FREE Wits' End Training Method Manual

The Amazing Puppy Wizard is the cognomen of a dog behaviorist, Jerry Howe, of Orlando, Fl.  Howe's primary teaching is that dogs deserve unconditional love, respect, and attention and that by providing these emotional needs dogs will regulate their own behavior.

Howe is bombastically antagonistic to rewarders, but he is aggressively hostile to punishers - he refers antagonists to B.F. Skinner, Mary Cover Jones, and J.B. Watson and especially to Samuel A. Corson when they mistakenly annunciate behavioral principles to support their use of punishment.

Punishment always deranges behavior,
says Skinner, Jones, Watson, Corson
and
Jerry Howe!

Howe developed a sonic device which calms dogs and has been broadly tested in a wide range of different situations.

The present author is a Who's Who recognized psychologist who was asked to evaluate Howe's device by a former student.

Howe provided the author with a device, without charge, and said device worked
as reported.

George von Hilsheimer, Ph.D., F.R.S.H. Then cross reference to Jerry Howe, etc.

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Show Dog Bark Wrote:
Date:  Mon, Oct 3 2005

Hi Jerry,

It is now 1:30 A.M. and I just finished reading your manual. Of course I will need to read it many more times in order to apply the techniques when I get a dog.

    I found it even better than I thought it would be and I had high expectations for it.
It is absolutely new, original,
TOTALLY
overdue for the world to learn about to stop
all the violence, fear and abuse.

 It is interesting how they have us in a
SPELL
(source peoples emotional language legacy)
and even with the best of intentions while doing these awful techniques
that feel violent and inside the heart recoils from doing them,
there is the little voice that say's
'But it is for the dog's good'
and so I have to get tough
and not be a sissy
and give in to the horror I am seeing
in the dog
and feeling that in my moral compass
this feels wrong,
and yet continue to betray myself
and the dog
because all the "experts"
who say they love dogs
ALL
agree that I must do this
and what do I know,
they say they love dogs
they are " love covered in fur"
as Uncle Matty say's.

He loves dogs to say this so I must be too soft hearted
to recoil from what obviously
is my duty toward the dog.

You really broke the spell for me.

It is ground breaking work and I am exited to absorb it
as in the first reading there are so many
oh wow moments
that the exercises need to be studied
at another time
as the impact of the first reading makes it
so mind altering
that the emotional response of
FINALLY SOME SANITY
is so strong that the details of
'the how to do it
needs for me to be studied later
many times
to internalize it so it is done correctly.

Thank you for the amazing manual. Go jolly,

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Subject: Fear Of Thunder

 "Dan Moore" <mooret...@worldnet.att.net>
wrote in message news:fS2Lc.114567$OB3.42357@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net.

Tracy,

What worked for me, in just one storm,
was to praise the dog after each clap
of thunder, telling him he's a Good Dog!

This is an almost 13 year old Doberman, BTW.

The next time it thundered, he did not even
react at all--you could not tell it was the same
dog as before.

There was more thunder just the other day,
and same thing, nada, nothing, zilch, no
cowering, whimpering, trying to hide at all,
it was that simple.

I got this idea from Jerry Howe, who might seem
to be a "wild and crazy" character, but his
non-abusive
way of handling dogs
WORKS.

Wonderfully.

Praise.

It's that simple.

Juanita

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From: lucyaa...@claque.net
Date: 25 May 2005
Subject: Re:
Should I take the 'Puppy Wizard' seriously?

And yet, I can tell you
from first hand experience
that this claim is justified
(except the part about "sitting naked",
for which we have to take
The Amazing Puppy Wizard's word)
in the case of two dogs who are living
half the world away from him -
-MY two dogs.

For instance, he told me exactly
what to do
when Bonnie wasbarking with excitement
as someone she loved was arriving,
and his advice worked... like magic!

Also, his advice about how to deal
with her fear of thunder
was the ONLY thing

 that could calm her down.

Lucy.

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Here's a trainer of 30 years experience:

From: BNTDOBES@aol.com
To: jho...@bellsouth.net
Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 

Subject: Re: THANKS ALISON! - 
"Owners Should Always Be Given
The Cold, Hard Facts:
They Should  NEVER FEEL GUILTY
For Having An Aggressive Dog Euthanized."

Dear Jerry,

It's Kay here.

I don't know who these people are that maligning
you
and your training manual
but tell them from me that
it does work.

Hunter is just doing so well even the people
who advocated putting him down
are impressed with him.

I even started using it with the neighbor's dog.

I went over there to help her cut his nails.
She started yelling at him for growling at me.
I told her to tell him what a good boy he is instead.

Lo and behold he stopped growling and
I could do his nails.

All 4 feet.

My dog Hunter was trained with
the old jerk and pull method
and my other dog was trained with treats.

Hunter has gotten his enthusiasm back
for his training
 and I couldn't be more pleased.

He even tried to kiss a child the other day.

Major break through.

This is the dog that a few months ago tried to eat the kids through the fence.
I can now take him in the car with me again without him trying to chase cars
through the windshield.

So Jerry tell these people that the first
rule of dog training is

Do No Harm.

The 2nd rule is whatever works
without breaking the first rule.

Aggressive dogs don't need to be put down.

Hunter was diagnosed aggressive
and he is going to stay alive
and by my side where he belongs.

Thank you so much.

Kay

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 Chris Williams writes:

"The FREE Wits' End Dog Training Method manual I do find valuable. Much of it I recognize as what I've always done without thinking of it as "training". New stuff, I've used. His anchoring technique erased the last of Mac's fireworks trauma,"

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From: k9apple@webtv.net (Chris Williams) -
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001

Subject: Re: thunder desensitizing

  This thread makes one realize the problem is individual and varied. Makes me realize I didn't have it so bad. (Gawd, Ann.  How rotten for you and Sligo!)

  I'm grateful to have just found this ng when Mac was traumatized by fireworks, because, unlike Solo,

> Thunderclaps set Solo off,

 he began to chain fears - fireworks to storms to hammering
to car doors slamming. 
Because of this group I was able to act immediately,
which I think is important, and we
began to work our way back through them.

  A big help was Jerry Howe's
"anchoring" technique.

 I chose Mac's mismatched flopped-over ear. 

It's kind of funny now.

When he hears thunder or the kind of noise that panicked him,
his only response is to twitch that ear himself.

Fear Of Thunder IS CAUSED BY Mishandling

LIKE THIS:

    "Well, Jack Did Hit My Dog.
Actually I'd Call It
    A Sharp Tap Of The Crook To The Nose.
I Know Jack
    Wouldn't Have Done It If He Thought
Solo Couldn't Take It. 
I Still Crate Him Because Otherwise
I Fear He Might Eat My Cat,"

Melanie Lee Chang *
mchang@lppi.ucsf.edu
  Canine Behavioral Genetics Project
 University of California, San Francisco
 http://psych.ucsf.edu/K9BehavioralGenetics/

professora melanie Worked With Solo
Under The CONSTANT And Careful Instruction
And Anti-Psychotic Medications
Of
dra. karen overall
Of The UofPA
Department Of Psychiatry
And
Small Animal Behavior Clinic,
UNSUCCESSFULLY
For FIVE YEARS.

Solo REMAINS Man Shy / Fear Aggressive,
HYPERACTIVE,
And
Afraid Of Thunder.

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AIMEE
From: AIMEE (countrygirl0...@yahoo.com)
Subject: House training and such...
Date: 2003-10-08

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 in front 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

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From: AIMEE (countrygirl0...@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.



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"Anthony Testa" <testa52>
wrote in message

We came home to almost $1,000 in damage.
Furniture, the blinds were all chewed and torn down, etc.

The next day we put her in the crate again.

This time we came home to a nice 2' x 3' hole in our carpet
in the middle of the living room, right down to the cement.

I told my wife that we cannot afford
to keep this dog.
We should go out and get a puppy

<SNIP>

First, at no cost he sent us his manual.
We started doing exactly what he said to do in the manual.

Exactly as we did was was written,
the results were
exactly as he said it would be.
Then we purchased the DDR.

This is an amazing god send to us.

First of all, Jerry sent it to us without paying.
(thanks for that gesture)
This has such and AMAZING effect.

This testimonial is kind of  winded so I will say this......

Jerry's product literally saved this dogs life.

Angel can be left alone during the day.

NO CRATE.

The dog shows absolutely
no sign of anxiety
at all.

Jerry told us the product works immediately and it did!

She does not bark at all during the day
except when the mailman drops mail into the slot on the door.

The manual for training works
exactly as it says!

<SNIP>

Jerry, after reading some of the threads
in the news group,
I can't for the life of me understand why
this many people
are so dang blind or ignorant.

You just keep plugging away at what you do,
because you my friend are a life saver!!!

Anytime you need someone to speak about the results of your product,
you have my number.
We would galdly talk to them.

Thank you very much for all your help.

God bless you...

Anthony & Linda Testa
Jacksonville, Florida

The REASON "dog lovers"
FEAR And HATE
The Simply Amazing Puppy Wizard
And
HIS FREE MANUAL IS,
It
IDENTIFIES, EXXXPOSES And DISCREDITS
Them, Their Veterinarians, And Trainers,
AS
DOG ABUSERS.

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From: Chris Williams (k9ap...@webtv.net)
Subject: Re: Thank you Jerry Howe
Date: 2002-03-26 

Engrossing account, Anthony.  Our best to Angel and your family.

A friend, who socializes the kittens I've taken from a feral cat colony,
is using the DDR.

She reports far fewer panic problems than she's had before.

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From: lucyaa...@claque.net
Date: 22 May 2005
Subject: Re: My lab seems to get targeted at the dog park

dinglejingl...@yahoo.com wrote:
> Anyone else have an opinion?

I'm not a trainer and my experience
is limited to my two dogs,
so take it for what it's worth.

As someone who had to deal with a puppy
who had his own ideas about what was
and what wasn't "proper behavior",
I was very happy to find
The Amazing Puppy Wizard's
dog training method.

It is a method that is gentle to the dog,
very easy to apply
and it has been working wonderfully
with both my dogs,
giving practically instant results.

It was as if I had been given the "key"
to understanding and
controlling my puppy's behavior:
suddenly, he was istening to me,
doing what I was asking him to do,
instead of constantly opposing me.

It also worked with some issues
my older dog had, too
-her fear of thunder,
her barking
and her aggression
towards another female dog.

Don't let either the first impression about
the "weirdness" of
The Amazing Puppy Wizard,
or the regulars' negative opinion of him
(there's a long history behind it)
deter you from at least reading the manual
and deciding for yourself if you want to try it or not.

I wish all the best to you and your dog.

Lucy

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BlueMoon wrote:

Hello Mean Old Crab (aka blackvomit aka
jim tindale,
Mormon Missionary /
Doggy Funeral Director),

Well, I'd take your advice and go thru the killfile as you have recommended
but Jerry's system Is WORKING wonders
with these two puppies
in a matter of days.

He may be abusive and short-tempered with some people out there because,
quite frankly, I think he cares more about the dogs
than the owner's feelings
and feels so strongly about it,
it's aggravating to have "experts"
discount his methods.

My husband just got back from taking these 15 week old pups for a walk,
who now respond remarkably well to the
"Zena-Zoey-sit-good-girl!" phrase now
when only said once
no matter where they are.

They also respond to the
come here command.
We trained them (granted, out of order
of the instructions
with the pennies in the cans
only two days ago
to come to us when called.

I've since backtracked to do the exercises
in the proper order.

They are calm and well-behaved and impress the Hell
out of anyone who sees them.
"You're kidding, they're only
14 weeks old and they are THAT well behaved?"

Yessiree Bob, they are, and we've only had
them for 12 days
and have been training them
(correctly) for 3 days.

We still have more training exercises to do,
but why fix something if it's not broken????

These dogs are happy, we don't have to
yell at or scold them,
they are learning to be secure and to
pay attention to us
for approval and not out of fear.

I can only assume some might be threatened by this manual's methods
because it goes against all human logic
on how to train a dog.

It certainly didn't make any sense to me,
but I thought what the heck,
try it (even tho I still have to remind myself what to do
because my previous limited experiences
with dog training were
SO DIFFERENT
to the point that I almost felt like
I needed to take my brain out of my head
and put it back in backwards!!!....

BUT THE SYSTEM WORKS!!!

How in the world could someone just
"make something up" and it WORK????

My husband was very doubtful about this method
when I told him I wanted to try this.
His dad was a vet,
and certainly didn't use these methods
with the parade of dogs they had as kids.

But now even HE has to admit
we're doing something right here,
as our stress and frustration levels
have lowered
and EVERYONE is much happier around here,
especially the dogs!

I really don't think people are used to
the notion
that you can  train a dog and it
NOT be
stressful or difficult.

It's easy IF you do it just like
the manual says.

It might be easier for some to NOT do it now
and go with the concept of control
rather than respect and understanding,
because that's the way WE
are used to thinking
and heaven forbid WE change OUR way
of thinking
and admit we've done some
counterproductive things in the past,
right?

The results I'm seeing here
with these puppies
speaks volumes
and discounts what anyone tells me otherwise.

This Wit's End manual is now in a binder and we're sticking with it.

BlueMoon

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"nesskay" <> wrote in message news:1156529540.182250.183510@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...

It has been a couple of months since we have initiated
Jerry Howe's recommendations
for resolving the separation anxiety
in our chocolate lab.

We have seen remarkable results.

She can now be left on our houseboat and we can return
with  all of the wood trim and/or blinds intact.

Before we spoke with Jerry and started the training,
we could not leave her
without her barking in a high pitch incessantly.

I had resorted to "building her a pen"
with pieces of chair railing,
putting chairs in front of windows,
and moving the bed so that she could not
get to the blind (again!).

It would take about 10-15 minutes
of planning
and moving things before we could leave.

Even with that,
she would find something to destroy.

We NOW use the surrogate toy method
and can go out, shop, go to dinner
or whatever,
without any problems.

 She is glad to see us when we return,
but no longer frantic.

 I am so happy that this seems to be
the norm now.

Another problem that we had with her was
although she would not destroy the house,
she would leave us runny poop
in several places.
(kind of the same as destroy I guess).

I tried to blame this on her diet,
but realized that her anxiety level was
so high
that she just had no control.

Now, the only time that she has done that
is when she devoured a diaper from the trash!!!

Jerry's methods work.

I found him by typing in separation anxiety+orlando florida into Google,
otherwise I don't want to speculate
what could have happened with Amelia.

We were at our Wit's End!!!!!!

Thanks so much Jerry.

We have given your URL to everyone we know with a dog.

Your methods work.

The others that we tried did not.
It is that simple!

Thank you, Thank you Thank you!

Nancy and Amelia

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From: Mike (m.bidd...@ns.sympatico.ca)
Subject: Re: Info. on the puppy wizard?
Date: 2004-07-15

Alan,

The puppy wizard calls it as he sees it.

He isn't PC and that pisses people off.

The fact is that I have used his FREE methods and they DO in fact work.

What a crock of shit relating his methods
to a science experiment.

Yes, the man is a cross posting menace
and has proly smoked
too many batts in his day
but he has the canine species
best interest at heart
and doesn't profit from his point of view.

He is a selfless advocate for dogs
and that's enough for me
to respect the man
no matter how controversial he gets.

Oh, and did I mention his methods work,
ya nuff said.

Mike

From: Mike (m.bidd...@ns.sympatico.ca)
Subject: Re: Info. on the puppy wizard?
Date: 2004-07-18

> Ok Mike which part worked for you?

It helped clear problems from my dogs
in the field
using the can penny distraction technique.

Works like a charm.

My dogs get distracted easy from their jobs ie,
retrieving or training to find lost people,
oh did I mention that I am a Search and Rescue
Team Leader.

Sorry that slipped my mind.

I have read volumes of training books
and don't know where people get that
Jerry copied others work
as I have NEVER come across
his methods before.

I would like to see proof.

Just like Jerry outlined I eliminated problems
one at at time as they arose.
I used to try and train to the way
I wanted them
but this is backward,
you train out the problems
leaving what you want left over.

Funny part is the second dog
who had the same problems as the other
didn't need correcting
for some of his habits
after I cleared it from the first dog.

Seemed he learned through osmosis.

Nice side benefit there.

It nearly came to giving them up
to a 3rd party trainer
as they were not performing well.

The VAST majority of working dog trainers
are agressive in their actions with the dogs.

I tried it and it didn't work and guess what?
I was at my "Whits End"
then someone I knew turned me onto Jerry
and the rest is history.

I referred friends and families
to Jerry's manual
and all have had great results.

Starting puppies out on
the distraction technique
is especially good because
they never develop the habit.

I had my sisters dog
healing, sitting and down stay
reliably at 8-9 weeks.

The first night home following Jerrys advice
we ditched the crate
and put the pup on the floor
beside the bed and after 2 whimpers
NOT A SOUND OUT OF THAT DOG
FOR 6 HRS!

First night, that has never happened
in all my days.

Sorry, the man understands dogs.

It's that simple. Mike

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Larry is a scientist holding degrees
in two fields,
statistical mathematics and biology
and has studied all the training methods
and talked personally to all the
notoriHOWES EXXXPERTS
in the industry:

      From: TooCool (larrymale@hotmail.com)
   The Puppy Wizard's Wits End Training Method

I have studied canine behavior
and dog training for years.
I have a huge library that covers
every system of training.

The Puppy Wizard's (Jerry Howe's)
Wits' End Training Method
is by far
the most scientific, the most advanced,
the kindest, the quickest
and the most effective
training method yet discovered.

It is not an assortment of training
tips and tricks;
it is a logically consistent system.

Every behavior problem
and every obedience skill
is treated in the same
logically consistent manner.

Please study his manual carefully.

Please endeavor to understand
the basis of his system
and please follow his directions exactly.

His manual is a masterpiece.

It is dense with theory, with explanation,
with detailed descriptions
about why behavior problems occur
and how their solution
should be approached.

One should not pick and choose
from among his methods
based upon what you personally
like or dislike.

His is not a bag of tricks
but a complete and integrated system
for not only training a dog
but for raising a loving companion.

When I once said to Jerry
that his system creates for you the dog
of your dreams,
his response was
that it produces for your dog
the owner of his dreams.

You see, Jerry has discovered that
if you are gentle with your dog
then he will be gentle with you,

if you praise your dog every time
he looks at you,
then you will become the center
of your dogs world,

if you use Jerry's sound distraction
with praise,
then it takes just minutes-
sometimes merely seconds-
to train your dog to not misbehave
(even in your absence)
(Just 15 seconds this morning
to trainmy 10 week old puppy
to lie quietly and let me
clip his nails).

Using Jerry's scientific method
(sound distraction / praise / alteration / variation)
it takes just minutes
to train you dog to respond
to your commands.

What a pleasure it was for me to see my
6 week old puppy
running as fast has his wobbly little legs
would carry him
in response to my recall command-
and he comes running every time I call
no matter where we are or what he is doing.

At ten weeks old now, my puppy never strains upon his leash
thanks to Jerry's hot & cold exercises
and his Family Pack Leadership exercises.

Jerry has discovered that
if you scold your dog,
if you scream at him,
if you intimidate him,
if you hurt him,
if you force him
then his natural response is to oppose you.

Is Jerry a nut?

It doesn't make any difference to me whether he is or  not.

It is a logical fallacy to judge a person's ideas
based upon their personality. 

As far as dogs are concerned,
Jerry wears his heart upon his sleeve.
It touches him deeply
when he hears of trainers forcing, intimidating,
scolding or hurting dogs.

 More than that,
he knows that force is not effective
and that it will certainly lead to behavior problems; 

sometimes problems so severe
that people put  their dogs down
because of those problems.

 I believe that it is natural for humans
to want to control
their dog by force. Jerry knows this too.

We have all been at our wits' end,
haven't we?

Dogs have a natural tendency to mimic.
 In scientific literature it is referred to as allelomimetic behavior. 

Dogs respond in like kind to force;
they respond in like kind to praise.

 Don't bribe your dog with treats;
 give him what he wants most-
your kind attention. 

Give him your praise.

       You will be astonished at how your dog's
anxiety will dissipate 
and how their behavior problems
will dissipate
along with their anxiety.

Treat Jerry Howe's (The Puppy Wizard)
Wits' End Training Method
as a scientific principle
just as you would
the law of gravity 
and you will have astounding success.

Dog behavior is just as scientific
as is gravity.

If you follow Jerry's puppy rules you
will get
a sweet little Magwai;
if you don't
you will surely get 
a little gremlin
(anyone see The Gremlins?)

--Larry

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Subject:   In defense of Jerry Howe's methods

1 From:  Deltones Date:  Wed, Nov 30 2005
Email:   "Deltones" <vibrov...@hotmail.com>

I've had my JR puppy for close to a month now (She's 3 mo), and I want to say that I believe in Jerry Howe's method for training my dog.

I hate how he makes Webster cry with his way of writing, and the fact he quotes every damn posts written since the Big Bang in every replies he does.

A lot of you consider their dogs as a part of your family, but I read so many posts about screaming, choking, shocking, pinching, beating the living crap out of your dogs that I wonder why some of you have them at all.

Do you raise your kids that way, or you raise them with kindness to the best of your abilities?

Yes, Jerry's online personnality totally sucks, and he would be better served by having his Wit's End document speak for itself and reply to people with the same kind of eloquence he shows in his manual.

Unfortunately he doesn't, and as a result, the majority of people here tuned him out. If you hate the messenger, don't disregard his message, and do yourself the favor of downloading his manual and read it at least once.

Your dog deserves it.

Like previously stated, I have a 3 mo Jack Russell, and a lot of people think these dogs become totally insane when left alone.

Mine has the full run of the house when I'm at work already.

Why?

Because she did go totally insane when I left her in her crate, crapping on herself in the process. It was not fun.

I followed Jerry's advice and did the "Separation Anxiety" method in the manual, and my house has not been destroyed.

Dog happier, house not destroyed? That's all I needed to know.

If you're wondering, nope, she's not housebroken yet, and I do come back with her business on the floor. Winter is starting here in Montreal and she really hates going outside in the cold
(sorry Jerry, it's really not instinctive in her), so I know I will have some difficulties with the housebreaking process.

Do I get frustrated to have to wash the floor every day?

Yeah I do, but I try my best not to show it to the dog. That's the small price I decided to pay to have that small furball in my life. I'm confident she'll get the hang of it, but I know that it's not going to happen with kicking and screaming.

Tune out Jerry if you want if he doesn't make sense to you. But give his Wit's End manual a good look, because when he wrote it at that point in his life, he did.

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Subject:   In defense of Jerry Howe's methods

7 From:  Paul B Date:  Wed, Dec 7 2005 Email:   Paul B <u...@example.com>

Reading through all the replies to your post everyone misses the key point and I think even you haven't picked up on it yet Denis.

The WEDTM trains the dog such that it "wants" to do what you ask it. It actually desires to walk by your side  (to heel) or whatever else you ask, it enjoys the interactions between you and it that's why a choke, prong, shock, halite, harness or martingale collar is not required, the dog will perform the same with or without a lead.

So I fail to comprehend the comments or arguments that  this collar or that collar is ok, as far as I'm concerned a collar meets the authorities legal requirement that a dog must be leashed in certain public places not as a source of control, therefore a loose fitting standard collar is fine after all it's only for show not control.

As far as training the dog,  a loose fitting standard collar is fine because the WEDT uses communication as the training tool, combined with a regimented training regime  that ensures the dog has succeeded in each stage of training before progressing.

As far as the arguments or comments dogs can be scared of sound distractions, I've never had a problem, a sound distraction can be a small stone thrown on the pavement, a shake can, the crack of a leash or the snap of your fingers as long as it's varied and you follow with praise there's never a problem, also it's not just sound, any distraction is fine, I've used a cloth as a visual distraction which is every bit as effective as a sound provided you follow through with praise.

I've read a lot of criticisms of the WEDT but it's always by people who don't understand it so the criticism is invalid as you can't criticise what you don't (or in some cases refuse to) understand.

One last comment, if someone was to research dog training, find the best techniques and methods for achieving certain criteria from all the different sources available and eventually create a training technique based on all this research, don't you think it would hold some validity, combining what they had experienced through years of trial and error to finally achieve a method that gave the most effective results.

I would have thought someone with that ability and experience to be one smart cookie, someone worth listening to.

But it seems others disagree.

All the techniques and methods suggested on this newsgroup are someone else's idea, it's how they are pieced together that creates the method so everyone is guilty of using someone else's idea like it or not.

Paul

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From: Becky (BeckySiz@new.rr.com)
Subject: Re: Crate Anxiety
Date: 2002-04-04

Please do not listen to the others in here
that don't like him
or his methods,
they have never tried them....
I have
and it works!!!!

I broke my dog from nipping
almost 100% in 1 day
and she usually does this
SEVERAL
times a day and
actually makes my kids bleed!

Try it or contact him!

The manual is at the above website
also, and it is free!

Becky

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"Ned" wrote in message
news:fQIg9.25850$561.25365@news02.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com...

 Hi !

Our black lab girl is 3 months old
(she will be 4 months on the 30th).

 When we first brought her home
she had a bad habit of
trying to nip our faces
(including my 3 year old twins)
 during playtime.

It drove everyone in the house nuts
 and it brought my little girls to tears
as you can imagine.

 We tried saying no,
and that would just get her
even more excited,
so we would yell no and that would
just get her "scared"
but still excited.

In short it just wasn't working.

 So we finally did what Jerry has suggested
to you.
We used a sound to distract her
and we would immediately
praise her.

I have to say that it worked great.
BUT
she then moved on to
nipping at the feet
LOL silly little thing.

So again, we tried no,
and then louder no, but again
it didn't work
so we went for the distraction and praise.

I must say that she is doing great!

I hope that helps.

Edyta aka Ned

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"Estel J. Hines" <ejhi...@comcast.net>
wrote in message
news:w86dna9lBfNZgbTdRVn-hA@comcast.com...

Until i read the Jerry method
of Bark reductioon,
it went something like this with
our 11 month old puppy "Yoshi"

Yoshi: Bark, bark,

us: HUSH Youshi

Yoshi Bark, bark.....

us: Hush Youshi

Yoshi BARK, BARK, BARK, ....

it stopped when Yoshi got tired barking

We decided to try the Jerry method:

Yoshi:  BARK, BARK

US: GOOD Yoshi, Good Boy, who is it?

Yoshi Bark, Bark
US: It's ok, good boy Yoshi, We know them

Yosh without fail,
now stops after we say that

I must say, it is so much more fun,
when we can praise him,
to deal with things like this

Thanks Jerry

ps: We are just starting to go thru
the Jerry Papers,
and learn how to live with our son
 "Yoshi", whom we love very much.

Best Regards,

Estel J. Hines

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"Brandy Kurtz" <KraftyKur...@wmconnect.com>
wrote in message
news:2f66e35d.0407302331.1f18b8c6@posting.google.com...

 Hello everyone!

We have a 2 1/2 year old male

 Well I just printed out
The Amazing Puppy Wizard info,
 so I haven't actually started to train yet.

Today a salesman knocked on the door,
and Pokey was going balistic.
I calmly go to the window to see who it is,
and off-handly say Good Boy, It's a stranger,
Good Boy.

 Pokey shut right up, gave me a quizical look,
and came and sat beside my feet!

 OMG, I could not believe it!

 I was totally floored, as this has been
his behavior since a pup.

Just wanted to update,
and Pokey and I are hitting the sack...;)

Brandy

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Dave Cohen <coh...@total.net writes:
Re: Barking Deterrants Needed...

Hi.

Please understand that I do not know Jerry and
have spoken with him briefly once by email.

I have no stake or interest in the success of his business.
I simply want to thank him publicly for one of his tips,
with regards to separation anxiety.

I thought it seemed far fetched to praise
a stuffed animal
and then say good bye to my own dog,
but I am usually a very
open minded person, so I tried it. 

 Well, lo and behold-the damn trick worked!

I think Jerry has some intriguing techniques,
and personally I think
everyone who constantly criticizes him
is not understanding his logic.

Thank you Jerry!

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Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003

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

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From: "Ms. Mick" <m...@crneckiy.com> 
Subject: Re: Dog will not listen to anyone but me!

"The Puppy Wizard" jho...@bellsouth.net
wrote in message
news:rQpW8.66560

One day working with the family pack exercise and practicing the recall command with the family and she'll now go out with hubby and daughter instead of needing me to reassure her or even refusing to go with anyone but me.

I really urge you, regardless of the negative things you might hear about Jerry & Wits' End here, to try the method and *judge the results for yourself*.

Let's see what other areas she's improved in... always comes when called, not chewing stuff even if we leave it laying around, "re"housebroken after long shelter stay, walks perfectly on leash, doesn't try to steal food from our plates or beg... probably a few more things I'm forgetting to mention.

That's in about a week's time.

Her overall demeanor has changed.  When we brought her home she was very untrusting and ultra-submissive (except with her area/toys where she was possessive and nippy).  She had been abused and beaten by previous owners, then she was in a shelter for months.

They (most of them) wanted to
give up and kill her.

Now she's gained confidence and
trust with us.

Last night was another big breakthrough (in my eyes). She barked!  Big deal, she barked just once when she heard the front door.  
Great!

Anyway, you'll be told lots of nasty stuff about Jerry or that the Wits' End manual is culled from other sources.  In my opinion, even if it is, it takes only the good stuff and leaves out the bad.

Works for me.

(And I suppose I gotta say this... I don't know Jerry personally.  I've emailed him and instant messaged him.

I have not bought a
Doggy Do Right".

He's offered help for free.)

M.

From: "Ms. Mick" <m...@crneckiy.com>
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs.behavior,alt.animals.dog
Subject: Re: Dog will not listen to anyone but me!

Ooh.. $0 + 50%, what a dream!  :)

To the other posters, just what exactly is
plagiarized in the Wits' End manual?   I'll
get whatever book you claim the material to
be from to check it out.  You prove it to me.
I don't have the problem training this dog
(using the Wits' End manual)..
seems everyone else is
having the problems with their dogs.

People bitch that I'm not giving advice, then
bitch again because they disagree when I do.
I don't care.

All I know is that my dog
is doing well.

When I said "culled" I meant that what I
consider  bad methods
are left out.
I've already stated that
I think choke/pinch/shock collars,
crates, food bribes,
and other punishments
are unnecessary.

If a book recommends them,
it either goes in the trash
or back to the store.

 I've given up on dog training books.
 I'm not going to devote time
reading books that go against
what I'd do to train a dog.

I don't care if the authors are
"experts" or not.
Some people here have said,
"I thought I'd never do X either
until..."
or that there is value in all tools. 

 Uhm... I'm sorry.  A shock collar,
for one example,
has no positive value whatsoever.

 If you think it does,
you wear one for a day
and let somebody "correct" you
for whatever they like.
At the end of the day
you'd probably want
to slap that person silly.

 I'm not willing to
compromise my views.
 I will *never* use those methods.

I've taken back book after book because
it claims to be compassionate
or non-force.

 I open the book and it's a lie.

 Last book I glanced at was
"Good Owners, Great Dogs".  
First page I flipped to
was a picture showing how
to teach sit by
jerking a choke collar
while pushing down the dog's back
end.  Lots of pictures showing how
to jerk that leash...

*sigh*

Oh, and I once upon a time
I thought I was safe
buying that book by Monks.
Monks!  
Sadistic bastards
who *hit* and jerked dogs
 into submission.

This is not my first dog.
 I've had dogs in the past
and not used any
formal training methods
with them, just my normal belief
that all dogs can be good dogs
with positive feedback
and without punishment.

It always worked.

After my last dog died (about 10
years ago) I didn't get another.
 I've wanted to during this time,
but I had a divorce, a child, and
other things that took
most of my time.
For the past three years I've really missed
having a dog around.  

So, on my birthday, my husband said,
"Let's go to the shelter."  I actually found her
on petfinder.com first.

My current dog needed me
to come along or she
would be dead now.
 I'm not exaggerating,
the vet at the shelter wanted to
kill her
the day we brought her home.  

Why?  

Because she was a
behavioral nightmare for them.

People wouldn't look twice at her
after she snarled at them
and warned them to get away
from her cage.  
They couldn't look past the
tearing up garbage, fear, abuse,
and housebreaking problems
that were listed in her bio.

We had filled out the paperwork to adopt her
on Saturday, and they stretched the waiting
period out from 24 hours until Tuesday.  
Why?
Because the vet didn't want to
take a chance on her
and wanted to kill her!
I think he was hoping that
the long wait would make us
give up,
but all it did was encourage us
to visit her every day,
take her for walks, and bring her
stuff from "home".  

Luckily, one of the dog handlers there
was sane and stood by us
when we went there
on that Tuesday and demanded that
they let us take her home.

 She's recovering now and
getting better by the day.

I can't have a dog that
pulls on a leash
or jumps on me
or anything like that.  

I'm disabled from
a car accident 15 years ago.
 I can walk (slowly) and all that,
but lack the balance and strength
to survive a dog
dragging me around on a leash
or knocking me over.  
I'd never be able to catch her if
she decided to run away.

I *need* a well-behaved dog
If my dog wanted to,
she'd have me on my butt in two seconds
 I don't have that problem though.

So excuse me if I come here
and get upset when I read
a bunch of posts giving "advice"
to "train" dogs by the "experts"
that'll make the dogs
just as messed up
as mine was when I first met her.
(She had such fear
that everything she did was
going to mean being hit
or her paws squeezed
or be locked up
that she would get
ultra-submissive, anxious
and would pee all over.

She's a big enough dog (Rott/Shep. mix)
that if she would have decided
to attack instead,
she could cause major damage.

 Lucky she was kept
in a cage/tied up, huh?)
 It tends to upset me a bit,
and all my niceness goes
right out the window.

I mistakenly thought that these
dog groups
would be a positive experience,
but for the most part they've
just made me angry.
 "Dimpled Chad"
has been polite and helpful,
but almost everyone else seems
to have a problem
with me speaking my mind.
M.

dimpled chad aka chad herring
is a theology student
and practiced liar,
dog abuser, fraud, coward
and active accute chronic
life long incurable
mental case
who has CRIPPLED his own dog
by jerking and choking IT.

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

"Whether we choose to use
positive, negative,
or a mix of
reinforcements,
we must be sure that
our buddy on the other end of the leash
can identify the specific behavior
for which he is being
rewarded or corrected."
"Smart Trainers -- Brilliant Dogs"
by Janet Lewis,.
Associate Professor
of Philosophy
at Juniata College in Huntingdon, PA

BWEEEAAAAHAAAA!!

THAT'S the "HIGH STANDARD of CARE"
J.Q. Pubic is offered
BY "THE BEAST IN THE BUSINESS"??:

"Linda" <llindaleedan...@msn.com wrote in message news:

I have been trying for the last 18 months to help my dog who became fear aggressive at 18 months of age.

I do not know what started the problem but he became aggressive first with dogs and then began lunging and snapping at people. Until this time he loved everyone and could play with any dog.

He was well socialized and I took him with me everywhere.

At 13 months he passed the Canine Good Citizens Test except he couldn't let me leave him. I had used clicker training to teach him manners and tricks but it was not working on his aggression problem.

I took him to vets who suggested a low protein diet, trainers who charged $800 to only make him worse.

They tried to use a prong collar and he froze, urinated and tried to climb on my head to help him. they then suggested a shock collar I knew this approach was not working as he was becoming more aggressive.

I took him to an animal behaviorist with Ph. D.400 miles away who told me to "KEEP HIM SAFE" and read a book on the fearful canine. I tried another trainer who tried to use a nylon choke collar but it only made him worse.

I read hundreds of books,"CULTURE CLASH", "DOG ARE FROM NEPTUNE", "THE OTHER END OF THE LEASH", ETC looking for help. We finally went to Purdue University Small Animal Behavior Clinic and they said he had fear aggression, punishment would not work, use the gentle leader and when out walking and he got stressed have the people stop until he could get in control using treats, and work on clicker training.

At that point I knew more about clicker training and using the gentle leader
than they did!

Nothing was working--he would not come when I called him and would run away when I tried to catch him. I was afraid to walk him even in the neighborhood as we had become that "mean dog and women who hasn't trained her dog"

I went to four trainers in both Michigan and Florida who were trainer/specialists in aggression and the last two were so afraid of him they could not approach him. No one said I should give up on him and kill him but they would say "You have to realize he is dangerous and you are responsible for him."

*(You got LUCKY, Linda... They coulda got Sunshine DEAD on us.
Damned near did... too.)

As last resort I tried the internet again--I had had on going discussions with trainers from Triple Crown and Dr. Meister with out any help-and I found the ad to Doggy Do Right and messaged Jerry to ask if this might help my dog.

He said solving the aggression problem was EZ
but I could not believe him even when I downloaded the manual.

The name of the method was right I was at my Wits End.
I had been working for 18 months!

Using the can sound three time he came,
and still comes
from anywhere with the command-
"comegoodboy".

Next I tried the can when walking him-
-when he saw a dog three blocks away he went off-lunging and snapping-
I used the can sound and he looked at me like uhn?

I used it three more times and we got to the other dog-
-the looked at me wagging his tail-
-the other person looked at me like why are shaking that can
but just walked on by.

When ever I try to explain about the sound people look at me like
"you must be out of your mind"

The results can make a believer!!!

Three weeks since beginning the Wits End Training Manual program
I walked him without the gentle leader in a busy shopping area
with many dogs.

He just seemed to not notice any one.

When people talked to him or ask his name he would look at them
and wag his tail
and let them pet him.

I still can not believe the change in him-
-we can now enjoy life out in public.

If I had not found the Wits End method I know there was no hope for him
and he would have hurt someone
Through all this he never growled at me,
guarded his toys or food or showed any sign of aggression
with me.

My goal is to get the message out to all dog lovers
that dogs can be trained fast,
easily
and problems solved
with out force, pain, food or anything
but sound and praise!!!!

I know most people would have given up on him a long time ago
but he was and is my life.

Solving the problem was EZ but only with the right approach-
sound and praise.

I know because I tried everything else and nothing worked!!!

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

From: Linda Daniel To: Jerry Howe
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 
Subject: Re: - Re: dog aggression

Thanks for writing--I would be happy to do almost anything to get
your approach out to dog owners
as I know it would save so many lives. 

I know at times I was so frustrated I thought of giving up on Sunshine
but of course I never would have but many people would have. 

The world just does not know you can train a dog
in just a few sessions
and actually solve problems.

We will be here until late April and we really have no plans-
-just to enjoy the warmth and sun of Florida,
so any time you could meet us would be great. 
I drive so I would be happy to come to you anytime anywhere!

We went to Celebration today and two little poodles got right into his face
and he just sat there--I GOT a little scared but he handled it just fine.-
-a couple of times people would ask his name
and want to pet him and he just went to them tail wagging
and rolled over for them rub his tummy.

He really just is not concerned about people passing,
even those on rollerblades! 
I have always used a gentle leader in public
but he spent most of time rubbing his face on the grass
--today I used his collar and he was so much happier!!

Only problem is he will stop to smell and I can not get stopped soon enough
to keep the leash loose. 
He never pulled ahead of me but when he gets into smelling
I have a hard time getting him going-
-at times  I think he could smell a blade of grass for 10 minutes.

I can never thank you enough for giving Sunshine back!!!!!

I wrote to Purdue and told them about him being able to walk in a crowd
with out the /gentle leader and not having a problem
with other people and dogs.

I told them their advice did not work.

Their advice was to use the gentle leader at all times
and when he was around people or dogs
to have him sit and reward with treats-

-one really good suggestions was to have people coming toward us
stop when he got stressed or aroused
and not move until we backed away-



- can you just see me yelling at people to stop on the street
until I get his attention with treats.

They also suggested the possibility of using drugs-prozac-
but thought he was too dangerous
as the drug would make him less fearful
and then he might attack
or become more sure of himself
and become dominate aggressive.

Just had to share their great advice with you
but I am sure you have heard it all-
-even I am becoming an expert on bad advice.

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http://www.freewebs.com/thesimplyamazingpuppywizard/
 

"Ye shall know the truth,
and the truth shall make you mad." -
~Aldous Huxley.

AND THAT'S HOWE COME THEY GOT ME NHOWE!

In Love And Light,
I Remain Respectfully, Humbly Yours,
Jerry Howe,
The Sincerely Incredibly Freakin Insanely Simply
A-M-A-Z-I-N-G
*M-A-J-E-S-T-I-C*
*G-R-A-N-D*
*M-A-S-T-E-R*
Puppy, Child, Pussy, Birdy, Ferret,
Goat, Monkey
SpHOWES And Horsey
Wizard
<{) ;~ ) >

Sincerely,
Jerry Howe,
Director of Research,
Human And Animal Behavior
Forensic Sciences Research Laboratory,
BIOSOUND Scientific,
Director of Training,
Wits' End Dog Training
1611 24th St
Orlando, FL 32805
Phone: 1-407-425-5092
(Call ANY TIME)
E-mail:

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