3.08 - Dogs and Dog Trainers in the Media

Dog owners can have some silly notions about their dogs, but if you watch TV and movies it’s easy to see where they come from.  Dogs in the media are regularly portrayed as little people in doggy bodies, which automatically understand us and help us when we need it.   And the dog trainers that have been the most successful in the media have not necessarily been using the most effective or enjoyable methods, contributing to misperceptions about what dog training can and should be like.   The Dunbars talk about the good, the bad and the ugly of dogs in the media.