It's Okay to Admit Mistakes Isn't It Dr Dunbar?

There are two Dogstardaily postings that have me a bit puzzled. Dr Ian Dunbar talks on two trainers posts, that don't seem to be linked, where those trainers talk about mistakes they made with their dogs either under another trainer or with themselves.

Dr Dunbar goes out of his way to argue with these trainers own observations. What puzzles me is why? It's okay to acknowledge when we make a mistake or our thinking changes. Mistakes make us not change all things sometimes, but also recognize the individual personalities of dogs.

My suspicion on why he disputes these owners observations and feelings, is to fight the battle of dog politics. I wish we could all concentrate more on dog training, the lessons we learn, and the content that we can bring. Everything does not need to be disproven, it is not about egos here!!! Many Dog Personalites + Many Human Personalities + Many Pack Set Ups (a pack being more than one being) = Many Possible Solutions and Outcomes

I would love to have seen these postings that he is talking about, as I suspect there are some very important observations there. If anyone knows where I can find the originals, here is the links to Dr Dunbars most recent blogs:

http://www.dogstardaily.com/blogs/bad-puppy-classes
http://www.dogstardaily.com/blogs/can-too-much-socialization-ruin-puppy  (oops sorry, this one does have a link to Turid's blog, and I will have to read that momentarily)

My first dog, Jazz, had to suffer through my lack of experience when I was not a dog trainer.   Luckily she was a healthy and patient teacher.   Since the time where I was not even learning from a trainer, I have learned that putting pressure on the butt or back is not optimal and can make a condition that you haven't found worse.   I now mold my dogs, and wish I had known about that (Koehler of course) as a gentle way of guiding your hand down the back and cupping the bum.   Also great for discovering up and coming health issues in your dog's physicality.

There are tons of mistakes that I had made which I now know better.   It's okay to own and admit to them, and better yet pass off that knowledge to others, and perhaps you can avoid them from making a similar mistake.  Noone who is not evil does this with malice and the intent to damage their dog.   I do agree that guilt has no part in this equation.  I had a  client that made a similar mistake with her Great Pyrenes as Turid did.   In training, we found a better way to go about it.   If my client hadn't realized her mistake, you might thing her Great Pyrenes was unpredictable et.   To acknowledge and learn is a great thing.

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