Fesshole 🧻I'm a teacher. Some of my best behaviour tips come from dog training videos, but there isn't really a way to tell my colleagues which doesn't sound terrible.
cbudThe Cesar Milan chhhh to get them to break from their mindset.
Universal Basic Friend@cbuddenhagen @fesshole we studied Cesar Milan in dog training class as an example of a guy who has no idea about dogs but is really good at taking human audiences on an affirming narrative.
That's why he works in entertainment for humans instead of training for dogs. We studied several celebrities like this and had an assignment comparing them with films of real animal behaviour professionals. It was fascinating.
There was a whole genre of them while I was at uni (defunct now I believe), they taught us to spot them: narrative about moving from laissez-faire chaos to structured hierarchy, with a heavy focus on establishment hierarchical of roles. All things that are totally irrelevant to dogs but adored by white boomers who crashed out after going to restrictive schools.
Cool. I don't have a dog.
@cbuddenhagen @fesshole that makes perfect sense