This is one of the dangers of the Dog Whisperer show– young fools try to imitate him.
These boys weren’t even being serious, but they were doing all the behaviors that Cesar exhibits on the show.
The dog still could have bitten them– whether they were being serious or not.
This is why memes can become so dangerous.
People see Cesar on TV, and when they do it, even as a joke, bad things can happen.
Maybe that’s why the show has that disclaimer that says “Don’t do this without consulting a professional.’
Something similar was put on the Jackass and Wildboyz series. Of course, those shows were for comedic and shock value, not how to shows, like The Dog Whisperer. And people imitated them and got hurt.
That’s probably my biggest issue with the Dog Whisperer. Those techniques he uses are not safe for the average person to use or even imitate in a joking fashion.
you know who rocked the dangerous “don’t do this, ever” thing? Steve Irwin. And he was awesome to his dogs.
Steve Irwin had no disclaimers on his show!
LOL
I don’t know if anyone tried to feed crocodiles or alligators or catch venomous snakes the way he did.
I know that I learned how to catch a nonvenomous snake from him. Take a branch full of leaves and twigs, put it on the coiled up snake, and let the snake get wrapped up in them. Then pick it up by the tail. It can’t come back.
I’ve never tried– never will– try to catch a venomous snake.
No one should.
A lot of the African venomous not displayed on his series won’t tolerate his handling. Green mamba for one…
It’s a good way to sue someone or get vengeance on an owner… messing with an unattended leashed dog.
When Cesar came to Montreal, he said he was “going back to school” to learn the R+ methods with some of the greatest pros in that matter… I look forward if some of his speaches will change. Anyway, at the moment, his shows are encouraging (even if they say “don’t try this at home”) people to try his stuffs and I’m sure some get hurt…
His latest book is full of R+ stuff. Ian Dunbar is in it.
The book, “Cesar’s Rules”, (in spite of the inappropriate title) is pretty good reading. CM is very up-front about presenting differing points of view, and I get the impression he is really trying to broaden his approach to handling dogs. And he has, on several occasions, brought in other trainers to work with certain cases.
That said, what one sees on TV is only a fraction of what actually occurs, is often misinterpreted, and the stupid people who try to do what they THINK Cesar (or any other trainer) did/would do, are just asking for trouble….
i don’t think they were actually trying to imitate the dog whisperer. The sushing sounding more like them trying get the dog calm, not Ceaser’s sharp SHH! and ceaser never bothers to offer a hand first.
Still, yeah, they were dubmasses.
Cesar’s techniques aren’t even safe for Cesar.
He gets bitten all the time and seems to regard it as a mark of pride. Most trainers would regard themselves as failures for getting bitten.
Maybe he’s gotten tired of being bitten so that’s why he’s exploring more positive techniques. Or maybe he’s just a clever entrepreneur (which indeed he is) looking for a new gimmick
Regarding the no-one-should-catch-venomous-snakes comment….well, sometimes you have to, and it is very easy and purty safe if you know what you are doing, and here’s how. First, a scenario(especially for dog people)–dogs all barking like mad–most of my dogs have a specific “snake bark” that is clearly distinctive! I keep an old plastic trash can(with some leaves in the bottom so the snake can hide and feel comfortable) with a lid handy for just such incidents(which I have a few each year–both Copperheads and Timber Rattlers in my area)–get the dogs out of the way, and sweep the snake into the trash can with a long pole of some sort(a broom or hoe handle works great), then safely transport the snake a safe distance away and release it. Of course, most humans don’t care enough about snake welfare to go to this trouble, they just kill the snake. But if you want to remove it without killing it(as I prefer to), this is an easy and safe way.
Why do people think that if a dog would just sniff their hand, that it will magically become friendly?!
I think they think it’s like the movie Avatar. All they had to do in that movie to tame a savage beast was stick a pigtail in a hole in its body and it became tame.
All a dog has to do is smell your hand it becomes friendly!
“All they had to do in that movie to tame a savage beast was stick a pigtail in a hole in its body and it became tame.”
I am absolutely not touching this one.
Well, I believe it’s not Milan’s fault on this… I would look at Disney instead !
This is actually a very deep-seated instinctual PRIMATE gesture–I’ve seen wild chimps do it(and by wild, I mean uninfluenced in their behaviour by human training) in greeting each other–it is a basic appeasement gesture. Dogs certainly can learn what it means, and learn to react favorably to it(as they do many of our gestures), and it does allow them to sniff you and perhaps pick up your friendly intentions from that, without getting any more of your body closer to them(allowing the human to decide as well IF they want to try and get closer to them!)–I think dogs learn a lot of our intentions and emotions through scent. But this dog, tied and cornered, obviously just wanted strangers to leave him alone……
There are always some stupid individuals who will try to imitate the “pros” without having their skills – that is not the fault of the pros, especially if they warn against it.
Actually, tort law in the US disagrees. If someone is injured doing an action that was performed on TV, the person who showed the technique and the television channel that put it on are legally culpable.
Also, different dog professional organizations– which Cesar doesn’t belong to– have professional standards of conduct, which clearly state that if a person stands a real risk of being injured doing a prescribed behavior modification remedy, that it not be recommended.
In Scandinavian countries– particularly Denmark– many of his techniques are actually illegal, so how on earth can his advice be useful there?