But Chairman Cesar says they can!
This is ridiculous!
This dog is some kind of Swiss mountain dog. The two smaller ones have very strong herding instincts. Herding is predatory behavior. A wolf does not act “dominant” towards a caribou that it’s hunting! This dog is engaging in predatory behavior toward a light.
It probably received a lot of attention for doing so, and the dog thinks this is a fun game.
This dog could stand to go to herding classes.
BTW, when did dog training become a religion? Jesus H. Christ.
Yah, stupid argument and I agree, COMPLETELY wrong words in the situation…but right response and I completely agree that the dog can use some more constructive outlets for it’s energy. I don’t think these people did enough research when they got their highfalutin’ fancy-named dog (Entlebucher).
According to the stuff spoon-fed to us in class, a veterinarian would have recommended medication for this behavior.
What Cesar did to fix it inside was a great example of getting a dog to “snap out of it” without completely shutting it down.
Is it (the action he took) the right way to fix every compulsive behavior? No. It’s just one part of the solution, and might be more useful in some compulsions than others, especially behavior ones rather than genetic ones–I would NOT correct blanket- or flank-sucking like a light-chaser. And the owners can use a little education in what is “cute” behavior vs really destructive antics.
This is why people should just get pugs.
I’ve never heard of a pug trying to herd lights.
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That really is an awful compulsion and hard to get rid off.
Compare it with the drug-using humans.
I know a dog exactly the same kind in the clip. He was spoiled with a laser-toy when he was a pup. Now he hunts every reflection there is. It is addiction. I once suggested to by a disco-cealing-ball to him (I was mean I know).
There’s also another, a rescue dog around here. He is a kind of hunting dog, but only the birds interest him. He acts the same everytime he gets bored: stalking and jumping for the birds in the bushes. But there are only shadows and the wind. His social skills are not the best. I’d compare these kind of dogs to autist kids.
It’s usually a pointing breed or some other gun dog that gets this. It’s usually not a herding dog thing.
Looks like my heeler with squirrels. She’s smart, obedient, well mannered, sweet disposition…..until she sees a squirrel!!!! I don’t exist after that
My golden catches squirrels and rabbits, but she doesn’t have a clue how to kill them. She just carries them around.
IF she catches them…well she kills and dismembers till shes bored, then eats. Same with ANYTHING unfortunate enough to wander into the back yard.
My neighbor got her black lab a laser light for rainy days and he has a BLAST. Tried it with my two dogs. They just looked offended! lol
Maybe not pugs, but non-herding breeds can certainly suffer from the same syndrome. I just consulted with a deaf French bulldog (technically with its owners) who light-chases. For the record, the term “dominant” did not come up during his evaluation.
I stupidly tried this with Celeste once. ONCE. It took a week to redirect her attention away from any shiny object, she became so obsessed. She still finds flashlights utterly fascinating, but she’s not keyed up like she was with the laser pointer. There is no doubt she’d be like the dog in the video. I did not find it funny.
I don’t know what Celeste is. She is a classic Mexican street mutt.
We did this with our old dog too, and somehow he was smart enough to fixate only on the light he was supposed to chase. We never had a problem with him chasing other lights/reflections, but I probably wouldn’t do it again. On a whim though, I tested the current dog to see her reaction, and she thought it was the absolute most stupid thing in the world to chase something that wasn’t really there.
Celeste is smart in many ways. And in some, not so much … she really got frustrated that there wasn’t anything there with the laser, but she kept believing there was.
My other dog is like your current dog. The first time she saw Celeste “pounce” on the light, she got interested, realized there wasn’t anything there and, I swear, threw Celeste a “you gotta be kidding” look.