Fakest Dog Training Show Ever!
I've watched shows on Animal Planet, where dog trainers such as Victoria Stillwell & the rehabilitation trainers on "Animal Cops" all seem to know what they're doing, & there's no need to do a ton of editing to show the dogs reacting naturally to what they're being [re-]taught. I mean, you really can do the training techniques they use & they work :).
Just the first episode of THIS show turned me off flat, b/c the host of the show doesn't seem to have ANY idea what he's doing, & looks more like an actor that's acting as a front-man for REAL dog trainers who are working behind the scenes to make him look good.
Just the fact that he LOOKS like a celebrity tipped me off, or the fact that his dialogue sounds scripted raised a warning flag as to the quality of the show. That & the fact that his first client (the redhead who imprisoned her dog in her office) was more of a dog than her pet.
Victoria Stillwell NEVER let owners like that get her down, whereas Mr. I-Spend-More-Time-on-My-Looks-than-Dog-Training was really letting b!tcherella run circles around him about how to deal w/ her misbehaving dog. (I would have loved seeing HER locked in that kennel for 24 hrs & let the dog ruin her office).
This show gets 5 thumbs down, & I hope it sinks before a crappy 2nd season is smeared onto the tv screen.