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Originally Posted by EdVinMass

There were a couple of episodes of DW that involved a dog named Bella. But if the one we’re talking about is this one, I don’t know what the fuss is all about:

http://channel.nationalgeographic.co...tention-3.html

All the work I do on computers and never thought to look on the web for older episodes .

I watched this entire episode and as always am overwhelmed by Caesar's ability to change the behavior of a dog. What he makes look so easy is so difficult in real time, i.e., his timing, the ability to remain calm, assess state of mind, etc. IMO, if there is a problem with his show it is that people watch it and think they can do it to their dog and they can actually make things worse, as they do not have the skill set.

Anyone who knows me knows how important Caly (dog) is to me and I would allow the DW to "touch " her anytime and love to have him train her owner. The one take away from the Bella show is that I hope Nate really was trainable and I hope Bella is never allowed near their niece. It would be a long time before I would take a chance with that dog around a precious child no matter how good the dog does.

Thanks for sharing this link.

PS. By giving Caesar praise I do not mean to take away anything from other great behaviorists using different techniques.