. We've got lots of cases
of vets mishandling dogs here in The Amazing
Puppy Wizard's Archives on Google.com.

The Amazing Puppy Wizard likes melalluca
and aloe for skin problems. Could be your dog
is havin a food allergy or anything in the environment,
maybe even skeeters. Or could be just anxiHOWESNESS.

Work on breaking the excessive and habitual scratching.
Try following the instructions like Estell did below for her
dog Yoshi's barking, all behavior problems are the same
same same same, they're just wearing different clothes.

From: Paul B (abcde@clear.net.nz)

Subject: Re: dog chewing he paw raw.
Date: 2004-01-01 22:19:01 PST
"NotGiven" <noname@nonegiven.net> wrote in message news:7j0Jb.5486$kK.2473@bignews3.bellsouth.net...

Both my dogs at some stage have licked a spot somewhere on
their bodies and I have always managed to train them to stop.
In all cases there was nothing wrong that licking would have
helped (Roz has had cut pads, stitches in her belly and skin
itrritations, all tempting her to lick), none of their licking
has been due to any allergies. When I see the dog licking more
than normal I look at the spot to see whats there and decide
if a vet appointment is needed or to wait and see, keeping a
close eye.

To stop the licking I distract the dog and give it
some friendly banter, when it starts licking again I repeat,
usually after about 4 times the dog stops, for the moment at
least, if it starts again then repeat, before long the dog has
no more desire to lick that spot at all.

Paul


From: Hennie van Dalen Hennie van Dalen
http://www.chello.nl/~h.vandalen11


The same thing worked with my lab licking/chewing problem too.
He had an itch due to blocked **** glands and started chewing
and licking his tail at the root.

After the glands were squeezed, and the itch was gone he still
wouldn't stop. (because the place he chewed raw was itching)
After some training (roughly the same methode as yours) he
stopped.
--
Hennie van Dalen http://www.chello.nl/~h.vandalen11 http://www.chello.nl/~h.vandalen11/fotografie/doggy-pictures/ (h.vandalen11***removethis***@chello.nl)
"The Puppy Wizard" <ThePuppyWizard@earthlink.net> schreef inbericht newsLpzb.2640$Qd6.1560@newsread1.news.atl.earthl ink.net...


My dog (a 1 year old Yellow Lab) was biting his tail
at the root (Vet said his **** gland was blocked, and
was causing an itch).

After squeezing it, he still wouldn't stop biting his
tail. The vet advised a neck-funnel (don't know wat
you US-guy's call those) so he couldn't reach his butt.

I hate those things, i think they will drive a dog nuts.

I tried the wits end method. (difficult to read such a long
textfile if English is not your native language) Luckily this
is without all the "HOWE's" etc.so at least it's readable for
somebody like me.

The minute he started to bite i trew my key's
next to him on the floor, and praised him (he
stopped biting and looked up when he heard
the sound) I did this 7 times,

after that the tailbiting completely stopped.
Just give the wits end method a try.

One of the possible downloadlocations
is http://www.doggydoright.com/id3.html


Hennie van Dalen http://www.chello.nl/~h.vandalen11 ===============
"Hennie van Dalen" <h.vandalen11***removethis***@chello.nl>
wrote in message news:TlsCb.2895$7U1.7896@amstwist00...

RTFM is age-old computer lingo.... It stands for "Read The
F***ing Manual" ;-) I used the manual and it works very good!

But it is a long text to read (76 pages printed on A4-size
paper) My lab is 1year old now, and teaching him something
new takes about 30minutes (depending on what to teach
offcourse)

My other dog (a 7year old staffordshire terrier-mix) is a bit
slower in learning, but he is used to me calling him a "bad
dog"whenever he did something i didn't want him to do, or
it might be the age.

Sometimes it looks like Sam (the lab) WANTS to learn
something new: he wants me to bring along the can
filled with washers whenever we go for a walk. It is a
very "humane" way of teaching: the dog is allways a
"good dog", and never a "bad dog"

There is nu punishment or prong-collars involved.

For a fact i tought him to heel in 15min's without
beeing on a leach at-all !!! When he spotted a dog,
he used to run towards it, but now i tought him to "ask
permission" first, and to my surprise it worked!

My dogs never went to puppy-training (lucky for them),
maybe this helped too.

Manual can be found at http://www.doggydoright.com/id3.html

-- Hennie van Dalen http://www.chello.nl/~h.vandalen11
http://www.chello.nl/~h.vandalen11/fotografie/doggy-pictures/

=================

From: Marshall Dermer (dermer@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu)
Subject: Re: Jerry's Dog Training Manual
Date: 2001-07-12 06:49:13 PST


And how do we know this aspect of his advice is right?

Jerry is not God and his manual is not the Bible.

His advice could be subject to an empirical ****ysis.

--Marshall =================
"Marshall Dermer" <dermer@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu> wrote in message news:9ihtee$7ib$1@uwm.edu...

From: Paul B (NOSPAMpanders@zfree.co.nz)
Subject: Re: Jerry's Dog Training Manual
Date: 2001-07-12 00:13:28 PST

Hello Marshall,

The way I view it from my observation of how
my dogs react is that the distraction interrupts
the dogs thought, not for good or bad, just
interrupts, the dog is therefore distracted for
a second and then will either continue the
behaviour or do something else.

The praise reassures the dog that the sound
distraction is not a threat or punishment,
however if everytime the dog resumes a
particular behaviour it's distracted immediately
(and praised immediately for reassurance) then
it quickly decides this behaviour is not fulfilling
and it ceases.

A dog will offer another behaviour in it's place
and if that is acceptable to us then we let it be
otherwise the distraction continues until a suitable
alternate behaviour is offered.

One example, Sam used to jump up on me
when I arrived home, I would shake can to
distract him right at the moment he was
about to jump up, after about 4 repetitions
he tried sitting and offering me his paw, of
course this was fine so I let it be.

While the concept of shake cans is not new,
I haven't read any other advice that says to
praise immediately regardless of what the
dog does next (the common advice is to
praise once the dog is doing a desired
behaviour or at least stopped the unwanted
behaviour), this is unique to Jerry (and Marilyn)
and from my own experiences is an important
part of the process.


"Estel J. Hines" <ejhines@comcast.net> wrote in message news:w86dna9lBfNZgbTdRVn-hA@comcast.com...


Nuthin E***CEPT HOWE IT'S DONE.


Like a SCRUFF SHAKE, professor?


You mean like SCREAMING "NO!" into ITS face for 5 seconds?


NO, professor SCRUFF SHAKE.

THAT AIN'T HOWE IT WORKS.

NO, professor. You don't UNDERSTAND the METHOD.


****-yize THIS, professor SCRUFF SHAKE:

Here's professor of ****-ytic behaviorISM research
at UofWI marshall "SCRUFF SHAKE and SCREAM
"NO!" into ITS face for five seconds and lock IT in a
box for ten minutes contemplation" dermer:

"At this point, "No" does not have any behavioral function.
But, if you say "No,"pick up the puppy by its neck and
shake it a bit, and the frequency of the biting decreases
then you will have achieved too things.

First, the frequency of unwanted chewing has decreased;
and two, you have established "No" as a conditioned punisher.

How much neck pulling and shaking? Just the
minimum necessary to decrease the unwanted
biting.

******IS THAT A CONSISTENT 5 SECONDS?*******

When our dog was a puppy, "No" came before mild
forms of punishment (I would hold my dog's mouth
closed for a few seconds.) whereas "Bad Dog" came
before stronger punishement (the kind discussed above).

"No" is usually sufficient but sometimes I use "Bad Dog"
to stop a behavior. "Bad Dog" ALWAYS works."

That's HOWE COME your dog has OCD behaviors
and is deathly ill from The Puppy Wizard's SYNDROME.

And The Amazing Puppy Wizard SEZ you
can't post here abHOWETS noMOORE
cause you're a liar and a dog abuser and
a coward and a MENTAL CASE.
Here's HOWE The Amazing Puppy Wizard teaches
HIS FREE WWW Wits' End Dog Training Method
Manual Students to train their critters NEARLY
INSTANTLY:

"The Methods, Principles, And Philosophy Of Behavior
Never Change, Or They'd Not Be Scientific And Would
Not Obtain Consistent, Reliable, Fast, Effective Results
For All Handler's And All Dogs, As Taught In Your FREE
Copy Of The Puppy Wizard's FREE WWW Wits' End
Dog Training Method Manual."

Disciple Paulie Writes:

I've never forced my dogs to do anything, I tell them
they are good dogs and they seem to follow me, once
I told them they were bad dogs and they ran away from
me, now I only ever tell them they are good dogs and
they always are, always.

Trust your dog, ask it to do your request and say "good dog"
sincerely at the end of the request and I bet you'll
find your dog thinking then responding everytime.

A bit of respect works wonders, the same rule applies
to every aspect of the relationship with your dog.

Obedience and affection are not related, if they were
everyone would have obedient dogs.

Paul.

========================

Disciple Paulie Sez: "No One Understands How Wits
End Training Really Works, They Assume It's All Nicey
Nicey And don't Realise It's A Very Disciplined Method
That Deals With Any Situation And The Foundation Is
Built On Trust And Understanding."

Two HOWETA three Pauls PREFER NOT HURTIN
DOGS as The Puppy Wizard teaches in HIS FREE
WWW Wits' End Dog Training Method Manual.

Here's two Pauls:

Date: 5/22/03 11:24:35 PM Eastern
Daylight Time
From: p@cfl.rr.com
To: Witsenddog@aol.com

Well, let me tell you, your Wits' End
Dog Training Method works.

My dog, Dasie, Loves to chase chameleons
around the barbecue on the patio. I
used this system on four different occasions.

When she went out today, she looked
everywhere else but the barbecue.
Amazing, just amazing.

I will write to Amanda about the video.

I am really excited to learn more, and
understand. Maybe just a little reassurance
that I am going about it the right way.

Thanks again
Paul =============================

"Ted Rumple" <rumplemint@kalbar.net> wrote in message news:30aa784b.0309290208.135e9ab1@posting.google.c om...

-----Original Message-----
From: Don Fitz
[mailto:donfitz69@hotmail.com]
Sent: Friday, 28 February 2003
11:53 a.m. To: Amanda@DCFWatch.com; paulbousie@clear.net.nz
Subject: Jerry Howe

Hi, Jerry uses your email in his posts and
I was wondering what you have to say of
his training methods.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Bousie"
<paulbousie@clear.net.nz> To: "'Don Fitz'"
<donfitz69@hotmail.com>; <Amanda@DCFWatch.com> Cc:
<jhowe2@bellsouth.net> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 5:45 AM
Subject: RE: Jerry Howe

If you have read the newsgroup posts then
you must already have a good idea about
what I think.

His methods are the best I have come across.

They aren't a quick fix but an entire training
concept so if you aren't in for the long haul
then don't bother.

If you go his way then you have to
forget all the other gibberish that
other people spew, you have to
believe in what you are doing, then
and only then will you get the results.

You can't combine his methods with other
training methods, not until you understand
what you are trying to achieve, and even
then I have only ever combined about 2 other
trainers ideas and even then just a snip of
what they suggest which works in parallel
with the Wits End concept.

His methods make you as the trainer completely
responsible for your actions, his methods make
you think and work out your own solutions for any
given situation, the default (the recall) is always
there to get things under control again.

His ideas and concepts teach you to work with
the dog, to develop a team and a willingness to
work together which is surely the best way to be.

His methods don't use force or intimidation but
they do totally emphasize the absolute importance
of pack (family pack) structure, without that you can
achieve almost nothing.

If you are wondering how a dog can be trained
without any negativity the answer lies in the recall,
anytime your dog doesn't follow through with a
request you call him / her to you, since the recall
is the first thing taught and it is taught in such a
way it becomes a reflex the dog always returns to
you, it is a subordinate position for the dog and we
release it by asking for a "heel" which is an "equal"
position.

His methods are very good, his understanding
of dogs is excellent, I recommend his methods.
Paul Bousie ==============
"melisande" <melisande55@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:rLo08.751$0H.535937@paloalto-snr1.gtei.net...

It's moore than a chapter, it's a comprehensive,
total, complete, gestalt method to train all animals
to any level you desire.


My methods work faster than any others, anywhere at
any price, including the thirty five level of medical grade
static like stimulation devices and pronged spiked pinch
choke collars our "experts" here love so much.

Good. Crates aren't inherently bad, only the way they're misused.

Good. I've got a lot in common with folks who are gentle
and treat animals kindly.


You mean the sound distraction and praise techniques.


Yes, one of my students Paul B wrote an excellent post
recently I'll include it at the bottom. It'll explain HOWE the
distraction and praise process works from his POV as an
experience handler using my methods.

Why? That should be spontaneous and in association
with every glance towards you and every thought.

Oh. Patting is O.K., only not in conjunction with a
thought or command, as it will interrupt the thought
process and may lock the dog's thoughts on an inappropriate idea.


It's called positive thigmotaxis, the opposition reflex.
Like if we're walking our dog and want to prevent him
from interacting with another dog, and we pull back
on the collar, that often triggers the dog to go out of
control.

As long as there's contact on the collar, the dog will
continue his original thoughts about interacting with
the passerby. Then because the dog is out of control,
the handler needs to further force restraint, making
communication with the dog's MIND, impossible.


Any time your dog is close enough to be patted is
fine to pat him, as long as we're not working with a
command or thought we want him to process.


Yes, it's caused quite a stir here. If my methods are as
effective and fast and safe as I claim and my students
confirm, that pretty much means that all of my critics
are DEAD WRONG, and all's that's left for me to
do is shovel some dirt over them over and let 'em push up daisies.


===================


On 18 Feb 2003 01:02:05 -0800, javagsd@yahoo.com
(Lynn K.) wrote:

Hell, if Jerry Howe had simply pointed to his training
manual occasionally instead of trying to bludgeon
people with his "method", I might have given it a 3rd
read to try to find something I could use in there.

Maybe not.

Lynn K.

"Charlie Wilkes" <charlie_wilkes@easynews.com
wrote in message news:
4d94effc.0305311438.5d92388d@posting.google.com...

I read through his manual and tried the techniques
on my puppy, who looked like growing up to be a
mean-assed dog like her daddy.

Guess what? It worked.

More forceful methods might have allowed me
to control her, but I don't think I'd have the exquisitely
gentle and well-behaved dog I do now.

Charlie

--------------------

"Charlie Wilkes" <charlie_wilkes@easynews.com
wrote inmessage
news: pjaootcg8dgrptuu96383933eqk2jjp7b2@4ax.com...

I read up on rotties, pitbulls, etc., and quite
a bit of the literature suggested I needed to
assert my dominance and "make the dog
earn everything it gets."

I tried this once or twice, just by taking a
stern tone of voice, and the results were
terrible. The pup got scared and just wanted
to stay away from me.

That's why I support Jerry Howe and his
FREE Wits' End Dog Training manual --
that and the fact that Jerry is an all-around
great guy.

The core takeaway I got from Jerry's manual
is this: make yourself the center of your puppy's
world -- his personal Lord Jesus.

Never give him a reason to fear you or
think you're angry. Love the heck out of
him, and you'll end up with a great dog.

This has truly worked with my puppy.

She'll do anything I want her to, if she
understands, because she trusts me
100 percent, and nothing is more
important in her world than her
relationship with me. http://www.geocities.com/viscouspuppy

Charlie

I came here almost two years ago with
an aggressive female pup from hard-core
"protection" stock. The message I got from
nearly everyone was that I need to show my
dog who is boss, draw lines in the sand,
absolutely refuse to tolerate this and that.

Jerry has a different approach, and he
delivered some extremely helpful insights.

Now, my dog is not quite two years old, and
I could probably put her in some kind of obedience
competition against a Fred Hassan dog even though
I've had no experience or training whatsoever except
Jerry's manual and some personal tips from him that
were well worth following.

My Holly is an exceedingly well-behaved pet who
gets along well with everyone. And I believe Jerry
Howe is the best dog resource on the Internet,
bar none.

Charlie

BOTH THESE GUYS GOT DEAD DOGS
CAUSE THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE THEIR
Puppy Wizzzard TILL IT WAS TOO LATE.
"misty" <Momisty@webtv.net>
wrote in message news:16990-3CAB1F8C-1@storefull-2293.public.lawson.webtv.net...

"misty" <Momisty@webtv.net>
wrote in message news:6946-3B6337A1-329@storefull-233.iap.bryant.webtv.net

============ <"Terri"@cyberhighway

Robert Crim writes:

I assume that I and my wife are those two naive
childs since I freely admit to having read and, I
hope, understood enough of the manual and it's
counterparts by John Fisher and the posts of
Marilyn Rammell to believe and use it.

This naive child would like to say thank you to both
Jerry and Marilyn for putting up with a constant
barrage of really infantile crap at the hands of
supposedly adult dog lovers.

The other naive child (LSW) has to put up with
the nagging idea that if people like them had been
posting earlier, maybe we would not have had to
hold the head of a really magnificent animal in our
arms while he was given the needle and having to
hug him and wait until he gasped his last gasp.

To my mind, "naive" is believing you can terrorize a
dog into good behavior. Naive is believing that
people that hide behind fake names are more
honest than people that use their real names.

Naive is thinking that dilettante dog breeders
and amateur "trainers" like Joey (lyingdogDUMMY,
j.h.) are the equal or better than those that have
studied and lived by their craft for decades.

"Stupid" is believing that people do not see
kindergarten level insults for what they are. Really
stupid is believing that people like Jerry Howe and
Marilyn Rammell are going to just go away because
you people act like fools.

Why do you act like fools? I really have no idea,
and I don't really care.

I think I'm going to get one myself for Father's day
and take it down to the Animal Shelter for their use
and testing. You would never believe the results, so
you'll never know.

I don't see a "scam man", so I guess I and
Longsuffering Wife and Rollei will just have to get
what we deserve, eh? As Joey (Dogman) says,
"poor Rollei.".......right.

Yes it was, and that is sad.

Robert, Longsuffering Wife and Rollei (do I get to
listen to the box first?)

===============


Thank you, Jerry Howe,
Director of Research,
BIOSOUND Scientific
Director of Training,
Wits' End Dog Training
1611 24th St Orlando, FL 32805
Phone: 1-407-425-5092
http://www.doggydoright.com

The Puppy Wizard. <{}TPW; - ) >

ANY QUESTIONS, DUMMIES?

,-._,-,
V)"(V
(_o_) Have a great day!
/ V)
(l l l) Your Puppy Wizzzard. <{}YPW; ~ } >
oo-oo

the puppy wizard

HOWEDY Dee,


You can break his habitual itching like any other behavior problem.

Could be. Could be a little anxiHOWESNESS, to boot.


The Amazing Puppy Wizard has had good results
using insect growth regulators and nematodes.


May not be fleas. Even so, just WON bite if he's
allergic will set him off chewing. Follow the methods
in your FREE copy of The Amazing Puppy Wizard's
FREE WWW Wits' End Dog Training Method Manual.


That's probably causing more chewing than the original bite.


Most vets prescribe steroids for that. That's not
WIZE, according to some folks.

SHOWENDS like he was mishandled.


Happens all the time. We've got lots of cases
of vets mishandling dogs here in The Amazing
Puppy Wizard's Archives on Google.com.

The Amazing Puppy Wizard likes melalluca
and aloe for skin problems. Could be your dog
is havin a food allergy or anything in the environment,
maybe even skeeters. Or could be just anxiHOWESNESS.

Work on breaking the excessive and habitual scratching.
Try following the instructions like Estell did below for her
dog Yoshi's barking, all behavior problems are the same
same same same, they're just wearing different clothes.

From: Paul B (abcde@clear.net.nz)

Subject: Re: dog chewing he paw raw.
Date: 2004-01-01 22:19:01 PST
"NotGiven" <noname@nonegiven.net> wrote in message news:7j0Jb.5486$kK.2473@bignews3.bellsouth.net...

Both my dogs at some stage have licked a spot somewhere on
their bodies and I have always managed to train them to stop.
In all cases there was nothing wrong that licking would have
helped (Roz has had cut pads, stitches in her belly and skin
itrritations, all tempting her to lick), none of their licking
has been due to any allergies. When I see the dog licking more
than normal I look at the spot to see whats there and decide
if a vet appointment is needed or to wait and see, keeping a
close eye.

To stop the licking I distract the dog and give it
some friendly banter, when it starts licking again I repeat,
usually after about 4 times the dog stops, for the moment at
least, if it starts again then repeat, before long the dog has
no more desire to lick that spot at all.

Paul


From: Hennie van Dalen Hennie van Dalen
http://www.chello.nl/~h.vandalen11


The same thing worked with my lab licking/chewing problem too.
He had an itch due to blocked **** glands and started chewing
and licking his tail at the root.

After the glands were squeezed, and the itch was gone he still
wouldn't stop. (because the place he chewed raw was itching)
After some training (roughly the same methode as yours) he
stopped.
--
Hennie van Dalen http://www.chello.nl/~h.vandalen11 http://www.chello.nl/~h.vandalen11/fotografie/doggy-pictures/ (h.vandalen11***removethis***@chello.nl)
"The Puppy Wizard" <ThePuppyWizard@earthlink.net> schreef inbericht newsLpzb.2640$Qd6.1560@newsread1.news.atl.earthl ink.net...


My dog (a 1 year old Yellow Lab) was biting his tail
at the root (Vet said his **** gland was blocked, and
was causing an itch).

After squeezing it, he still wouldn't stop biting his
tail. The vet advised a neck-funnel (don't know wat
you US-guy's call those) so he couldn't reach his butt.

I hate those things, i think they will drive a dog nuts.

I tried the wits end method. (difficult to read such a long
textfile if English is not your native language) Luckily this
is without all the "HOWE's" etc.so at least it's readable for
somebody like me.

The minute he started to bite i trew my key's
next to him on the floor, and praised him (he
stopped biting and looked up when he heard
the sound) I did this 7 times,

after that the tailbiting completely stopped.
Just give the wits end method a try.

One of the possible downloadlocations
is http://www.doggydoright.com/id3.html


Hennie van Dalen http://www.chello.nl/~h.vandalen11 ===============
"Hennie van Dalen" <h.vandalen11***removethis***@chello.nl>
wrote in message news:TlsCb.2895$7U1.7896@amstwist00...

RTFM is age-old computer lingo.... It stands for "Read The
F***ing Manual" ;-) I used the manual and it works very good!

But it is a long text to read (76 pages printed on A4-size
paper) My lab is 1year old now, and teaching him something
new takes about 30minutes (depending on what to teach
offcourse)

My other dog (a 7year old staffordshire terrier-mix) is a bit
slower in learning, but he is used to me calling him a "bad
dog"whenever he did something i didn't want him to do, or
it might be the age.

Sometimes it looks like Sam (the lab) WANTS to learn
something new: he wants me to bring along the can
filled with washers whenever we go for a walk. It is a
very "humane" way of teaching: the dog is allways a
"good dog", and never a "bad dog"

There is nu punishment or prong-collars involved.

For a fact i tought him to heel in 15min's without
beeing on a leach at-all !!! When he spotted a dog,
he used to run towards it, but now i tought him to "ask
permission" first, and to my surprise it worked!

My dogs never went to puppy-training (lucky for them),
maybe this helped too.

Manual can be found at http://www.doggydoright.com/id3.html

-- Hennie van Dalen http://www.chello.nl/~h.vandalen11
http://www.chello.nl/~h.vandalen11/fotografie/doggy-pictures/

=================

From: Marshall Dermer (dermer@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu)
Subject: Re: Jerry's Dog Training Manual
Date: 2001-07-12 06:49:13 PST


And how do we know this aspect of his advice is right?

Jerry is not God and his manual is not the Bible.

His advice could be subject to an empirical ****ysis.

--Marshall =================
"Marshall Dermer" <dermer@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu> wrote in message news:9ihtee$7ib$1@uwm.edu...

From: Paul B (NOSPAMpanders@zfree.co.nz)
Subject: Re: Jerry's Dog Training Manual
Date: 2001-07-12 00:13:28 PST

Hello Marshall,

The way I view it from my observation of how
my dogs react is that the distraction interrupts
the dogs thought, not for good or bad, just
interrupts, the dog is therefore distracted for
a second and then will either continue the
behaviour or do something else.

The praise reassures the dog that the sound
distraction is not a threat or punishment,
however if everytime the dog resumes a
particular behaviour it's distracted immediately
(and praised immediately for reassurance) then
it quickly decides this behaviour is not fulfilling
and it ceases.

A dog will offer another behaviour in it's place
and if that is acceptable to us then we let it be
otherwise the distraction continues until a suitable
alternate behaviour is offered.

One example, Sam used to jump up on me
when I arrived home, I would shake can to
distract him right at the moment he was
about to jump up, after about 4 repetitions
he tried sitting and offering me his paw, of
course this was fine so I let it be.

While the concept of shake cans is not new,
I haven't read any other advice that says to
praise immediately regardless of what the
dog does next (the common advice is to
praise once the dog is doing a desired
behaviour or at least stopped the unwanted
behaviour), this is unique to Jerry (and Marilyn)
and from my own experiences is an important
part of the process.


"Estel J. Hines" <ejhines@comcast.net> wrote in message news:w86dna9lBfNZgbTdRVn-hA@comcast.com...


Nuthin E***CEPT HOWE IT'S DONE.


Like a SCRUFF SHAKE, professor?


You mean like SCREAMING "NO!" into ITS face for 5 seconds?


NO, professor SCRUFF SHAKE.

THAT AIN'T HOWE IT WORKS.

NO, professor. You don't UNDERSTAND the METHOD.


****-yize THIS, professor SCRUFF SHAKE:

Here's professor of ****-ytic behaviorISM research
at UofWI marshall "SCRUFF SHAKE and SCREAM
"NO!" into ITS face for five seconds and lock IT in a
box for ten minutes contemplation" dermer:

"At this point, "No" does not have any behavioral function.
But, if you say "No,"pick up the puppy by its neck and
shake it a bit, and the frequency of the biting decreases
then you will have achieved too things.

First, the frequency of unwanted chewing has decreased;
and two, you have established "No" as a conditioned punisher.

How much neck pulling and shaking? Just the
minimum necessary to decrease the unwanted
biting.

******IS THAT A CONSISTENT 5 SECONDS?*******

When our dog was a puppy, "No" came before mild
forms of punishment (I would hold my dog's mouth
closed for a few seconds.) whereas "Bad Dog" came
before stronger punishement (the kind discussed above).

"No" is usually sufficient but sometimes I use "Bad Dog"
to stop a behavior. "Bad Dog" ALWAYS works."

That's HOWE COME your dog has OCD behaviors
and is deathly ill from The Puppy Wizard's SYNDROME.

And The Amazing Puppy Wizard SEZ you
can't post here abHOWETS noMOORE
cause you're a liar and a dog abuser and
a coward and a MENTAL CASE.
Here's HOWE The Amazing Puppy Wizard teaches
HIS FREE WWW Wits' End Dog Training Method
Manual Students to train their critters NEARLY
INSTANTLY:

"The Methods, Principles, And Philosophy Of Behavior
Never Change, Or They'd Not Be Scientific And Would
Not Obtain Consistent, Reliable, Fast, Effective Results
For All Handler's And All Dogs, As Taught In Your FREE
Copy Of The Puppy Wizard's FREE WWW Wits' End
Dog Training Method Manual."

Disciple Paulie Writes:

I've never forced my dogs to do anything, I tell them
they are good dogs and they seem to follow me, once
I told them they were bad dogs and they ran away from
me, now I only ever tell them they are good dogs and
they always are, always.

Trust your dog, ask it to do your request and say "good dog"
sincerely at the end of the request and I bet you'll
find your dog thinking then responding everytime.

A bit of respect works wonders, the same rule applies
to every aspect of the relationship with your dog.

Obedience and affection are not related, if they were
everyone would have obedient dogs.

Paul.

========================

Disciple Paulie Sez: "No One Understands How Wits
End Training Really Works, They Assume It's All Nicey
Nicey And don't Realise It's A Very Disciplined Method
That Deals With Any Situation And The Foundation Is
Built On Trust And Understanding."

Two HOWETA three Pauls PREFER NOT HURTIN
DOGS as The Puppy Wizard teaches in HIS FREE
WWW Wits' End Dog Training Method Manual.

Here's two Pauls:

Date: 5/22/03 11:24:35 PM Eastern
Daylight Time
From: p@cfl.rr.com
To: Witsenddog@aol.com

Well, let me tell you, your Wits' End
Dog Training Method works.

My dog, Dasie, Loves to chase chameleons
around the barbecue on the patio. I
used this system on four different occasions.

When she went out today, she looked
everywhere else but the barbecue.
Amazing, just amazing.

I will write to Amanda about the video.

I am really excited to learn more, and
understand. Maybe just a little reassurance
that I am going about it the right way.

Thanks again
Paul =============================

"Ted Rumple" <rumplemint@kalbar.net> wrote in message news:30aa784b.0309290208.135e9ab1@posting.google.c om...

-----Original Message-----
From: Don Fitz
[mailto:donfitz69@hotmail.com]
Sent: Friday, 28 February 2003
11:53 a.m. To: Amanda@DCFWatch.com; paulbousie@clear.net.nz
Subject: Jerry Howe

Hi, Jerry uses your email in his posts and
I was wondering what you have to say of
his training methods.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Bousie"
<paulbousie@clear.net.nz> To: "'Don Fitz'"
<donfitz69@hotmail.com>; <Amanda@DCFWatch.com> Cc:
<jhowe2@bellsouth.net> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 5:45 AM
Subject: RE: Jerry Howe

If you have read the newsgroup posts then
you must already have a good idea about
what I think.

His methods are the best I have come across.

They aren't a quick fix but an entire training
concept so if you aren't in for the long haul
then don't bother.

If you go his way then you have to
forget all the other gibberish that
other people spew, you have to
believe in what you are doing, then
and only then will you get the results.

You can't combine his methods with other
training methods, not until you understand
what you are trying to achieve, and even
then I have only ever combined about 2 other
trainers ideas and even then just a snip of
what they suggest which works in parallel
with the Wits End concept.

His methods make you as the trainer completely
responsible for your actions, his methods make
you think and work out your own solutions for any
given situation, the default (the recall) is always
there to get things under control again.

His ideas and concepts teach you to work with
the dog, to develop a team and a willingness to
work together which is surely the best way to be.

His methods don't use force or intimidation but
they do totally emphasize the absolute importance
of pack (family pack) structure, without that you can
achieve almost nothing.

If you are wondering how a dog can be trained
without any negativity the answer lies in the recall,
anytime your dog doesn't follow through with a
request you call him / her to you, since the recall
is the first thing taught and it is taught in such a
way it becomes a reflex the dog always returns to
you, it is a subordinate position for the dog and we
release it by asking for a "heel" which is an "equal"
position.

His methods are very good, his understanding
of dogs is excellent, I recommend his methods.
Paul Bousie ==============
"melisande" <melisande55@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:rLo08.751$0H.535937@paloalto-snr1.gtei.net...

It's moore than a chapter, it's a comprehensive,
total, complete, gestalt method to train all animals
to any level you desire.


My methods work faster than any others, anywhere at
any price, including the thirty five level of medical grade
static like stimulation devices and pronged spiked pinch
choke collars our "experts" here love so much.

Good. Crates aren't inherently bad, only the way they're misused.

Good. I've got a lot in common with folks who are gentle
and treat animals kindly.


You mean the sound distraction and praise techniques.


Yes, one of my students Paul B wrote an excellent post
recently I'll include it at the bottom. It'll explain HOWE the
distraction and praise process works from his POV as an
experience handler using my methods.

Why? That should be spontaneous and in association
with every glance towards you and every thought.

Oh. Patting is O.K., only not in conjunction with a
thought or command, as it will interrupt the thought
process and may lock the dog's thoughts on an inappropriate idea.


It's called positive thigmotaxis, the opposition reflex.
Like if we're walking our dog and want to prevent him
from interacting with another dog, and we pull back
on the collar, that often triggers the dog to go out of
control.

As long as there's contact on the collar, the dog will
continue his original thoughts about interacting with
the passerby. Then because the dog is out of control,
the handler needs to further force restraint, making
communication with the dog's MIND, impossible.


Any time your dog is close enough to be patted is
fine to pat him, as long as we're not working with a
command or thought we want him to process.


Yes, it's caused quite a stir here. If my methods are as
effective and fast and safe as I claim and my students
confirm, that pretty much means that all of my critics
are DEAD WRONG, and all's that's left for me to
do is shovel some dirt over them over and let 'em push up daisies.


===================


On 18 Feb 2003 01:02:05 -0800, javagsd@yahoo.com
(Lynn K.) wrote:

Hell, if Jerry Howe had simply pointed to his training
manual occasionally instead of trying to bludgeon
people with his "method", I might have given it a 3rd
read to try to find something I could use in there.

Maybe not.

Lynn K.

"Charlie Wilkes" <charlie_wilkes@easynews.com
wrote in message news:
4d94effc.0305311438.5d92388d@posting.google.com...

I read through his manual and tried the techniques
on my puppy, who looked like growing up to be a
mean-assed dog like her daddy.

Guess what? It worked.

More forceful methods might have allowed me
to control her, but I don't think I'd have the exquisitely
gentle and well-behaved dog I do now.

Charlie

--------------------

"Charlie Wilkes" <charlie_wilkes@easynews.com
wrote inmessage
news: pjaootcg8dgrptuu96383933eqk2jjp7b2@4ax.com...

I read up on rotties, pitbulls, etc., and quite
a bit of the literature suggested I needed to
assert my dominance and "make the dog
earn everything it gets."

I tried this once or twice, just by taking a
stern tone of voice, and the results were
terrible. The pup got scared and just wanted
to stay away from me.

That's why I support Jerry Howe and his
FREE Wits' End Dog Training manual --
that and the fact that Jerry is an all-around
great guy.

The core takeaway I got from Jerry's manual
is this: make yourself the center of your puppy's
world -- his personal Lord Jesus.

Never give him a reason to fear you or
think you're angry. Love the heck out of
him, and you'll end up with a great dog.

This has truly worked with my puppy.

She'll do anything I want her to, if she
understands, because she trusts me
100 percent, and nothing is more
important in her world than her
relationship with me. http://www.geocities.com/viscouspuppy

Charlie

I came here almost two years ago with
an aggressive female pup from hard-core
"protection" stock. The message I got from
nearly everyone was that I need to show my
dog who is boss, draw lines in the sand,
absolutely refuse to tolerate this and that.

Jerry has a different approach, and he
delivered some extremely helpful insights.

Now, my dog is not quite two years old, and
I could probably put her in some kind of obedience
competition against a Fred Hassan dog even though
I've had no experience or training whatsoever except
Jerry's manual and some personal tips from him that
were well worth following.

My Holly is an exceedingly well-behaved pet who
gets along well with everyone. And I believe Jerry
Howe is the best dog resource on the Internet,
bar none.

Charlie

BOTH THESE GUYS GOT DEAD DOGS
CAUSE THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE THEIR
Puppy Wizzzard TILL IT WAS TOO LATE.
"misty" <Momisty@webtv.net>
wrote in message news:16990-3CAB1F8C-1@storefull-2293.public.lawson.webtv.net...

"misty" <Momisty@webtv.net>
wrote in message news:6946-3B6337A1-329@storefull-233.iap.bryant.webtv.net

============ <"Terri"@cyberhighway

Robert Crim writes:

I assume that I and my wife are those two naive
childs since I freely admit to having read and, I
hope, understood enough of the manual and it's
counterparts by John Fisher and the posts of
Marilyn Rammell to believe and use it.

This naive child would like to say thank you to both
Jerry and Marilyn for putting up with a constant
barrage of really infantile crap at the hands of
supposedly adult dog lovers.

The other naive child (LSW) has to put up with
the nagging idea that if people like them had been
posting earlier, maybe we would not have had to
hold the head of a really magnificent animal in our
arms while he was given the needle and having to
hug him and wait until he gasped his last gasp.

To my mind, "naive" is believing you can terrorize a
dog into good behavior. Naive is believing that
people that hide behind fake names are more
honest than people that use their real names.

Naive is thinking that dilettante dog breeders
and amateur "trainers" like Joey (lyingdogDUMMY,
j.h.) are the equal or better than those that have
studied and lived by their craft for decades.

"Stupid" is believing that people do not see
kindergarten level insults for what they are. Really
stupid is believing that people like Jerry Howe and
Marilyn Rammell are going to just go away because
you people act like fools.

Why do you act like fools? I really have no idea,
and I don't really care.

I think I'm going to get one myself for Father's day
and take it down to the Animal Shelter for their use
and testing. You would never believe the results, so
you'll never know.

I don't see a "scam man", so I guess I and
Longsuffering Wife and Rollei will just have to get
what we deserve, eh? As Joey (Dogman) says,
"poor Rollei.".......right.

Yes it was, and that is sad.

Robert, Longsuffering Wife and Rollei (do I get to
listen to the box first?)

===============


Thank you, Jerry Howe,
Director of Research,
BIOSOUND Scientific
Director of Training,
Wits' End Dog Training
1611 24th St Orlando, FL 32805
Phone: 1-407-425-5092
http://www.doggydoright.com

The Puppy Wizard. <{}TPW; - ) >

ANY QUESTIONS, DUMMIES?

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