Hello guys! So to keep a long story short, I work at a dog daycare sort of place, like a dog hotel. Unfortunately, where I work, it seems a lot of my coworkers sort of believe in the dominance myth and how you need to be the leader of dogs. Its so interesting because it is clear that no one person in my job is actually that knowledgeable on dog behavior or dog training at all, they just kinda play it by ear, and some people know some basics on dog body language, like what a Whale-eye means.
I find this sad because what they often recommend if a dog is playing a bit too rough or is a bit snappy, etc, they recommend yelling and telling them how you are the boss. Its so weird because they are all lovey-dovey with the good dogs and loving on them and 'aww baby' when even the 'bad' dogs are being good, but the second they start doing something, they yell and push and act all 'tough'. They then go on to pass this information along to unknowing dog owners about how to handle their dogs, and saying how they need to be the boss of their dog.
I feel really bad for the dogs sometimes as I am no expert on dog training by any means, but I know the dog dominance and alpha thing is a myth, and this isnt a nice nor effective way to teach a dog. Does anyone have any idea how I should go about nicely saying to my coworkers how this isnt a good way to treat or train dogs and how dogs dont have alphas in human-dog interactions? Thank you!
submitted by /u/Kausal_Kammy
[link] [comments]