Comments for Pet Herbal Info Blog http://www.petherbalinfo.com Caring For Your Pet Naturally and Holistically Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:27:46 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on The Power of Positive Horse Training: Saying Yes to Your Horse by K. Baker http://www.petherbalinfo.com/power-positive-horse-training/comment-page-1/#comment-7404 K. Baker Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:16:45 +0000 http://www.petherbalinfo.com/?p=2513#comment-7404 What a great book! With so many books available on natural horsemanship, horse behavior and training it's easy to accummulate a whole equestrian library rather quickly. There are really only two books you can't go without though: <br />Gincy Bucklin's What Your Horse Wants You to Know and Sarah Blanchard's The Power of Positive Horse Training. <br />Not only are both books full of great suggestions but more importantly they help bridge the language barrier between horse and human. Wonderful books to own, easy and interesting to read and great reference tools and morale builders when you and your equine partner hit a road block. Rating: 5 / 5 What a great book! With so many books available on natural horsemanship, horse behavior and training it’s easy to accummulate a whole equestrian library rather quickly. There are really only two books you can’t go without though:

Gincy Bucklin’s What Your Horse Wants You to Know and Sarah Blanchard’s The Power of Positive Horse Training.

Not only are both books full of great suggestions but more importantly they help bridge the language barrier between horse and human. Wonderful books to own, easy and interesting to read and great reference tools and morale builders when you and your equine partner hit a road block.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> Comment on The Power of Positive Horse Training: Saying Yes to Your Horse by Karen Singleton http://www.petherbalinfo.com/power-positive-horse-training/comment-page-1/#comment-7403 Karen Singleton Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:43:02 +0000 http://www.petherbalinfo.com/?p=2513#comment-7403 I did thoroughly enjoy this book. I have done and read a significant amount of natural training methods so some of the ground work stuff was fairly elementary and sometimes not as 'natural' as I would like - found it to be a little incongruent with the 'positive' and 'saying yes' part of the title. <br /> <br />None-the-less the under saddle training suggestions - especially teaching the half halt and circle work - were invaluable and made this book a worthwhile purchase. Like any book I its important to take away what is useful to you and not be too critical of the remainder which may work very well for others. Rating: 3 / 5 I did thoroughly enjoy this book. I have done and read a significant amount of natural training methods so some of the ground work stuff was fairly elementary and sometimes not as ‘natural’ as I would like – found it to be a little incongruent with the ‘positive’ and ’saying yes’ part of the title.

None-the-less the under saddle training suggestions – especially teaching the half halt and circle work – were invaluable and made this book a worthwhile purchase. Like any book I its important to take away what is useful to you and not be too critical of the remainder which may work very well for others.
Rating: 3 / 5

]]> Comment on The Power of Positive Horse Training: Saying Yes to Your Horse by Grace Bowman http://www.petherbalinfo.com/power-positive-horse-training/comment-page-1/#comment-7402 Grace Bowman Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:45:31 +0000 http://www.petherbalinfo.com/?p=2513#comment-7402 This book gives good incite to the person who is trying to partner with their horse. Trying to find your way when everyone has an opinion is hard. This approach is a balanced approach, good for you and the horse. Rating: 5 / 5 This book gives good incite to the person who is trying to partner with their horse. Trying to find your way when everyone has an opinion is hard. This approach is a balanced approach, good for you and the horse.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> Comment on Be the Pack Leader: Use Cesar’s Way to Transform Your Dog . . . And Your Life by Viktorija http://www.petherbalinfo.com/pack-leader-cesars-transform/comment-page-1/#comment-7380 Viktorija Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:14:55 +0000 http://www.petherbalinfo.com/?p=2501#comment-7380 Well, i have seen about 60+ Cesar's shows and read 2 books ("Cesar's way" and "Be the pack leader") and I didn't have any thoughts against any of his methods prior to this(i am saying this for the people that comment on other peoples rewiews with comment like "you clearly haven't read any books/seen any episodes"). I have been charmed for a while, because I, as many of you people, was clueless prior to reading all of his books about any topics of dog training. <br />It might be better to use Cesar's methods than not use any(as not using any means you might have greatly unsocialised, crazy dog), but using ANY of his methods on non-aggressive dogs is cruel as it involves hurting the dog (and don't give me that "it's not hurting" - short pulls of the leash are intended to hurt(punish) the dog and get him going the way you want, but he not understand what he has done wrong) and with aggressive dogs it might be dangerous and you can just damage the dog psychologically. His methods are with an intention to punish the dog (he says it's impossible to change behaviour without punishing what you don't like, which isn't true). I could understand why people in the former Soviet union countries could love these methods as there are no other, and all the trainers come from former Soviet union. But why do people, that live in a country with many great positive reinforcement trainers, use outdated methods? All I can think of is charisma... Cesar is a charismatic person and all the PR he does makes him a person it seems good to be, but dominance training is not a way to train a dog. If you have a good dog or even a puppy teach him with positive training - it won't hurt the dog and will help you have a great friend. If you have behaviour issues go to a behaviour counselor (I know that it might seem funny to go to dog psychologist and it might also be costly, but these people have the education needed and CAN actually help your dog). Moreover, some of his statements show he doesn't really know dogs that well. For example saying that going through door first for a dog is dominant behaviour. Of course not. Completely non-dominant dogs that want to go outside, or see something interesting there will rush through the door. And well trained dominant dog will not rush so its not about dominance, it is about training... Well my point is the dog that is rushing through the door just wants to go outside and if he is not trained he will rush. Dominance has nothing to do with it, of course by pulling the leash each time you can make him not go through the door first but this will be fear, not respect. I would recommend reading Ian Dunbar's books for he is really the best dog behaviorist and trainer out there (of course there are many other good positive trainers). Rating: 1 / 5 Well, i have seen about 60+ Cesar’s shows and read 2 books (“Cesar’s way” and “Be the pack leader”) and I didn’t have any thoughts against any of his methods prior to this(i am saying this for the people that comment on other peoples rewiews with comment like “you clearly haven’t read any books/seen any episodes”). I have been charmed for a while, because I, as many of you people, was clueless prior to reading all of his books about any topics of dog training.

It might be better to use Cesar’s methods than not use any(as not using any means you might have greatly unsocialised, crazy dog), but using ANY of his methods on non-aggressive dogs is cruel as it involves hurting the dog (and don’t give me that “it’s not hurting” – short pulls of the leash are intended to hurt(punish) the dog and get him going the way you want, but he not understand what he has done wrong) and with aggressive dogs it might be dangerous and you can just damage the dog psychologically. His methods are with an intention to punish the dog (he says it’s impossible to change behaviour without punishing what you don’t like, which isn’t true). I could understand why people in the former Soviet union countries could love these methods as there are no other, and all the trainers come from former Soviet union. But why do people, that live in a country with many great positive reinforcement trainers, use outdated methods? All I can think of is charisma… Cesar is a charismatic person and all the PR he does makes him a person it seems good to be, but dominance training is not a way to train a dog. If you have a good dog or even a puppy teach him with positive training – it won’t hurt the dog and will help you have a great friend. If you have behaviour issues go to a behaviour counselor (I know that it might seem funny to go to dog psychologist and it might also be costly, but these people have the education needed and CAN actually help your dog). Moreover, some of his statements show he doesn’t really know dogs that well. For example saying that going through door first for a dog is dominant behaviour. Of course not. Completely non-dominant dogs that want to go outside, or see something interesting there will rush through the door. And well trained dominant dog will not rush so its not about dominance, it is about training… Well my point is the dog that is rushing through the door just wants to go outside and if he is not trained he will rush. Dominance has nothing to do with it, of course by pulling the leash each time you can make him not go through the door first but this will be fear, not respect. I would recommend reading Ian Dunbar’s books for he is really the best dog behaviorist and trainer out there (of course there are many other good positive trainers).
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> Comment on Be the Pack Leader: Use Cesar’s Way to Transform Your Dog . . . And Your Life by Citydog http://www.petherbalinfo.com/pack-leader-cesars-transform/comment-page-1/#comment-7379 Citydog Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:40:09 +0000 http://www.petherbalinfo.com/?p=2501#comment-7379 More of the same oversimplification of dominance theory from the celebrity trainer du jour. <br /> <br />If only settlements were made public... Rating: 1 / 5 More of the same oversimplification of dominance theory from the celebrity trainer du jour.

If only settlements were made public…
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> Comment on Be the Pack Leader: Use Cesar’s Way to Transform Your Dog . . . And Your Life by Gia Savocchi http://www.petherbalinfo.com/pack-leader-cesars-transform/comment-page-1/#comment-7378 Gia Savocchi Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:34:31 +0000 http://www.petherbalinfo.com/?p=2501#comment-7378 Cesar Milan does it again with this book. He has been denounced by all credentialed trainers and PHD'ed behaviorists around the world. The Humane Society even feels his methods are cruel and inhumane. His training methods are based on "wolf pack" research that has since been found to be false. There are no alpha wolves, and what we once knew as wolf packs are really small family groups. Wolves do not "alpha roll" one another as Cesar Milan shows owners how to do to their dogs. They do not employ fear and intimidation tactics like Cesar. Choke chains, shock collars, collar jerks...these are all things of the past. There is no need to make man's best friend fear us. We have over 50 years of research into training that s hows us that Cesar's Way is the WRONG way. <br /> <br /> There is a reason why Cesar will not be interviewed by modern trainers and behaviorists. That reason is that his methods are not backed by fact. His methods are dangerous, and can fast ruin a dog. Sure, they make for great reality TV, but do we really want to be hurting and scaring our dogs ? Choking an animal is still choking, even if one does it calmly. If you love your dog, please respect them and learn to relate to them in a way that does not scare or hurt them. Rating: 1 / 5 Cesar Milan does it again with this book. He has been denounced by all credentialed trainers and PHD’ed behaviorists around the world. The Humane Society even feels his methods are cruel and inhumane. His training methods are based on “wolf pack” research that has since been found to be false. There are no alpha wolves, and what we once knew as wolf packs are really small family groups. Wolves do not “alpha roll” one another as Cesar Milan shows owners how to do to their dogs. They do not employ fear and intimidation tactics like Cesar. Choke chains, shock collars, collar jerks…these are all things of the past. There is no need to make man’s best friend fear us. We have over 50 years of research into training that s hows us that Cesar’s Way is the WRONG way.

There is a reason why Cesar will not be interviewed by modern trainers and behaviorists. That reason is that his methods are not backed by fact. His methods are dangerous, and can fast ruin a dog. Sure, they make for great reality TV, but do we really want to be hurting and scaring our dogs ? Choking an animal is still choking, even if one does it calmly. If you love your dog, please respect them and learn to relate to them in a way that does not scare or hurt them.
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> Comment on Be the Pack Leader: Use Cesar’s Way to Transform Your Dog . . . And Your Life by Not So Average Pet Dog Owner http://www.petherbalinfo.com/pack-leader-cesars-transform/comment-page-1/#comment-7377 Not So Average Pet Dog Owner Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:49:03 +0000 http://www.petherbalinfo.com/?p=2501#comment-7377 Little correct or accurate information on why dogs behave as they do. More ridiculous information that continues to mislead and misinform. I don't know where he picked up this silly notion that our dogs need to walk behind us or to go through doors after us. So much research has been done, so much has been learned about dog behavior and how to change and improve our dogs' behavior and what to we end up with on tv? Out dated, potentially dangerous myths and old wives tales. When will we get to see a real behaviorist on tv? Rating: 1 / 5 Little correct or accurate information on why dogs behave as they do. More ridiculous information that continues to mislead and misinform. I don’t know where he picked up this silly notion that our dogs need to walk behind us or to go through doors after us. So much research has been done, so much has been learned about dog behavior and how to change and improve our dogs’ behavior and what to we end up with on tv? Out dated, potentially dangerous myths and old wives tales. When will we get to see a real behaviorist on tv?
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> Comment on Be the Pack Leader: Use Cesar’s Way to Transform Your Dog . . . And Your Life by Evelyn A. Fritz http://www.petherbalinfo.com/pack-leader-cesars-transform/comment-page-1/#comment-7376 Evelyn A. Fritz Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:11:50 +0000 http://www.petherbalinfo.com/?p=2501#comment-7376 I bought this as a gift for my neice at Christmas. I'm sure she loved it. Rating: 1 / 5 I bought this as a gift for my neice at Christmas. I’m sure she loved it.
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> Comment on What Is the Best Remedy for Ear Mites in Felines? by llfitzpatrick http://www.petherbalinfo.com/what-is-the-best-remedy-for-ear-mites-in-felines/comment-page-1/#comment-7304 llfitzpatrick Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:08:32 +0000 http://www.petherbalinfo.com/?p=2474#comment-7304 There is really no homemade or natural remedy that I know of but I do know that most decent pet stores like PetCo or Petsmart sell earmite medicince for cats at a fraction of the cost that a vet will sell it to you. I agree with you...when you KNOW it's earmites it really sucks that you get charged a vet visit for them to confirm what you already knew...your cat has ear mites. We use the over the counter stuff and it works great and the cost is about $15-20 a bottle for the better stuff. Go for the better stuff, it works faster and you do not have to use it as long as the cheaper stuff. We learned from experience the cheap stuff takes like 6 weeks to kill the earmites completely and then it takes two bottles. If you go for the more expensive meds you use less and have to use for a shorter time frame and it works better. We also bought ear wash for our cats as well. We would use the ear wash first to clean out all the crusty crap from the mites and then put in the medication....this allows the medication to work better instead of setting on top of all the crusty crap and having to ooze down through that mess to get to the mites. You can make your own ear wash...all your really need is one of those cheap travel sized bottle from the sample isle of your local wal-mart or target store. Get a bottle with a top on it like a lotion bottle so when you squeeze it a stream of water will come out. Fill that bottle with warm (NOT HOT) water and wash out the ears and the gently dry them with a soft cloth. Your cat might actually like this because it feels soooo good to clean all the crap out of his ears. Once all the crap is cleaned out then put in the medicine. There is really no homemade or natural remedy that I know of but I do know that most decent pet stores like PetCo or Petsmart sell earmite medicince for cats at a fraction of the cost that a vet will sell it to you. I agree with you…when you KNOW it’s earmites it really sucks that you get charged a vet visit for them to confirm what you already knew…your cat has ear mites. We use the over the counter stuff and it works great and the cost is about $15-20 a bottle for the better stuff. Go for the better stuff, it works faster and you do not have to use it as long as the cheaper stuff. We learned from experience the cheap stuff takes like 6 weeks to kill the earmites completely and then it takes two bottles. If you go for the more expensive meds you use less and have to use for a shorter time frame and it works better. We also bought ear wash for our cats as well. We would use the ear wash first to clean out all the crusty crap from the mites and then put in the medication….this allows the medication to work better instead of setting on top of all the crusty crap and having to ooze down through that mess to get to the mites. You can make your own ear wash…all your really need is one of those cheap travel sized bottle from the sample isle of your local wal-mart or target store. Get a bottle with a top on it like a lotion bottle so when you squeeze it a stream of water will come out. Fill that bottle with warm (NOT HOT) water and wash out the ears and the gently dry them with a soft cloth. Your cat might actually like this because it feels soooo good to clean all the crap out of his ears. Once all the crap is cleaned out then put in the medicine.

]]> Comment on What Is the Best Remedy for Ear Mites in Felines? by ilovecats http://www.petherbalinfo.com/what-is-the-best-remedy-for-ear-mites-in-felines/comment-page-1/#comment-7303 ilovecats Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:21:01 +0000 http://www.petherbalinfo.com/?p=2474#comment-7303 My family has always used mineral oil for ear mites; it works well and hasn't harmed any of the cats so far. My family has always used mineral oil for ear mites; it works well and hasn’t harmed any of the cats so far.

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