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 enlarge | Director: Jane Selle Morgan And Catherine O'neill
Actors: Paul Owens, The Original Dog Whisperer
Studio: Sand Castle Enterprises LLC
Category: DVD
List Price: $29.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  88 reviews
Sales Rank: 8339
Format: Ntsc
Language: English (Unknown)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 72
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 183390000000
EAN: 0183390000000
ASIN: B000VG62GO
Release Date: June 4, 2006
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 Exellent For Labs October 27, 2007
I ordered this DVD by mistake thinking it was the one by Cesar Millan.
It was a great thing! I have used the techniques on my 5 month old lab and she picked them up right away. She learned how to "Shake" in only 5 minutes and "Lie Down" in 2 days. I really liked the positive and gentle training for our dog. We hired Paul to help us prepare our puppy for our new baby and he gave us great tips. His methods are easy and consistent.
Our baby is 3 months old now and our lab is 1 year old and by applying some helpful tips, our dog lies down on the floor and is very calm every time I walk next to her with my daughter in my arms. It is amazing.
I highly recommend Pauls DVD. His methods are easy to learn and implement in the comfort of your home.
 disapointing October 16, 2007
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
Disapointing, very basic instruction based on getting your dog to perform for food. If you are a Cesar Milan fan, this goes against a lot of what he does and teaches.
puppy training October 3, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I gave this to my daughter who has a 5 month old dog and she has refered to it a few times. Had the dog only 2 weeks. I think it will be a big assest for her. what the book has suggested has worked
"The Original Dog Whisperer" September 4, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Luckily, I read some of the other reviews before I ordered this DVD. I understood the difference between this "Dog Whisperer" and Cesar Millan. Both are excellent. This one is more for training than correcting behavior. I found it very helpful. My puppy has learned SIT, DOWN and is working on STAY (doing well)... all based on the information shown on this DVD. I also ordered clickers from Paul Owens, because he shows how to do clicker training; and they are good (and very inexpensive compared with ones from the pet stores). I recommend it. Just be aware, before you order, that this is TRAINING (as it says), not Cesar Millan-style behavior correction/rehabilitation.
The only thing I thought was a little "off" was the parts of the DVD that are "from the dog's perspective". It was cute the first time I saw the first one, but it got annoying after a while. But you can just skip that part. Also, it would be good if, in the next version, Paul Owens shows some slow motion or many more repetitions so you can really get the process he's doing. Also, it seemed to me that some of the dogs he was using were not new to the task he was teaching them, but I could be wrong. Also, it would be helpful if there were more specifics to puppies. The walking he shows is with a pretty large dog and he shows giving the dog treats as he walks along. Can't exactly do that with a puppy unless I want to walk all bent over to get treats to the little guy. (Also there is a lot of info on the DVD about how to use treats successfully.)
All in all, though, I give this DVD at least 4 out of 5 stars. It's helpful.
 Very disappointed August 17, 2007
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
Well I expected this to be the ultimate about positive dog training but this video disappointed me to the extreme. First of all, Mr Owens uses the clicker in all segments and unless I missed it there is absolutely no mention of the clicker in his video. It's a very important tool and why is it not explained in the videos?
The training videos are going way too fast. If you can get your dog to do all those tricks in 30 seconds then you're good. There are few segments where you can see the dog fail and how he makes the dog try again but overall the training is going way too fast.
I don't agree with his "leave it". To me "leave it" is "leave it forever, don't even think about getting this again". But he gives the "leave it" item to the dog as a reward. So that doesn't work for socks or chewing furniture.
The "dog's view" segments may be fun for a dog or a 5 yo but they were totally useless for me. I am not a dog.
There are better videos out there for positive training. Being the first one to introduce positive training I expected much more from Paul. Very disappointed and will not recommend this video.
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