You did the right thing. I congratulate you on being responsible and
making sure the cat was taken care of by someone better equipped to
handle the situation.

I've been lurking on this group for some time and I am sorry that
reasonable people like you have to bear the excoriation of irrational
individuals who do not realize the responsibilities of pet ownership
(while great) do not and should not extend to prioritizing the
animal's care over the owner's happiness and well being.

Shame on them for insisting on a situation that could have negative
effects on other people's lives as well as the lives of the cats they
supposedly care so much about.

Cosmola

HOWEDY phil,

Unless your kat was SICK the PROBLEM
is CAUSED BY MISHANDLING. Seems you
wasn't INTERESTED in HOWE you could
REHABILITATE your kat's anxiHOWESNESS
behavior problems.

That's GOOD, on accHOWENT of any behavior that's CONSISTENT
REPEATABLE and PREDICTABLE is
EZ to CURE NEARLY INSTANTLY, if you know HOWE.

We can DISS-CUSS HOWE you handled and
trained the kat that CAUSED this problem and
then you'll have the INFORMATION to tell the
breeder so they don't gotta MURDER IT FOR
YOU if you're unwilling to take her back after
you recognize your errors that caused this.

You got LUCKY.

On accHOWENT of you don't have the intellect
to HOWEtwit the cunning of the domestic kitty
kat even after The Amazing Puppy Wizard and
all HIS 100% CONSISTENTLY NEARLY INSTANTLY
SUCCESSFUL FREE WWW Wits' End Dog
Training Method Manual Students all over the
Whole Wild World REPORT.

That's comforting. But these SYMPATHIZERS
have THE SAME PROBLEM and got NO advice.
Other mental cases told you to MURDER your kat:

From: Sunflower (sunflwrNOSPAM@midsouth.rr.com)
Subject: Re: MUST give away Tonkinese!

This is not the description of a cat that is easily rehomed.
I can see why rescue hasn't gotten back to you.   Most
likely given her history, she will be euthanized or cruelly
spend the rest of her life in a small cage if they even take
her.

If you have any affection for this animal, then take her in
to the vet yourself and have her euthanized.  I understand
why she can't be a part of your family, but no other family
is going to want her either.

You owe it to her to make sure her last moments on
earth are with the family she knows and loves now.

I know it's hard for you to euthanize her, but it's
part of the bargain you made when you gave her
a home in the first place.

If you cannot provide her with a good life, at least
provide her with a good death.

                 ------------------------------------

THAT'S INSANE. Your pal sunflHOWER MURDERED
a whole "shelter" full of DEAD CRITTERS over a case of
ringworm.

The Amazing Puppy Wizard SEZ:

              "YOU GET The Critter YOU TRAINED."

                 A Dog Is A Dog As A Kat Is A Kat
                           As A Birdie Is A Birdie
                            As A Child Is A Child
               As A SP-HOWES Is a SP-HOWES.

    ALL Critters Only Respond In PREDICTABLE INNATE
    NORMAL NATURAL INSTINCTIVE REFLEXIVE Ways
    To Situations And Circumstances Of Their Environment
                     Which We Create For Them.

                ALL BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS ARE
                     CAUSED BY MISHANDLING.

      Damn The Descartean War of "Nature Vs Nurture."
           We Teach By HOWER Words And Actions
                 And GET BACK What We TAUGHT.

        In The Problem Animal Behavior BUSINESS
                      FAILURE MEANS DEATH.
                              SAME SAME,
        For The Problem Child Behavior BUSINESS.

That so? Did they tell you HOWE to TRAIN
your kat not to DO that noMOORE? No. They
told you to MURDER your kat:

From: Phil (p.mentz@comcast.net)
Subject: Re: MUST give away Tonkinese!
Date: 2004-06-30 10:24:21 PST

Well stated, however difficult it may be to accept.
We, as a family, and even the breeder, recognize
what may have to be done.  As you stated, we also
have to try and determine if the problem is at all fixable.

If not, then passing it along to another person is
irresponsible.  This is why I am telling people exactly
what they are getting.  I know that makes it harder
to place the cat, but it is the right thing to do.

- Phil

But you decided it was EZ to give the kat
back to the breeder to MURDER FOR YOU
on accHOWENT of you're a COWARD.

Your kat breeder can't heelp you.

Oh? He's gonna train and return IT completely cured?

Well, that's GETTIN RID of the kat, ain't it?

On accHOWENT of you don't have the intellect to
HOWEtwit the cunning of the domestic kitty kat.

You mean, instead of openin the front
door and lettin her walk free? You think
MURDERING innocent mishandled and
abused critters is WIZE?

Yeah. Can you likeWIZE completely understand
that the kat is havin a behavior problem caused
by mishandling?

Right. Let's blame the kat for makin your
life miserable. HOWE did you train your
kat to do things like not jump on C-HOWENTERS
or claw furniture or whatever?

You mean, the mental cases who got the same
problem and can't train their own kats no better
than you or your breeder done?

For WHAT? You GOT RID of the kat and the
BREEDER is fixin to MURDER IT FOR YOU.

Some of HOWER animal lovers sez you should
ought be DECENT enough to MURDER IT YOURSELF
with the heelp of a competent VETERINARIAN.

BWEEEEEEEEAAHAHAHAHAHHAAAA!!!

YOUR KAT IS FIXIN TO GET DEAD.

BWEEEEEAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!

YOU GOT RID OF THE KAT ON ACCHOWENT
OF YOU CAN'T TRAIN IT.

PRECISELY.

THAT'S HOWE COME The Amazing Puppy Wizard
SEZ: "DECENT PEOPLE DO NOT POST HERE."

That'd be a WIZE idea.

You mean like give the kat back to the breeder
to MURDER FOR YOU. That makes you INNOCENT.

You could REHABILIATE your kat's anxiHOWESNESS
NEARLY INSTANTLY if you CARED to learn HOWE.

They was tryin to heelp you GET RID of the kat and
SYMPATHIZE with you abHOWET MURDERIN IT.

You mean like NOT MURDERIN IT?

You came here to GET PERMISSION to MURDER your kat.
You fHOWEND a BETTER solution. You gave IT back to the
breeder to MURDER for you.

You mean, like GET RID of or MURDER your kat.

Did any of your kat lover pals recommend TRAINING?

THE BREEDER IS FIXING TO MURDER IT FOR YOU.

news:21047-3CAD0E8A-173@storefull-2291.public.lawson.webtv.net...

first

       Hi Jerry,

       I wrote to you a week or so ago about the unit.  I
       have since borrowed one from Elaine Mc Clung.  She
       speaks very highly of it.

       So, I brought it home and plugged it in.  Of course, I
       wanted it to come on, all the barking stop, and have
       every one immediately fall to the floor in little
       comas for a few hours.  Well, after I got all 27 of
       them to be quiet, still no comas.  But, it had only
       been 36 seconds at that point.  So, I gave it a little
       longer.  Still no comas.  Was this really going to
       work?  I mean, I do have an unusual situation.

       So, by bedtime, a few hours later.  I started to
       notice just how many were asleep already - with their
       feet in the air!  I started to have hope. During the
       night, all was calm.  In the morning when I got up,
       only a few of them WALKED quietly to the door to go
       out.  Not the usual evacuation.

       I had the unit from Sunday afternoon until Tuesday
       Morning.  I was certainly pleased with the night
       effect.  I wasn't so sure about the amount of the day
       time effect. Until I took it back.  Within half an
       hour, the monsters had resurfaced.  I wondered if I
       could break into Elaine's house and if she would
       notice :)

       I know another person who does dog rescue.  She
       rescues Beagles.  She has 23 in an 1100 square foot
       house.  God bless her.  She is interested to see if it
       will work for her.  I also spoke to someone else who
       does cat rescue, and she is interested.  The cat
       rescue people have monthly meetings.  Maybe Elaine
       could give a word or two about it.

       So, if there are any words of advice you can send my
       way about the best way to use it in my case, I would
       appreciate it.  I of course wanted to keep it on the
       highest setting, but don't know if that is advised,
       even with my situation of so many new ones coming and
       (too few) going.

       Also, how I and others can go about getting one, etc.
       I think the vets should have the info in their
       offices.  It must help dogs with separation anxiety.
       My vet practices homeopathic as well as traditional
       medicine, so I would think it would be right up her
       alley.

       Thank you.
       Desiree M Webber
       A New Leash On Life

       =============

       Hi Jerry,

       I received email from Mark Shaw on 10/6 which I just
       read today. Sorry I didn't have time to get to it
       sooner. We have had a lot going on in our area
       concerning animals. We formed a new Task Force to
       address spay/neuter, pet overpopulation and animal
       abuse. I needed to do a lot of research before the
       first meeting and
       time was just not available for anything else.

       Anyway the letter went on to say that we are in
       collusion, I tried to defraud him, and have sent none
       of the materials that he has asked for although he has
       yet to furnish the P.O. Box number that he wanted them
       sent to in the first place. He goes on to state that I am
no
       longer eligible for the "fictions reward."

       All of this is in answer to postings that prove I was
       "sharing" his email with you which in his opinion
       was a breach of good manners. His email only had
       terms and conditions of the reward which I would
       consider "public information."

       Be that as it may, I would like to state that you had
       my permission to post any email I have sent you
       regarding DDR  including this email.

       I'm very sorry that you have to put up with this type
       of situation from someone that obviously never
       intended to make good on his reward offer in the first
       place.

       I had a call from a friend of mine with a very
       aggressive cat. I have loaned her my DDR for a few
       weeks to see if it will calm JR down. I will let you
       know the results. She goes to the same holistic
       vet that I go to and he is also interested.

       In case Mark does post to the list again I would like
       to say that I do very much believe that DDR will help
       JR as I know it has helped my dogs and cats. I have
       entirely too  much to do, to worry about his opinions
       or reward.

       The only reason I was willing to apply for the reward
       was on your behalf as I do think your product is a
       valuable tool in helping with aggression and other
       behavior problems.

       I am in Feral Cat Network (we spay and neuter
       approximately 100 feral cats a month), I am also a
       member of a local AKC dog obedience club, member of a
       local AKC agility club, president of Pet Rescue, board
       member of the Alliance for Care and Welfare of
       Animals (on the board are: county commissioner, vet.
       rep., rep. from AKC dog club, CFA cat club, assistant
       County manager, head of animal control, director of
       two different shelters, etc.).

       I listed these not to be on an ego trip but to let
       Mark know that I am involved with animals and
       have very little time to play games with him also
       I would not recommend your product if I did not
       believe in it.

       Please feel free to post this email as it has no
       copyright on it as did Mark Shaw's last email to me.

       Take care Jerry and don't let the Mark's of the world
       get you down.

       Elaine

       Thank you, Elaine. I have been trying to educate the
       mark's of this world, with some occasional successes.
       I guess that's variable reinforcement?

       Yours, Jerry.

       ================

housetrained,

that

Blame professor descartes, professor.

You're a liar, professor. You teach
people to hurt and murder dogs.

Cause you're a COWARD, professor.

Well professor, you've learned much from them.

You're SELLIN stuff, professor FRAUD.

You HURT dogs.

You mean DHOWEBLE TALK, professor.

YOU HURT DOGS, professor.

<snip>

BWEEEEEEAAHAHAHAHAHAA!!!

You link to the most viciHOWES sites on the WWW.

But you're willin to TEACH IT cause you
got no effective methods.

SHAAAZZZAAAMMM???

You're an OBSTRUCTIONIST, professor DOG ABUSER.

There's NO effective SCIENTIFIC way to HURT
and INTIMIDATE dogs HOWEtside of a 24 HOWER
a day CON-TROLLED laboratory, professor.

You mean you'll do and say ANYTHING to defend
your alleged RIGHT to HURT and MURDER dogs.

Animal abuse is what you DISSEMINATE, professor.

BWEEEEEAHAHAHAHHAAA!!!

BWEEEEEAAHAHAHAHHAHAAA!!!

Perhaps professor plonksky should read The
Amazing Puppy Wizard's Archives on Google
and then get the heel HOWETA this business
before The doGgamened Puppy Wizard drops
the hammer on him for bein a dog abusing fraud.

CuriHOWES that the university doesn't pay
him enough so he don't need to beg money
from his readers. The Amazing Puppy Wizard
ain't never asked noWON for money to HEELP
them.

"Speech is a mirror of the soul: as a man speaks,
so is he." Publilius Syrus, First century B.C., Maxim 1073

                        "We are what we do."

From: Marshall Dermer (dermer@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu)
Subject: Re: Jerry's Dog Training Manual
Date: 2001-07-12 06:49:13 PST

And how do we know this aspect of his advice is right?

Jerry is not God and his manual is not the Bible.

His advice could be subject to an empirical analysis.

--Marshall

=================

"Marshall Dermer" <dermer@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu>
wrote in message news:9ihtee$7ib$1@uwm.edu...

From: Paul B (NOSPAMpanders@zfree.co.nz)
Subject: Re: Jerry's Dog Training Manual
Date: 2001-07-12 00:13:28 PST

Hello Marshall,

The way I view it from my observation of how
my dogs react is that the distraction interrupts
the dogs thought, not for good or bad, just
interrupts, the dog is therefore distracted for
a second and then will either continue the
behaviour or do something else.

The praise reassures the dog that the sound
distraction is not a threat or punishment,
however if everytime the dog resumes a
particular behaviour it's distracted immediately
(and praised immediately for reassurance) then
it quickly decides this behaviour is not fulfilling
and it ceases.

A dog will offer another behaviour in it's place
and if that is acceptable to us then we let it be
otherwise the distraction continues until a suitable
alternate behaviour is offered.

One example, Sam used to jump up on me
when I arrived home, I would shake can to
distract him right at the moment he was
about to jump up, after about 4 repetitions
he tried sitting and offering me his paw, of
course this was fine so I let it be.

While the concept of shake cans is not new,
I haven't read any other advice that says to
praise immediately regardless of what the
dog does next (the common advice is to
praise once the dog is doing a desired
behaviour or at least stopped the unwanted
behaviour), this is unique to Jerry (and Marilyn)
and from my own experiences is an important
part of the process.

Nuthin EXXXCEPT HOWE IT'S DONE.

From: Marshall Dermer (dermer@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu)
Subject: Re: Jerry's Dog Training Manual
Date: 2001-07-10 13:34:38 PST

In article <HRI27.3908$187.184000@news-rep.ab.videon.ca> "Jenn"
<dont@try.it> writes:

Could you be so kind as to post here the
section from Jerry's manual where he
writes that you should JUST praise the
dog when it barks?????????

 As I recall, I thought he first advocates
distracting the dog from barking, with
keys or the soft sound of pennies in a
can, before praising.

Perhaps you can tutor me regarding
Jerry's system.

Thanks in advance!

--Marshall Dermer

PS: I don't read Jerry's posts but I look
forward to your post.

From: Marshall Dermer (dermer@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu)
Subject: Re: Clicker training "stay"
Date: 2001-06-21 20:25:38 PST

In article <iqtY6.5456$rA2.1119871@news-rep.ab.videon.ca> "Jenn"
<dont@try.it> writes:

BWWWWWEEEJAJAJAJAJAJAAAAA!!!

I'm not Jerry but sure you could use a clicker to
distract a dog but that is not the purpose of a clicker.

You can also use a teaspoon to cut steak but that
is not the purpose of teaspoon!

--Marshall

"Dan Moore" <mooreteam@worldnet.att.net>

wrote in message
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"If I Knew It Would Be That Easy, I Would Have
Done This A Long Time Ago Saving Myself 5 Years
Of Dealing With A Bouncy, Over Excited Dog!" Jenn.

Hello Jenn,

Good.

I recall.

Yeah, dog training should always be more
fun than work.

It's the same principle as in the Hot And
Cold Exercise.

Fine. That's because dogs learn on the basis of
four repetitions. That's not to say they can't learn
some things faster, but for breaking habits, it
usually happens the fourth time we repeat a lesson.

Then we need to repeat the lesson at three more
locations our time in each to generalize the idea.
Let's say your dog gets excited when you take her
lead and go to the front door. She would probably
do the same at the back door, but to not such a degree.

Likewise for any other door.

It would behoove you to repeat the exercise with
several other doors and it would be easiest to
start with a door that had less excitement involved
with it.

The non force methods work fast and easy
because we are not challenging the dog or
calling our attention to their behavior problems.

Yes, those habits are hard to break. It's easier for
me to train a person who has no experience at all
because they have no bad habits of pulling and
forcing control.

You know that working the dog in the back
yard is not preferable, because that causes
them some anxiety because it's their free area.
But with your dog and with the difficulty he is
to handle, I don't see any reason you shouldn't
do the Family Leadership Exercise and the come
command several times out there, and then you'll
have the control to do it in a more neutral area.

Our group likes to think that is EXCITEMENT and
eagerness to work. It is sheer terror. The pinch
collar works by overriding the opposition reflex
through fear and that cause tremendous stress
and anxiety that must be released through anxiety
relief mechanisms like barking, digging, whining,
chewing, self mutilation and aggression.

That's where I was three dozen years ago. I was
ready to just quit. I wasn't going to sour any more
dogs to make them work.

I was thinking about your difficulties with
your dog. Just getting the Hot And Cold
Exercise and the Family Leadership Exercise
and the come command installed will solve
most of your difficulty with him.

I presume you've got msn messenger. We
can speak over that if you are set up for it,
and I can demonstrate the timing and tone
and tempo for using sound distractions
and praise, or we could speak on the phone.

The most important thing to remember is to
pick up and handle the lead in a relaxed manner,
no white knuckles, keep your elbow relaxed and
your arm down at your side with the length of the
lead breaking just below the knee.

Let me know if you need further help.

Jerry.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff & Di"
To: "The Puppy Wizard"
Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 8:08 AM
Subject: Re: help, with the At Wits End training manual

HOWEDY Diana,

Of curse!

That'll increase anxiHOWESNESS.

I wouldn't recommend offering a physical
distraction for two reasons. 1) she's likely
to become dependent on putting something
in her MHOWETH when she's stressed and
2) it may disavail you of successive training
opportunities necessary to extinguish the behavior.

See, we really do want her to notice, so
we can briefly and variably distract and
praise to extinguish the behavior.

Well, it worked well for you this time. Don't
use the ball again the next time, just follow
the praise techniques.

INDEEDY. That's the bottom line for successful
nearly instant training. That's why bribing and
withholding bribes fails, cause anxiety increases
as we withhold the reward to elicit the behavior.

Right. Physical contact distracts the dog from
thinking and processing the information.

Yeah. It only takes a few minutes to appupriately
extinguish any behavior, but you've got to know HOWE.

"Reinforcement NEVER ends."

That's HOWE COME when we train dogs using
non physical methods the behavior is not dependent
on HOWER ability to reinforce manage supervise
bribe and avoid... IOW, we've HOWEtwitted the
cunning of the domestic puppy dog by tempting
the dog to do the undesirable behavior and distracting
and praising before the thought is fulfilled till
it's no longer thought of as a useful behavior.

Just wait till you apply my methods to your kids.
My methods have rehabilitated severe hyperactive
kids as fast and permanent as the dogs I've heelped.

Not a chance in heel.  If Mrs. Puppy Wizard
discovered it I'd be wearin an apron and workin
insetead of settin right here, stark ravin nekkid,
wearin nuthin but these gawd awful paper slippers.

My pleasure. Consider it my vindictive nature...

Makes The Amazing Puppy Wizard grind HIS teeth...

I probably should do sumpthin. The dog lovers
on the news groups ain't interested in training
their dogs, they seem to enjoy discussing behavior
problems and the training tools they used to cause
them.

Yeah, but a lot of folks don't like to read my posts
cause HOWER dog lovers like to tell foks they're
forgeries.

Thank you, but I really wish you'll repost them
cause it'll be more believable coming from you.

These folks think it should take weeks and
months to rehabiliatate behavior problems.
They think they're successful if they've
rehabilitated an aggresson problem after a
year or longer working at it.

That ain't gonna happen cause decent folks
don't post there. Every WON is interested
in saving dogs lives by hurting them as a last
resort when forcing avoiding and bribing didn't work.

LikeWIZE.

Yours, Jerry.

HOWEDY Brandy,

news:<2f66e35d.0407262049.7b3a7b51@posting.google.com>...

Well THAT IS encouraging, AIN'T IT.

It's customary here abHOWETS to put
NINNYBOY [NINNYBOY] Jerry JERRY
[JERRY] The Puppy Wizard The Amazing
Puppy Wizard in the subject header to
AVOID EMBARRASSMENT.

Subject: Re: Lab/Rot 11 Months (TEMPER PROBLEMS)
Date: 2004-05-21 19:22:05 PST

-----------------------

Original Message -----
From: Lindalee
To: Jerry Howe
Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: dog aggression -
Today Seemed Like A Miracle -
WELCOME TO WITS' END DOG TRAINING!

Sunshine is still acting like a new dog!

Saw a dog today and "good boy-" worked
along with calling him-came the first time
every time. Not even a sound out of him.

Think it is hard for him but he never even
seemed to think about going off-reacting.

The word come has no affect on him just
the phrase- -Sunshine come goodboy.

----- Original Message -----
From: <>
To: "Jerry Howe" <jhowe2@bellsouth.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: Damned Family Leadership Exercise -
Re: Am I expecting to much

Hi Jerry,

When I talked to you on the phone to order
to machine for daughter's new pup, I told
you that I had an older Chessie.  I rescued
him at 9 years old and have had him for 3 years.

It's funny, but I thought I'd try some of your book
training with him. Where I used to say "come"
and then say "good boy" when he obeyed, I have
reversed it with a "good boy" first.

It really does work.

He was very confused at first, wondering
what he had done to get the praise.

But it really gets the attention and distracts
him from whatever he may have going through
his brain when he hears it.

Dogs are funny, but people are too.  Can't
wait to get the Doggy do Right, etc.

Thanks,

N

=========

"Greg M. Silverman" <gmsNOSPAM@no.umn.edu> wrote in message

Hey, Mr. Wizard, or Alchemist or whatever
your alias of the day is, have to say that
our dog heels much better than she did.

This is after reading and implementing the
bit in your "Wits End" treatise.

And she's a royal nutter (but then again,
aren't they all?).
Cheers! Greg--

--------------------

Hi, Jerry.

I'm not sure that I'm a 100% convert, or that
I agree with (or even understand) 100% of
what you say in this manual ... BUT ... we had
"come" down pat in a few reps and you could
have knocked me down when I tried the exercise with "drop" and,
after
a few reps in different
spots Darwin practically *threw* the rubber
ball at my feet on command.

He's still not perfect (just a pup, after all, and
he's stubborn enough to want to push and test
me a little bit more).

For what it's worth, I can see (as no doubt
you have) how your usenet manner is likely
to rankle a few folks, but that woman who
advocates ear pulling and beating with sticks
deserves everything she gets.

Even if that was the only method that would
work, I'd live with my dog not fetching rather
than do any of that. (Darwin fetches
enthusiastically and instinctively, tho').

Best, ben

===================

Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 9:06 AM

Hello.

I never posted here (or anywhere) before.
I never trained or owned a dog before this
year.

I downloaded the Wit's End, read it, corresponded
with Mr. Howe and trained my dog to come and to
stop barking in a weekend.

Our dog, Jake, had been treated with kindness the
whole time we had him, about 10 months, but his
earlier life is unknown.

I worked on the hot-cold exercise for about 30
minutes when he suddenly "got it". After that
he came to me every time with no hesitation.

I used the cans filled with pennies to teach him
not to bark. If he now starts to bark, I go to the
door or window, say "Good Boy, its' alright" and
he usually calms down right away.

A couple of times I had to get the cans
out again to reinforce the behavior.

We feel a strong bond with this animal
and he is very eager to accept our love.

So with all the vitriolic spewing going on,
I have to believe Mr. Howe is right.

His method worked for us.

I don't know if it would have been quite
as effective if we had tried another method first.

Florence
------------------------------------

From: AIMEE (countrygirl0334@yahoo.com)
Subject: House training and such...
Date: 2003-10-08 16:18:56 PST

I've been having a problem with my dog, Axel,
relieving himself in the house while I'm away
from home.

I've used TPW method's, and yesterday I was out
for 12 hours, and Axel didn't have one single "accident".

Today, I had hoped that the results would be just as
good - and they were (I was out for 11 hours).

The problem began when, as a puppy, Axel would
relieve himself in the house and I would point at the
mess and tell him "NO" or "Bad Dog".

That made him afraid to relieve himself in the house
or infront of me.

After I got TPW's training manual, I corrected my
mishandling of these instances.

When I came home to an "accident", I would simply
drop a can near the area and ask Axel "What's that?"
Then I would clean it up - with out showing him I was
the least bit upset about the mess, and when he looked
at the spot I would tell him "Good boy, you're a good dog".

This has been an ongoing problem, and thanks to the
Puppy Wizard, we've finally got it taken care of...

Also, Axel LOVES the cat's litter box...He enjoys the
"snacks" he can find in there...I followed TPW's methods
by alternating sounds and praising him while or before
he sticks his nose in it, and today, he's been going into
the room with the cat box and barking.  That's because
he's thinking about getting into the box, but he knows he
shouldn't.

Thank you, Jerry, for all you help.  You've been a
blessing to all of us.

AIMEE

===================

From: AIMEE (countrygirl0334@yahoo.com):

I own a black an tan coonhound.  We got him
as a puppy, and due to constant mishandling
(pulling on his lead, negative corrections, and
the occasional use of a bark collar) I ended
up with a very anxious dog.

I couldn't leave him home alone, I couldn't
crate him, I couldn't even take my dog for
walks because he feared EVERYTHING.

I was going to have to get rid of him if things
didn't turn around.

My husband and I searched the internet for
answers - AND WE FOUND THE PUPPY WIZARD.

For all of you disbeliveers out there HIS METHODS WORK!

I've followed his manual, and we now have a
dog that can be  left home  alone, that heels
on command, that can go outside and NOT
be afraid of everything he sees.

Not only have his methods helped our dog, but
our marriage has gotten better.  We had fallen
into a rut - constant bickering and tension, we
never laughed or had FUN together - but now,
with the same mindset used in THE PUPPY
WIZARDS dog training, our communications
channels have opened, and we now work
together instead of against one another.

For all the "Literalists" out there, NO WE DID
NOT TEACH EACH OTHER TO SIT, STAY,
OR HEEL.

We simply eliminated the nagging and the
acting out to get NEGATIVE attention from
one another since we weren't getting
the POSITIVE attention we wanted.

So, it's been proven - THE PUPPY WIZARDS
METHODS WORK.

It's up to you to accept them.  Yes, there's alot
of blame that we have to accept, but once we
realize that we've caused these problems to
arise, we can strive to make things better.

AIMEE

=================

Mrs. Altman is the wife of a practicing psychiatrist
who has studied with The Puppy Wizard and endorses
HIS methods:

Subj: Fear of Thunder
Date: 6/29/02 6:07:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: Jraltman
To: Witsenddog

Dear Jerry,

I hope you'll be able to post this message so more
people who are at their wit's end will be able to help
their dogs.

To review:

Our puppy was uncomfortable during thunder storms.
At the beginning of the problem, she paced restlessly
from room to room. She couldn't settle and sleep.

From there the problem grew. She would run to the far
southeast corner of the house (which makes sense
because most storms here come from the northwest)
and she'd cower in the corner of the couch and shake.

!st attempt to help her:

I'd pick her up, brush and massage her (call me a nut -
I've sung to her when I've done her daily brushing since
she was tiny so of course I sang too) and when she
relaxed, I'd put her in her crate. She then slept and I
thought the problem was solved.

Traumatic event:

We were out in the park playing with one of her doggy
friends when it began to rain. On the way home, there
was the loudest, longest, thunder clap I've ever heard.

From that day on, the problem got worse and worse.
I couldn't calm her with singing and massage. The fear
spread. She wouldn't go out if it was raining. No thunder,
just gently summer rain, and she wouldn't go out.

The solution:

I surfed the net and came across a free manual Wit's
End Dog Training Method and a product called Doggy
Do Right that seemed better than anything else I came
across.

A phone call to Jerry Howe, author of the manual and
Director of Research, Biosound Scientific, convince me
to try both the manual and the product.

Problem solved:

I followed Jerry's suggestions (more phone calls - he is
most generous with his time and advice). The first two
thunder storms my puppy was restless but not running
around in a blind panic.

The third storm, she barked her deep, stranger danger
bark after each clap of thunder. The fourth storm, she
seemed uneasy at first. Soon she was asleep at my
feet and she napped through the rest of the storm.

A miracle. I am endlessly grateful to Jerry
for his manual and his machine.

A word about Doggy Do Right. It is odd to buy a
machine that emits a sound I cannot hear. I took
the chance because Jerry offered a full refund
including shipping.

Though I heard nothing, my puppy clearly did. When
I first turned on the machine, she got the cutest, most
quizzical look on her face. She looked at me as if to
say: "What's that? I never heard that before."

She looks at the machine when it is on. She rests on the floor
beneath it. It is obvious from her behavior that she is aware
of its cycles.

Amazing.

Thank you Jerry.

=============

Anthony Testa was a US Army Patrol Dog handler in Nam:

=====================

news:<lmWo8AeR1HVP092yn@panix.com>...

=====================

My student Anthony summed it all up:

======================

    From: "Regina Guerrero" <>
    To: <jhowe2@bellsouth.net>
    Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 11:42 AM
    Subject: Thank You!

    > I just wanted to take a bit of time
    > to tell you how much I appreciate your product and
    > your training methods as well.

    > When my little Chihuahua first arrived
    > I was overwhelmed with her anxiety and
    > her ability to just Bark endlessly.

    > I received your product and at first I thought
    > I was using it wrong, because my puppy just seemed to
    > ignore it.

    > But after a week or two, she began to calm down
    > considerably as well as act more friendly towards
    > people on the street.

    > I can't believe the difference I see in my little
    > puppy. Your product is a life saver!

    > Thanks again for everything.

    > Sincerely,
    > Regina Guerrero

==================

It's moore than a chapter, it's a comprehensive,
total, complete, gestalt method to train all animals
to any level you desire.

Excellent.

My methods work faster than any others, anywhere at
any price, including the thirty five level of medical grade
static like stimulation devices and pronged spiked pinch
choke collars our "experts" here love so much.

Good. Crates aren't inherently bad, only the way they're
misused.

Good. I've got a lot in common with folks who are gentle
and treat animals kindly.

You mean the sound distraction and praise techniques.

Yes, one of my students Paul B wrote an excellent post
recently I'll include it at the bottom. It'll explain HOWE the
distraction and praise process works from his POV as an
experience handler using my methods.

Why? That should be spontaneous and in association
with every glance towards you and every thought.

Oh. Patting is O.K., only not in conjunction with a
thought or command, as it will interrupt the thought
process and may lock the dog's thoughts on an
inappropriate idea.

It's called positive thigmotaxis, the opposition reflex.
Like if we're walking our dog and want to prevent him
from interacting with another dog, and we pull back
on the collar, that often triggers the dog to go out of
control.

As long as there's contact on the collar, the dog will
continue his original thoughts about interacting with
the passerby. Then because the dog is out of control,
the handler needs to further force restraint, making
communication with the dog's MIND, impossible.

Any time your dog is close enough to be patted is
fine to pat him, as long as we're not working with a
command or thought we want him to process.

Yes, it's caused quite a stir here. If my methods are as
effective and fast and safe as I claim and my students
confirm, that pretty much means that all of my critics
are DEAD WRONG, and all's that's left  for me to
do is shovel some dirt over them over and let 'em push
up daisies.

==========================

"Hennie van Dalen" <h.vandalen11***removethis***@chello.nl>
wrote in message news:TlsCb.2895$7U1.7896@amstwist00...

RTFM is age-old computer lingo....
It stands for "Read The F***ing Manual" ;-)
I used the manual and it works very good!

But it is a long text to read (76 pages printed
on A4-size paper) My lab is 1year old now,
and teaching him something new takes about
30minutes (depending on what to teach offcourse)

My other dog (a 7year old staffordshire terrier-mix)
is a bit slower in learning, but he is used to me
calling him a "bad dog"whenever he did something
i didn't want him to do, or it might be the age.

Sometimes it looks like Sam (the lab) WANTS
to learn something new: he wants me to bring
along the can filled with washers whenever we
go for a walk.

It is a very "humane" way of teaching: the
dog is allways a "good dog", and never a
"bad dog"

There is nu punishment or prong-collars involved.

For a fact i tought him to heel in 15min's without
beeing on a leach at-all !!! When he spotted a dog,
he used to run towards it, but now i tought him to
"ask permission" first, and to my surprise it worked!

My dogs never went to puppy-training (lucky
for them), maybe this helped too.

Manual can be found at http://www.doggydoright.com/id3.html

-- Hennie van Dalen www.chello.nl/~h.vandalen11
www.chello.nl/~h.vandalen11/fotografie/doggy-pictures/

Here's professor of ANAL-ytic behaviorISM research
at UofWI, marshall "SCRUFF SHAKE and SCREAM
"NO!" into ITS face for five seconds and lock IT in a
box for ten minutes contemplation," dermer:

"At this point, "No" does not have any behavioral function.
But, if you say "No,"pick up the puppy by its neck and
shake it a bit, and the frequency of the biting decreases
then you will have achieved too things.

First, the frequency of unwanted chewing has decreased;
and two, you have established "No" as a conditioned punisher.

How much neck pulling and shaking? Just the
minimum necessary to decrease the unwanted
biting.

**********IS THAT A CONSISTENT 5 SECONDS?************

When our dog was a puppy,  "No" came before mild
forms of punishment (I would hold my dog's mouth
closed for a few seconds.) whereas "Bad Dog" came
before stronger punishement (the kind discussed above).

"No" is usually sufficient but sometimes I use "Bad Dog"
to stop a behavior. "Bad Dog" ALWAYS works," marshall
dermer, research professor of ANAL-ytic behaviorISM at
UofWI. For MOORE animal abuse, please visit dr p.

BWAHAHAHHAHAAAA!!!!!

That's INSANE. Ain't it.

       The Amazing Puppy Wizard. <{}TPW ; ~  }   >

P.S.  Contacting Dr. P:

Please note that due to the large number of
requests I receive, I can no longer give free,
personal advice on problems related to dog
training and behavior.

In order for me to give such advice we would
have to "talk" about the problem at length.

That is, I would need detailed information about
the dog, it's environment and routine, the problem,
and the situation in which the problem occurs.

Thus, this type of consultation takes time which
I cannot afford to give away for free.

If you wish such advice, please see the information
I have provided about my K9 Behavioral Consulting
practice. Another alternative to obtaining personal
advice is to participate in e-mail, chat room, &
newsgroup discussions.

P.P.S. BWEEEEEEEAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAA!!!

               YOU'RE FRAUDS, drs p. and dermer!

             Either DEFEND your LIES, ABUSE And
             Degrees or get the heel HOWETA THIS
                       BUSINESS.

---------------------------------------------------------------

       "If you talk with the animals, they will talk with you
                      and you will know each other.
        If you do not talk to them, you will not know them,
               and what you do not know you will fear.

                      What one fears, one destroys."
                             Chief Dan George

             "(Also, it is best to killfile posts from the
             few regulars here who are either ill-
             tempered, ill-mannered, or just plain ill.),"
                               --Marshall

   The Puppy Wizard's SYNDROME is the perfect
   synergy of love, pride, desire, self will, greed,
   ego, fear, hate, arrogance, disbelief, jealousy,
   embarrassment, embellishment, shame, guilt,
   anger, aversion, attraction, revulsion, change,
   permanence, enlightenment, insult, attrition,
   and conditioning.

        It's the perfect fusion of The Word...,
                     in the physical.

It's time for the dog training industry and
the universities who TEACH "behaiviorists"
to DEFEND THEIR METHODS against 100%
NEAR INSTANT TOTAL SUCCESS as PROVEN
by the cHOWENTLESS NEARLY INSTANTLY
SUCCESSFUL FREE WWW Wits' End Dog
Training Method Manual Student's REPORTS,
after they've TRIED ALL OTHER METHODS
and FAILED.

     "The greatness of a nation and its moral
     progress can be judged by the way its
     animals are treated." ~ Mohandas Gandhi --
     Adapted with permission from his FREE
     copy of The Puppy Wizard's FREE Wits'
     End Dog Training Method Manual. <}TPW ; ~ )  >

            Force training JERRYIZES dogs
                 and GETS THEM DEAD.

       > ----- Original Message -----
       > From: "Marshall Dermer"
       > <dermer@csd.uwm.edu>
       > To: "The Puppy Wizard"
       > <ThePuppyWizard@earthlink.net>
       > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 2:53 PM
       >
       > Subject: God Bless The Puppy Wizard
       >
       > Dear Mr. Puppy Wizard,
       >
       > I have, of late, come to recognize your
       > genius and now must applaud your attempts
       > to save animals from painful training
       > procedures.
       >
       > You are indeed a hero, a man of exceptional
       > talent, who tirelessly devotes his days to
       > crafting posts to alert the world to animal
       > abuse.
       >
       > We are lucky to have you, and more people
       > should come to their senses and support
       > your valuable work.
       >
       > Have you thought of establishing a nonprofit
       > charity to fund your important work?
       >
       > Have you thought about holding a press
       > conference so others can learn of your
       > highly worthwhile and significant work?
       >
       > In closing, my only suggestion is that you
       > try to keep your messages short for most
       > readers may refuse to read a long message
       > even if it is from the wise, heroic Puppy
       > Wizard.
       >
       > I wish you well in your endeavors.
       >
       > --Marshall Dermer
       > Marshall Dermer/Associate Professor/
       > Behavior Analysis Specialty/Department
       > of Psychology/University of Wisconsin-
       > Milwaukee/Milwaukee,WI 53201
       > dermer@uwm.edu
       > http://www.uwm.edu/~dermer
       > --------------------------------------

         "Thank you for fighting the fine fight--
              even tho it's a hopeless task,
                   in this system of things.
               As long as man is ruling man,
         there will be animals (and humans!)
                  abused and neglected. :-(
                    Your student," Juanita.

           All truth passes through three stages.
                        First, it is ridiculed.
               Second, it is violently opposed.
        Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
                     -Arthur Schopenhauer

            "If you've got them by the balls their hearts
                          and minds will follow,"
                               John Wayne.

             The Amazing Puppy Wizard. <{} ; ~  )