The Dog Whisperer works with a terrified dog - calming crippling fears

In this episode of the dog whisperer, we see Ceser address one of his hardest challenges: a Doberman - greyhound with severe fears.

Ceser Millan - working with Baby Girl - A very fearful dog

doggy wisdom for the day

The reason a dog is such a lovable creature,
is that his tail wags instead of his tongue.

Stanley Coren - the Gentle Canadian - Deals with Noisy Howlers and Barkers

Stanley gives his gentle approach to these problems.

Why buy a dog when you Can Get such a great rescue dog?

In this video from the Good Dog show from Hulu.Com, Dr. Stanley Coren shows how to iron out some of the wrinkles with some rescue dogs. Ending up with some really great dogs!

And by the way, did you know that Benji and Wishbone were rescue dogs?

The dog whisperer takes on some crazed Chihuahuas!

Here Cesar took on 2 crazed Chihuahuas, a border collie with a water obsession and a pit bull mix who had difficulty letting his "master" leave. He takes on problems that other trainers could not.

Who should pay for a dog to be bonded? Last year I just tapped into an interesting conversation on a forum in amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/tag/dogs/forum/ref=cm_cd_dp_rt_tft_tp?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx1TSBNUMOHYAJN&cdThread=Tx2W6P80KMISFBZ

The writer was a veterinarian, Dr. Chris C. Pinney, who said that since owning pets is such a huge responsibility maybe owners should be bonded. The cost of the bond could cover the costs involved if an animal was relinquished at an animal shelter.

There were discussions on both sides of the issue, and I don't really know where I stand on this. However, it does bring up a curiosity in me in relation to our responsibility to our dogs it and reminds me of a trip I took to Europe. First of all, the German people would bring their dogs into restaurants. And I heard that you had to take your dog to obedience school as part of the ownership. So there was that image: a properly behaving dog that could go out into society in Germany. When I got off of the train in Italy, it was completely different. The first sight to greet me was a muzzled dog straining at a leash. The much more mellow Italians had much more unruly dogs. And I am sure they would be more likely to be abandoned or relinquished when they got inconvenient.

Does the government need to regulate dog ownership? Would it make a difference? I don't know, but it is an idea worth pondering for sure. Keeping a dog in a shelter is a cruel solution, although it is the best one our society has come up with. Somebody should pay for this, and maybe it should be the owner of the dog or cat.