Children who experience aggression through physical punishment become aggressive because they are imitating the behavior of their parents. This theory, based on wild wolves and dominance, is dangerous, harmful, and is part of the cycle of violence. The object in dominant training is to make the dog submit to a stronger force if the dog fights back. The innocent dog owner is informed that this behavior shows the dog is trying to be top dog. Then the force techniques are increased to higher and higher pain inducing levels.
Dominant training breaks the spiritual link of mutual respect between man and man's best friend.
Likewise, a dog who has been trained by forceful and abusive techniques will in turn become dominant to other living beings, animals, human beings, especially children. Children who abuse animals often go on to abuse adult human beings later in life. Most criminals who have been violent toward people, share a common history of excessive and repetitive cruelty towards animals. The Violence Link. Vicious Dogs, Violent Children, is an excerpt from the title Dog Whisper .