The biggest beef I have with tiring the dog out by chasing it (especially with a stick!) is that I cannot imagine that that would do anything but create a lot of stress and negative associations for the dog. Cesar might think that the dog is going to perceive the stick/whatever as an extension of his arm, but I think the dog is going to end up flinching whenever that same stick is raised towards it. If the dog is truly insecure, chasing it while waving around a long stick isn't going to help, it's going to make the animal more frightened and *more* likely to lash out at people.
The dog could have just as easily been tired out with fetch, a walk/run, or something else that didn't involve a human being overtly confrontational in that manner. Establishing "dominance" can just as easily be accomplished with strict application of NILIF.
I agree. The dog obviously has a fear of strangers, I would think chasing would just reaffirm the dog's fear. "See? We ARE dangerous and will chase you with a stick!" instead of "Hey, I don't wanna hurt you, here's your favorite treat! See I bring good things."
That and overall, I don't see how chasing the dog around (as dogs are generally faster and fitter than most people) is going to do a whole lot to prove how much better/stronger/in charge humans are. Trying to best a dog physically? Good way to prove exactly the opposite.
And even if it's in play, it's a good way to teach dogs to run away from you when you approach them. What if the owner someday really needs to restrain the dog, say it gets out of it's fence and is running in traffic... if the dog has been chased before (by strangers and/or the owner) it would probably be ridiculously hard to catch, since Cesar doesn't train obedience commands the dog isn't going to have a reliable "come".
A friend of mine had a dog like that, and he'd get out of their yard every once in a while, getting him back was a PRODUCTION and a half, involving treat-bribes, ambushes and redirection.
It's also a good way to get a dog to be hand-shy, as even if he didn't strike the dog with the stick, waving it around menacingly (or at all, depending on how flighty the dog actually is) can be enough to make a dog cringe away from raised hands for the rest of it's life (surely, the sign of a well-adjusted calm submissive dog!).
The dog could have just as easily been tired out with fetch, a walk/run, or something else that didn't involve a human being overtly confrontational in that manner. Establishing "dominance" can just as easily be accomplished with strict application of NILIF.
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It's also a good way to get a dog to be hand-shy, as even if he didn't strike the dog with the stick, waving it around menacingly (or at all, depending on how flighty the dog actually is) can be enough to make a dog cringe away from raised hands for the rest of it's life (surely, the sign of a well-adjusted calm submissive dog!).
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