'80s Actual: Barbara Woodhouse Barbara Woodhouse The inimitable Mrs Woodhouse with a canine pal in the early 1980s. Barbara Woodhouse was born in 1910 and always loved animals. She was known for her way with horses and cows as well as for being a dog trainer. Having trained dogs to appear in films, Barbara became a celebrity herself in 1980 with her BBC series Training Dogs The Woodhouse Way. Her commands to the dogs in her charge quickly became catchphrases, parroted across the land. "Walkies!" we shrilled and "Sit!" Do you remember the strange arm movement which went with the latter command? - The first page of my copy of Barbara's autobiography is signed by the great lady herself. My wife found the book in a second hand bookshop when I was in bed with flu, c. 1996. I remembered Barbara as a somewhat starchy English "school marm" type character, standing around trilling orders in her sensible tweed skirts, and didn't expect to enjoy the book. But I was pleasantly surprised.

Barbara's insights into training animals were fascinating, and she had a great sense of adventure, having travelled to South America to live as a young woman in the 1930s. Some of Barbara's dog training methods aroused controversy - I remember much animated chatter about the use of choke chains, but nobody could doubt her genuine love for her canine students. And she was a great character. It came as no great surprise when she was voted TV Personality of the Year 1980. The Daily Mirror reported on 2/1/1981: The lady who orders dogs about, Barbara Woodhouse, spent Christmas in Switzerland and was in bed by 11pm on New Year’s Eve. Switzerland was a real thrill for this lady who became a TV star in 1980: “Even there people were coming up to me and shouting ‘Walkies!’ " From the Sunday People, November 1981: TV’s doggie queen Barbara Woodhouse has been calling some of Hollywood’s superstars to heel. She’s been in California to train the canine delinquents of Beverly Hills and to teach their famous owners to “walk the Woodhouse way”.

Barbara’s TV series has made her an instant celebrity in America and she has had the top dog treatment from the start. “I was treated like royalty, it was amazing,” said Barbara. “Everywhere I went people greeted me with the word ‘walkies’.” The results of Barbara’s American teach-in are to be shown in a Yorkshire TV special over Christmas. Among the problem pooches she helped were those belonging to Zsa Zsa Gabor, David Soul, Dorothy Lamour, Wilfred Hyde-White, Britt Ekland and Bill Shatner. Problem number one was Zsa Zsa’s nervous Alsatian. “I trained it to sit and walk to heel,” said Barbara. “It only took me about five minutes. - “Zsa Zsa was delighted.” Next stop was David Soul and some advanced training for his Labrador. “The trouble was that the dog kept jumping into the swimming pool after rubber balls,” she said. David Soul said he thought Barbara was terrific. “But my dog hasn’t changed much,” he said. Then it was on to the home of William Shatner, Captain Kirk in the TV serial “Star Trek”. “He had two Dobermans and seemed a little ill at ease at first,” said Barbara.

Another of Barbara’s calls was to Britt Ekland’s home where she trained two Elk hounds and a cat. Barbara with Stefanie Powers and pooch. Barbara wrote: If any fortune teller five years ago had told me I should travel the world, with my husband, demonstrating my method of training dogs, to people whose welcome is “walkies” and “sit” when I arrive in their countries, I’d never have believed it. Yet it has happened. I’ve trained dogs for the Singapore enthusiasts, and celebrated our meeting wading through a wonderful dinner of ten courses of rice, fish, chicken or other ingredients, and was assured that if it spilt on the tablecloth, due to my lack of experience with chop sticks, it was a compliment to the chef to have a dirty tablecloth. I’ve seen a police dog crossing a wire tight rope in Pretoria wearing leather booties to save its paws. I’ve not seen a flag raised on a flag pole, but a banner which read: “Welcome Barbara Woodhouse”. A Doberman Pinscher pulled the rope that raised the banner onto the flag pole.

- I’ve trained the stars and their dogs in Hollywood including David Soul, Stefanie Powers, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Wilfred Hyde White, William Shatner etc; I found them quick and easy to train. I’ve met Ray Berwick and his Cockatoo, Fred. I’ve met Ron Randall and his lovely horse, star of the film “Black Stallion”. I’ve met Tippi Hendren and her husband Noel Marshall who made that fantastic film with the lions, “ROAR”. The lions roam uncaged around her estate and home. There, also, I got acquainted with a leopard who wandered up to me, lay on my chest and licked my hand before resuming his morning stroll. I took a baby Cougar back to its mother without her attacking me. It is said that female Cougars are fierce and will attack anyone going near their babies. I found all the dogs I met easy to train, or rather re-train if they had faults. The people I met in Australia, Canada, South Africa and the USA are full of love for their animals. The welcome for my husband and I was unbelievable.

Unless you’d known you’d flown thousands of miles, as we had flown, you could almost imagine you’d never left England. Dog Training and the love of horses and ponies, I’ve found, will take me around the world to get to know the animal lovers who share my interest, knowledge and affection for their pets. - Barbara cautiously befriends a cheetah. In 1983, Barbara appeared in a couple of amusing advertisements on the opening morning of TV-am, ITV's breakfast television service. The product? Eggs! "Tell an eggshell who is boss. Let it know that you are... CROSS!" Barbara died in 1988. Her fame had been brief, but her impact great. Even today, the doggy commands "Walkies!" and "Sit!" are still widely associated with her. Two of the 1983 egg ads featured in commercial breaks on the first day of TV-am. This Andrex Appeal advertisement dates from September, 1981.

Posted by Barking orders won't train a dog: Barbara Woodhouse's strict approach 'all wrong' | Daily Mail Online Barking orders won't train a dog: Barbara Woodhouse's strict approach 'all wrong' New evidence suggests a gentler approach might be better for pets Experts in France say attempting to gain the upper hand over a dog may cause it mental trauma and impact on its long-term welfare Giving pets treats leads to happier animals, say university researchers When Barbara Woodhouse famously ordered dog-owners to bark ‘Sit!’ and ‘Walkies!’ at their pets, they all obeyed. But new evidence suggests that a gentler approach might be better for our four-legged friends. The strict training methods championed by Mrs Woodhouse in the 1970s and 1980s might even do more harm than good. Trainer: When Barbara Woodhouse famously ordered dog-owners to bark 'Sit!' at their pets, they all obeyed, but new evidence suggests that a gentler approach might be better Experts say efforts to gain the upper hand over a dog could cause it mental trauma and have an impact on its long-term welfare.

A study claims pets that are trained using such ‘aversive’ techniques are far more likely to show symptoms of stress than those trained using more positive methods. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share It found that giving pets a treat as a reward for good behaviour and using a softer voice led to happier animals – and a better relationship with their owners. Famous: Mrs Woodhouse, who died in 1988 at the age of 78, became a household name with her TV series Training Dogs the Woodhouse Way The findings cast doubt on the widely used dog-training programme advocated by Mrs Woodhouse, who claimed there were ‘no bad dogs’ – only bad owners who failed to assert themselves over their pets. The research, published in the Journal of Veterinary Behaviour, involved monitoring two dog training schools working with a cross-section of breeds and ages. One relied primarily on ‘negative reinforcement’, in which pets were encouraged to perform tasks using harsh tactics such as having their collar pulled. The other school involved ‘positive reinforcement’, with dogs receiving treats or being petted, praised and played with when they obediently performed a task. The two groups were then observed undertaking simple tasks, such as being told to sit.

Sixty-five per cent of dogs trained using the negative reinforcement methods showed signs of stress – such as mouth-licking, shaking or whining – compared with just 8 per cent in the ‘positive’ group. Dogs trained with rewards were also far more likely to gaze at their owner – a sign of a healthy relationship. Dr Florence Gaunet, from Aix Marseille University in France, who led the study, told the Sunday Telegraph: ‘What we noticed is that it was bad for the relationship to be trained “negatively”. ‘These dogs were more likely to show a lower posture and more signs of stress.’ But Dr Roger Mugford, an animal psychologist and author of The Perfect Dog, said relying on ‘positive’ training could lead to spoilt and badly behaved pets. Mrs Woodhouse, who died in 1988 at the age of 78, became a household name with her TV series Training Dogs the Woodhouse Way. No Bad Dogs The Woodhouse Way, Barbara Woodhouse.

(Paperback 0671541854) Used Book available for Swap Subject: I have found a book that I think you would enjoy Search - No Bad Dogs : The Woodhouse Way No Bad Dogs The Woodhouse Way Author: Barbara Woodhouse Barbara Woodhouse, "the lady with the dogs," is already familiar to millions of Americans through the publication of her best-selling book, No Bad Dogs, her frequent appearances on such national television shows as "60 Minutes," "The Tonight Show," "Donahue," "Merv Griffin," "Good Morning America," and the syndication of her enormously popular t... more » elevision series, "Training Dogs the Woodhouse Way." There are no bad dogs, Barbara Woodhouse believes -- only inexperienced owners. She ought to know: in thirty years she has personally trained 17,000 dogs and their owners in her weekend courses, teaching perfect obedience to basic commands in only six and a half hours. In this irresistible book, Barbara Woodhouse passes on to the reader the simple, effective techniques as well as the infectious, positive attitude that have enabled her to make the most unruly or nervous dog happily obedient -- sometimes within a few minutes, as astonished television audiences can attest.

No Bad Dogs will leave every dog owner with both the skills and the indispensable attitude of love, firmness, and enthusiasm that gets results -- The Woodhouse Way. « less Post This Book The Market's bargain prices are even better for Paperbackswap club members! Retail Price: $13.99 Become a PBS member and pay $7.79+1 PBS book credit (save 44%) Please Log in to Rate these Book Reviews Sharon R. ( hazeleyes ) reviewed No Bad Dogs : The Woodhouse Way on 10/31/2010 + 331 more book reviews Amazon.com Review According to the late Barbara Woodhouse, there are no difficult dogs, only inexperienced owners. In No Bad Dogs she propounds her outspoken beliefs about dog behavior; having trained more than 17,000 dogs and their owners, Woodhouse knows of which she speaks. She isn't shy about condemning bad owners, firmly believing that dogs reflect their masters, habits and all. But this highly regarded book doesn't dwell on the negative; it suggests positive and simple training techniques for any owner and offers hope for all types of dogs, ranging from the chronically phobic to the severely jealous.

No Bad Dogs is illustrated throughout with case studies of cured canines. Product Description Barbara Woodhouse, "the lady with the dogs," is already familiar to millions of Americans through the publication of her best-selling book, No Bad Dogs, her frequent appearances on such national television shows as "60 Minutes," "The Tonight Show," "Donahue," "Merv Griffin," "Good Morning America," and the syndication of her enormously popular television series, "Training Dogs the Woodhouse Way." There are no bad dogs, Barbara Woodhouse believes -- only inexperienced owners. She ought to know: in thirty years she has personally trained 17,000 dogs and their owners in her weekend courses, teaching perfect obedience to basic commands in only six and a half hours. In this irresistible book, Barbara Woodhouse passes on to the reader the simple, effective techniques as well as the infectious, positive attitude that have enabled her to make the most unruly or nervous dog happily obedient -- sometimes within a few minutes, as astonished television audiences can attest. No Bad Dogs will leave every dog owner with both the skills and the indispensable attitude of love, firmness, and enthusiasm that gets results -- The Woodhouse Way.

About the Author Barbara Woodhouse, "the lady with the dogs," is already familiar to millions of Americans through her appearances on CBS' "60 Minutes" and the U.S. syndication of her enormously popular BBC television series, "Training Dogs the Woodhouse Way." Born in Dublin in 1910 and raised in Oxford, England, Barbara spent three years during the 1930s on a cattle ranch in Argentina where her extraordinary gift with animals enabled her to break in hundreds of wild horses. Married to Dr. Michael Woodhouse on her return to England, where they now live, Barbara has raised three children, run a farm, bred and broken horses, and trained 17,000 dogs on her famous weekend courses which teach perfect obedience to basic commands in only six and a half hours. Her Great Danes, Juno and Junia, made more than 100 film and TV appearances, and her own films, records, television series and books have earned her international popularity. Excerpt. ï¿½ Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Chapter 1 My Casebook My casebook is full of dog owners of every description.

Oversentimental owners, owners in need themselves of immediate psychiatric help, owners who never should be owners, owners who have problems but who respond immediately to help given and whose lives are thereby changed for the better. There are owners who wish to imprint their ideas on me rather than letting me imprint my ideas on them, owners who come to me when tired of their dogs and wish me to agree that I think their dogs should be put to sleep, and get downright angry when I say the dog can easily be cured of what is wrong and I attempt to do so at once. One lady drove up in a car and said her dog was impossible, fought every dog it met and would do nothing right, and her husband would only have it put to sleep if I said it was untrainable. This was a bullterrier, a breed known for its aggressive attitude toward other dogs, but in this case there was absolutely nothing wrong with the dog at all. I mixed it with other dogs, freed it with other dogs, made it stay in the "down" position for a prolonged period with other dogs, and found it a highly intelligent, highly obedient and loving animal.

I refused to comply with the lady's wish for me to write to her husband and say it was untrainable. This story had a happy ending. She took a course and learned to love the dog instead of finding it a bore, but not many cases have such happy endings. The worst cases under the title of "phobias" are those who project their own faults in character makeup onto their dogs. One lady arrived with a tiny poodle and said the dog had a terrible fear of loud noises, hated water, which the owner said was "eerie," and would not get onto a bus or a car without terror in its heart. The moment the owner stepped out of the car with a subdued husband following in the background I knew where the fault lay. I put a choke chain on the dog and walked it down the road to a site where building was going on and huge brick trucks were tipping their loads with a tremendous noise every few minutes. The dog's tail was up, she was sniffing all the exciting country scents in a typical untroubled doggy manner, and the falling bricks and huffs and puffs of compressors, etc., had not the slightest effect on her.

The next thing I did was to put dog and owners into my car and drive to a huge lake near us with "still water," which was supposed to be so "eerie" that the dog would be terrified. I let the dog off the lead and raced around with it, throwing sticks for it to retrieve, and then said, "Patty, go into the water and have a drink," which she promptly did, and paddled quite happily until I called her out and told the owner that as far as Patty was concerned there were no phobias in her life; all were in the lady's imagination and she was trying to project her own phobias about noise and eerie water into the dog's mind. On returning to my home the lady remarked to my husband, who is a doctor, that I had said she was the nut case. I hoped I had shown her who was to blame. I pointed out that with the proper choke chain, a few good jerks should the dog do anything wrong, and possibly a paddle in the lake with the dog by her, there would be no problem with the dog.

All the dog needed was healthful open-air walks, a happy outlook on the owner's part and no ideas that the dog suffered any abnormality of temperament. Two days later my choke chain came back in the mail, so I supposed that anything I had done was to be completely disregarded. I had an idea that the root of the trouble in this case was marital, not animal. Recently a man with a golden retriever drove a long; way to see me. He said the dog refused to come out of the car and pulled terribly to get back into it if ejected forcibly. The dog was terrifically fat, which made the handling of it an almost impossible feat, really needing a strong man to achieve the jerks that the dog should have on the choke chain to put sense into it.

The retriever had a short lead, a wrong thin-linked choke chain which would have hurt the dog had it been closed on the neck, and the owner's attitude on arriving at my place was "I know you can't cure this." The first thing I did was put my own thick-linked choke chain on the dog and a strong four-foot lead, open the door of the station wagon and call the dog by name, with a commanding voice and a very welcoming voice alternating. The dog just stayed lying down trembling in the car, so I got tough. I said, "Randy, come" and when I gave a very sharp downward jerk on his choke chain the dog bounced out in one leap; then I praised him and let him get back in the car. The shivering started again; I repeated this sequence three times and then took the dog for a walk. As he pulled so terribly on the lead, walks for this dog had, I was told, been impossible. The only freedom he had ever got was when his owners could get him out of the car in some safe place and let him run about, after which he would immediately head back for the car and stay shivering outside. The jerks on the choke chain did the trick.

The dog's tail rose from between its legs, he stopped pulling on the lead and when we eventually returned to the car, I opened the back and the dog jumped in and lay down. I gave the command "Randy, come," and the dog leaped out, anticipating another fun walk, which he got. After that there was never any trouble about shivering or not wanting to get out of the car. I suggested the dog be put on a diet immediately to make the effort of going for nice long walk less tiring exercise for Randy and less risk to his heart as he was three years old. The phobias I meet are very often connected with the show ring. Dogs that won't be handled by judges, men or women, and who all would be champions according to their owners if only they would stand still for examination -- not bite the judge, or stay put on a table, or keep their tails up while being looked at, or sit in the ring. This may sound like a tall order to accomplish; yet in fact it all starts with the same routine obedience. One can train dogs up to almost human standards and teach them to reason things out, which many people say is impossible.

I have proved with my own dogs many a time that dogs reason if the owners make an effort to develop their brains from the moment the dogs come into the house. I am appalled at the number of dogs whose eyes show little intelligence, whose knowledge of the meaning of words and thoughts is strangely lacking, and whose main idea is either copulation or hunting, the owner being useful only for providing the essentials of life and a home to guard. It is sad how much these owners have missed in companionship and in understanding their dog. But of course to train a dog to a high standard of intelligence as well as obedience takes almost as much time and understanding as teaching a five-year-old child the three R's. Many owners are far too unimaginative in their characters ever to achieve this standard of intelligence in their dogs. They may be too sentimental; they may abandon training too quickly with the idea that their dog doesn't like training. Dogs like training if the owners make it exciting enough. The best owners are outgoing, full of fun, yet gentle and loving as well as firm, and if necessary can appear angry if the dog transgresses.

Copyright ï¿½ 1978, 1982 by Barbara Woodhouse Trainer's Guide to How to Make Money and Influence Animals - The New York Times The New York Times N.Y. / Region |Trainer's Guide to How to Make Money and Influence Animals Search Trainer's Guide to How to Make Money and Influence Animals By ROBERTA HERSHENSON Continue reading the main story THEY ambled into class, the shaggy and the fine haired, the long nosed and the blunt nosed, the rambunctious and the timid. Taking seats on the floor, they waited quietly until the teacher began her lesso', regarding her with limpid, puppy eyes. Something about the young woman made the young dogs listen. That's why Sarah Hodgson, author, inventor, animal trainer and entrepreneur, is something of a phenomenon at the age of 29. People whip out their checkbooks in her presence, shedding $70 or $80 without a blink. They want the leash she has patented. They want the two dog-training books she published last year. Her up-beat approach is a tonic -- reassurance that families can live in harmony with their pets.

She has produced a video and publishes a column on the Internet. She wants to become a radio and television personality, a kind of Julia Child of the dog world. Ms. Hodgson is flourishing in the county, where pets in the playroom are as common as cars in the garage. A single woman who grew up in Chappaqua and graduated from Purchase College in 1994, she has earned enough from her various enterprises, which include the Cooperative Canine Corporation, a dog-training school here, to buy a house in Somers. She has also begun the Faith Hope Foundation, a nonprofit organization that uses animals to help abused children learn to give and accept affection. Although she has been training dogs for 10 years -- and paid for her college tuition with her earnings -- shrewd marketing has helped her total earnings grow to six figures. Contrary to popular wisdom, she says, dogs don't think they are human; dogs think humans are other dogs. Understanding their psychology -- and their language -- requires schooling for the owner and the animal. Continue reading the main story Cooperative Canine is organized into puppy kindergarten, grade school, high school and college classes. Ms.

Hodgson starts dogs at 3 1/2 months of age, charging $130 for each series of seven weekly group lessons (she also offers private training sessions at $80 an hour). She says no dog is too old to learn better behavior. Advertisement Continue reading the main story Classes take place at the Bedford Historical Hall, where owners are responsible for cleaning up any mishaps. The room is bright and spacious. Ms. Hodgson displayed her products on a stage at the front: the books "You and Your Puppy," co-written with the veterinarian Dr. James DeBitetto, and "Dog Perfect: The User Friendly Guide to a Well-Behaved Dog," both published last year by MacMillan; a leather training leash that she invented; training collars and other items. Questions after class are often met with a recommendation to "buy my book," and the pet owners seem eager to oblige. Ms. Hodgson stood at the door like a schoolmarm of old to welcome nine puppies to a recent kindergarten class. It was the first session of a new semester, and the dogs sniffed the floor and each other with curiosity.

When everyone was seated and quiet -- the golden retriever and the Bernese mountain dog, the bearded collie and the three black Labrador retrievers, the miniature French hare hound, bichon frise and springer spaniel -- Ms. Hodgson did something surprising. "Let your dog off the leash, and then pet any dog that's not your own," she said, explaining that the puppies needed to socialize and see their owners interact with other dogs. Please verify you're not a robot by clicking the box. Invalid email address. Please re-enter. You must select a newsletter to subscribe to. Sign Up Privacy Policy Some of the dogs ran exuberantly around the room, but there was no snarling or nipping. The springer spaniel played leapfrog with every dog in her path. The miniature French hare hound, a long-haired puppy with sad eyes, looked bewildered. The exercise also helped Ms. Hodgson identify unusually nervous or shy dogs. After five minutes of chaos, the puppies settled down. Their leashes were refastened, and instruction began. Choosing one of the dogs, Ms. Hodgson gave a lesson on teaching a dog to heel.

The demonstration was impressive; the dog learned quickly from her clear signals -- calling his name and bending her knees just before she sharply turned and pulled on his choke collar -- to walk where she walked. Next she showed how to keep a dog from raiding a garbage can. You don't yell at the dog after finding trash strewn around, she said, nor do you yell at him as he begins to sniff the can. Instead, you yell at the garbage can itself. You can even hit the garbage can when the dog shows an interest in it. "Bad garbage can," Ms. Hodgson said angrily, speaking directly to the can as the puppies looked on curiously. This teaches the dog without scaring him," she said. Ms. Hodgson said she grew close to animals during a childhood she described as confused. "I liked to talk to animals," she said in an interview. "I've always been able to tell what a dog or cat is thinking." She is training a cat to perform on television and is working on a cat-training book. Ms. Hodgson has also patented a safety leash, which can be attached to a car's seat belt.

Her video, "Sarah Hodgson's Teaching Lead Method," is for sale on the QVC network, and MacMillan w'll release a third book, "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Choosing, Raising and Training a Dog," this spring. She is also seeking an agent and pressing for her own television show, much like the one the late Barbara Woodhouse became famous for in England. What is the biggest mistake dog owners make? "They think the dog's a human," she said. "They discipline far too much. It's a dog. You've got to put things into perspective here." Training dogs the Woodhouse Way 'makes them more aggressive' | Daily Mail Online Training dogs the Woodhouse Way 'makes them more aggressive' When Barbara Woodhouse ordered us to bark out ‘sit’ or ‘walkies’, we all obeyed. But perhaps we shouldn’t have followed her lead so faithfully. Experts now believe that ‘ dominance’ dog training methods championed by Mrs Woodhouse in the 1980s do more harm than good. Efforts to gain the upper hand could actually cause aggressive behaviour, they said. Sit!

The way Barbara Woodhouse trained dogs (above) could make them anxious The late Mrs Woodhouse became a household name with her TV series Training Dogs the Woodhouse Way. She famously said that there were ‘no bad dogs’, only owners who lacked experience at asserting the pecking order. Her ideas have been carried on by those such as Victoria Stilwell, who presented the family and pet counselling show It’s Me or the Dog on Channel 4. But the researchers at the University of Bristol rubbished the idea that dogs always try to assert dominance over a canine or human ‘pack’. Therefore forceful control by owners simply frightens animals and leads to anxiety, they said. The team spent six months studying interaction at a Dogs Trust re-homing centre and re-analysing data from studies of wild dogs. Dr Rachel Casey, senior lecturer in Companion Animal Behaviour and Welfare, said: ‘In our referral clinic we very often see dogs which have learned to show aggression to avoid anticipated punishment. ‘Owners are often horrified when we explain that their dog is terrified of them and is showing aggression because of the techniques they have used.

But it’s not their fault when they have been advised to do so, or watched unqualified “ behaviourists” recommending such techniques on TV.’ The team said that pinning a dog to the floor, grabbing its jowls or blasting hooters could make the animal anxious. And having owners eat before their dog or go through doors first does not influence a dog’s perception of its relationship with the person, according to the study published in the Journal of Veterinary Behaviour, Clinical Applications and Research. Dr Casey said: ‘ The blanket assumption that every dog is motivated by some innate desire to control people and other dogs is frankly ridiculous. ‘It hugely underestimates the complex communicative and learning abilities of dogs.’ Dogs Trust veterinary director Chris Laurence added: ‘We can tell when a dog comes in to us which has been subjected to the “ dominance reduction technique” so beloved of TV dog trainers. ‘They can be very fearful, which can lead to aggression towards people.

Sadly, many techniques used to teach a dog that his owner is leader of the pack are counter-productive.’ 9780671449629: No Bad Dogs: The Woodhouse Way - AbeBooks - Woodhouse, Barbara: 0671449621 Woodhouse, Barbara ISBN 10: 0671449621 ISBN 13: 9780671449629 Publisher: Summit Books, 1982 About this title Barbara Woodhouse, "the lady with the dogs," is already familiar to millions of Americans through the publication of her best-selling book, No Bad Dogs, her frequent appearances on such national television shows as "60 Minutes," "The Tonight Show," "Donahue," "Merv Griffin," "Good Morning America," and the syndication of her enormously popular television series, "Training Dogs the Woodhouse Way." There are no bad dogs, Barbara Woodhouse believes -- only inexperienced owners.

She ought to know: in thirty years she has personally trained 17,000 dogs and their owners in her weekend courses, teaching perfect obedience to basic commands in only six and a half hours. In this irresistible book, Barbara Woodhouse passes on to the reader the simple, effective techniques as well as the infectious, positive attitude that have enabled her to make the most unruly or nervous dog happily obedient -- sometimes within a few minutes, as astonished television audiences can attest. No Bad Dogs will leave every dog owner with both the skills and the indispensable attitude of love, firmness, and enthusiasm that gets results -- The Woodhouse Way. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Review: According to the late Barbara Woodhouse, there are no difficult dogs, only inexperienced owners. In No Bad Dogs she propounds her outspoken beliefs about dog behavior; having trained more than 17,000 dogs and their owners, Woodhouse knows of which she speaks. She isn't shy about condemning bad owners, firmly believing that dogs reflect their masters, habits and all.

But this highly regarded book doesn't dwell on the negative; it suggests positive and simple training techniques for any owner and offers hope for all types of dogs, ranging from the chronically phobic to the severely jealous. No Bad Dogs is illustrated throughout with case studies of cured canines. About the Author: Barbara Woodhouse, "the lady with the dogs," is already familiar to millions of Americans through her appearances on CBS' "60 Minutes" and the U.S. syndication of her enormously popular BBC television series, "Training Dogs the Woodhouse Way." Born in Dublin in 1910 and raised in Oxford, England, Barbara spent three years during the 1930s on a cattle ranch in Argentina where her extraordinary gift with animals enabled her to break in hundreds of wild horses. Married to Dr. Michael Woodhouse on her return to England, where they now live, Barbara has raised three children, run a farm, bred and broken horses, and trained 17,000 dogs on her famous weekend courses which teach perfect obedience to basic commands in only six and a half hours.

Her Great Danes, Juno and Junia, made more than 100 film and TV appearances, and her own films, records, television series and books have earned her international popularity. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. Ceaser Millan is he a good guy or a bad guy? | David The Dogman Ceaser Millan is he a good guy or a bad guy? by David The Dogman | Jul 7, 2016 | Dog Articles Ceaser Millan is he a good guy or a bad guy? I have been involved in dog training for over 55 years during which time I have used methods that I was taught in the Israeli Police and some which I invented for my own working systems. All those involved in the UK canine industry really have to thank the late Barbara Woodhouse who in the 1960s/70s introduced dog training with her famous phrase â€˜Walkiesâ€™ and in my opinion Barbara a pioneer was a passive trainer.

Prior to Barbara Woodhouse 90% of dogs were yard /garden dogs living outside in Kennels During the eighties Roger Mugford a renowned Zoologist introduced the head collar called the â€˜Haltiâ€™ which was a new method of controlling dogs to walk to heel similar to a horse Halter. Many in the industry including myself laughed at the idea of walking a dog on a head collar. Like everything in life there is progress the Halti was a new ethos into the canine training industry as a result more passive ways were introduced by John Rogerson, John Fisher, Annette Conn, Peter Neville and many others including myself where I introduced free socialisation. Over the past 25 years there have been many new concepts and studies and as a result more positive reinforcement training has been used to educate people who have pets. We now know through studies that dogs are not pack animals! It has been proven that many of their genes are not that of a pack animal. There are no pack rules, we should raise dogs as we raise children, and our dogs should also go to a school. We do not use the word pack as a group of dogs is a collection, there is no hierarchy.

I have been aware of the type of training methods used by Ceaser Milan the Mexican from the USA who has many TV shows which includes using electric collars and tapping the dogs body with the foot which appears to people as if he is kicking the dog. Ceaser punches and uses spike collars if required. His system unfortunately like many trainers is now completely out of date and as he himself states he is self-taught which in my opinion is dangerous. In the The Mail on Sunday, Cesar robustly defends his methods. â€˜I am not brutal or cruel to animalsâ€™ he insists. â€˜My mission has always been to save dogs â€˜ especially troubled and abandoned dogs. I have dedicated my life to this. My new TV series is all about saving shelter dogs and rehabilitating them so they can be adopted by good families. Cesar insists he uses the more controversial techniques only on what he calls red-zone animals: aggressive and abandoned dogs who could never be re-homed without proper training. He says he never hurts the animals, only touches them lightly.

But he also says that spike chokers and electrical devices Ëœmay be helpfulâ€™ On his website, Cesar says that an electronic dog collar is the most successful at stopping unwanted barking, but says owners should seek expert advice before using them. He says: I use many techniques to rehabilitate dogs. In extreme cases by which I mean cases where I am the last resort before a dog is put down â€˜ these tools may be helpful. But they are just one of many techniquesâ€™. I would further comment that when I ran schools many owners would inform me that they had seen on the TV Ceaser perform some task which nly took a few minutes! I was asked â€˜If Ceaser can do this in a few minutes ,why canâ€™t weâ€™? The answer was simple â€˜Three minutes filming can take three hours or more! I am from the old school and pleased that 25 years ago I took further various courses in London with John Fisher and Annette Conn and others and also attended many training schools in the UK and USA the result of which advanced and educated me to progress and use modern methods which includes using a head collar and never any punishment.

It is sad that many that have retired from the Police Services as dog handlers do not address the issue that training and working with pet owners is a different ball game. Any form of aggression used towards an aggressive animal results in a negative causing so many problems. Now another new approach is the Teddington Touch known as the TTouch which Sarah Fisher uses this can be seen on the Internet thisd certainly gives excellent results. In conclusion lately a term being used in Spain is â€˜ Force Free Trainingâ€™ this expression stems from the USA and literally means passive training which most trainers have been using for years. Sharing is caring ! The most famous dogs in history - Bluffer's Sports & hobbies Close Choose any 3 of our 30 titles and get them for the price of 2! Delivered in a shiny gift box! The most famous dogs in history Not only have dogs bluffed their way into our households, they’ve also successfully pawed their way into our entertainment schedules. You can’t fail to admire the canine cunning that persuaded mankind to call a popular 30-year-long British television show containing more sheep than the human population of New Zealand, One Man and his Dog.

And, just like the real world, our fictional characters have needed a faithful companion at their side. Where would Dr Who have been without his K9? Would Wallace have ever made it to our screens without Gromit? How many people would still be languishing at the bottom of mine shafts without Lassie? And what about all the schoolchildren around the world who might have grown up not knowing that every Shaggy needs a Scooby Doo? Greyfriars Bobby The knowledgeable bluffer will recall that John Gray was originally a gardener when he arrived in nineteenth century Edinburgh, but finding that gardening work during an Edinburgh winter was hard to come by he found himself obliged to look for alternative employment. So ‘Auld Jock’, as he became known, sought work in the local police force instead. Paid 13 shillings a week, Auld Jock’s beat included the Grassmarket and Greyfriars Kirk areas of Edinburgh, a notorious haunt for criminals at the time. Policemen, or bobbies, were required to have a watchdog, and Auld Jock chose a six-month-old Skye terrier.

Then came the duty of naming him and, because he was a police dog, Auld Jock settled on the name Bobby, which might not have been terribly original at the time, but came to be synonymous with one of the most famous dogs in history. Together, Auld Jock and Bobby made a successful team, policing their Edinburgh district for over five years. But in October 1857, Jock developed tuberculosis. As winter progressed, the auld boy deteriorated, and on 8 February 1858 he died at home with Bobby at his feet. Auld Jock was buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard and, despite dogs not being allowed in the graveyard, Bobby was in attendance. The following day the graveyard’s keeper, James Brown, found Bobby lying atop Auld Jock’s grave. He chased the dog away, but the next morning, he found him lying on the grave again. Brown chased him away once more, but the loyal and determined terrier was back on his master’s grave 24 hours later. Eventually Brown took pity on Bobby and allowed him to stay, feeding him from time to time.

The graveyard became Bobby’s new home, and whatever the weather, he would lie on Auld Jock’s grave, something he continued to do until his own death, 14 years later on 14 January 1872. This act of loyalty and devotion has gone down in history, and is now commemorated in Edinburgh with a plaque on Greyfriars Place, a statue (with fountain), and even a pub called Greyfriars Bobby’s Bar in Candlemaker Row. Anybody who aspires to bluff on the subject of dogs and canine behaviour will sniff out a few inconsistencies in this bit of old hokum. Cemetery dogs, as they were known, were popular in the late nineteenth century when, in France particularly, people travelled vast distances to feed the dogs they believed were being loyal to their dead masters. Cemetery keepers sometimes brought in dogs to attract such tourists, and if one were to die they would quickly find a replacement. This probably explains why there are differences in the many contemporary purported images of Greyfriars Bobby.

Should you find yourself outside the entrance to Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh, remember to pat Bobby’s statue, and congratulate him on a good job well done, for he was truly a remarkable dog in many ways. After all, when you know the average life expectancy of a Skye terrier is 12 years, it doesn’t take long to do the maths. If Bobby was six months old when Auld Jock acquired him, and then worked as a watchdog for five years, before lying on Auld Jock’s grave for a further 14 years, he defied most of the rules regarding his breed’s longevity. Gelert When Llywelyn the Great (of Wales) married Joan, daughter of King John of England, one of the King’s gifts to the happy couple was a dog called Gelert. Descriptions suggest that Gelert may have been an Irish wolfhound, which is certainly plausible, for these dogs were known for their gentle temperament with children. But they were also capable of seeing off a wolf in a fair fight, and in those days there were quite a lot of wolves around.

One day, when Llewellyn returned from a hunt, Gelert came bounding up to him, his tail wagging, but with blood all around his muzzle. Dashing into his shelter, Llewellyn found his son’s crib upturned and the baby nowhere to be seen. Convinced Gelert had killed his son, Llewellyn drew his sword and plunged it into Gelert’s body. At the same moment Llewellyn heard a baby cry and on searching the shelter found his son, safe and well, with the body of a dead wolf nearby. Realising that Gelert had killed the wolf that had threatened his son, he was filled with remorse and buried Gelert in a grand ceremony. Today, people still flock to see Gelert’s grave, in the small Welsh village of Beddgelert. The sceptical bluffer might sniff the tell-tale signs of yet another load of old hokey, especially when they learn that Gelert’s memorial was erected circa 1802 by one David Pritchard, proprietor of the nearby Beddgelert Hotel.

Recognising a marketing opportunity when he saw one, Pritchard revived and partly reinvented the story of Gelert and created the grave in an attempt to encourage tourism. His entrepreneurial bent clearly extends beyond his own grave. These days he is reputed to haunt the hotel (now known as the Royal Goat Hotel). Laika Laika is possibly one of the world’s most famous stray dogs, for had she not been roaming the streets of 1950s Moscow, she would not have been picked up and trained to become the first living creature to orbit the earth. The hapless hound was catapulted into the stratosphere some 1,600 km above the earth, in a cone-shaped vessel which completed one orbit of the earth every one hour and 42 minutes, giving her an average speed of 18,000 miles per hour. She entered orbit on 3 November 1957, causing uproar when it was revealed that there were no plans to bring her back down to earth again. Clearly, the Russians had failed to gauge public opinion. The majority of people weren’t too fussy about fellow humans dying in space, but harming dumb animals was a step too far.

Sputnik 2 orbited the Earth 2,570 times before falling back to Earth on 14 April 1958, burning up on re-entry, by which time Laika was already well and truly dead. While she was the first, she was not the only dog to enter space. Between 1957 and 1966, the USSR sent 13 dogs into orbit. One dog, Strelka, orbited the Earth 18 times (along with a handful of mice, a couple of rats, and some plants) in August 1960 and became the first living creature to return to Earth safely. She later went on to give birth to a healthy litter of puppies, one of whom was called Fluffy and given to President John F Kennedy’s daughter, Caroline, as a gift by USSR President Nikita Krushchev. Fluffy went on to mate with one of the Kennedy’s other dogs, producing a healthy litter of four puppies, which JFK jokingly referred to as ‘pupniks’. Dog bluffers really need to know this sort of thing. Pal Pal became the most famous screen dog in history when he won the coveted role of Lassie.

Although he had earlier auditioned for the role, the job was given to a female prize-winning collie, and Pal was taken on as a stunt dog. During a particularly difficult stunt, Pal’s performance was so good the film company shot the footage in one take, and decided to award him the main part. The film was a huge success leading to many more films and television spin-offs. When Pal retired, the role of Lassie was filled by his direct descendants (of which there were many). There can’t be that many film stars who’ve been able to secure work for the next 10 generations. (Bluffing note: while Lassie was female, Pal and his descendants who played her were exclusively male.) Shepton Dash Despite being an Old English sheepdog, the paint company Dulux first used this iconic symbol of Englishness in a black-and-white TV Australian advertising campaign in the 1960s. The first Dulux dog was Shepton Dash, who retained the role for eight years before handing the baton on to Fernville Lord Digby, who became such a star that he was collected by a chauffeur and driven to the studios.

Digby was trained by the abrasive TV personality Barbara Woodhouse, and even starred in his own film, Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World with Jim Dale and Spike Milligan in 1973. Apart from Shepton Dash, all of Dulux’s dogs have been breed champions. Equality arrived in the 1990s when the first female Dulux dog appeared on screen. On set, dogs were called by their pet names, rather than their official Kennel Club names. In order of appearance, these were Dash, Digby, Duke, Tanya, Pickle, and Spud. You never know when this information might come in useful. barbara woodhouse : definition of barbara woodhouse and synonyms of barbara woodhouse (English) 5 External links Life Barbara Woodhouse was born May 9, 1910 in Rathfarnham , Ireland to a prosperous Anglo-Irish family and grew up in Dublin. When her schoolmaster father died in 1919, her mother moved the family to Headington in Oxford , Woodhouse attended Headington School there. She was the only woman student at the Harper Adams Agricultural College in Shropshire .

After returning to Oxford to start Headington Riding School and Boarding Kennels , she spent more than three years in Argentina training horses. In the 1930s, Woodhouse became a dog breeder and ran kennels until about 1960. She first appeared on TV as a contestant on What's My Line where the panelists failed to identify her occupation. She also appeared on CBS 60 minutes . She wrote many books including her autobiography Talking to Animals and the A-Z of Dogs and Puppies. No Bad Dogs was her most popular and well-known book. She married Dr. Michael Woodhouse in 1940 and moved to Wiltshire . They had three children, Pamela, Patrick and Judith. She died on July 9, 1988 following a stroke. Television series

Question: The late author and television personality Barbara Woodhouse was famous for training which animals?
Answer: Dogs