Everything you need to know about trainIng Belizean dogs

I got this from a dog trainer.  He has some really good techniques.  I just felt I needed to provide a few thoughts – my reply is in CAPS

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I was driving home from a meeting the other
night listening to "Nights with Alice Cooper."

ALICE COOPER DID SOME COOL MUSIC

It's a good radio show and I always like his
freaky facts and commentary. Good stuff like:

Kentucy Fried Chicken's slogan, Finger Licking
Good, in Chinese translates to, "Eat your fingers
off."

Thinking about Alice Cooper's freaky facts got
me thinking. You see, everyday I get loads of
questions via email, Twitter and Facebook.

Some of the common ones are:

Do Pit Bull's jaws really lock when they bite?

I DON'T KNOW. MY FRIEND HAS A PIT BULL BUT THE DOG LIKES ME BECAUSE I SMELL LIKE A DOG. OTHER PEOPLE TEND TO BE AFRAID OF THE DOG AND THEY RUN AWAY FROM ME WHEN THEY GET A GOOD WIFF

Does a Doberman's brain become enlarged as they
get older and make them aggressive?

I DON'T KNOW. SEEMS LIKE MY BRAIN HAS GOTTEN SMALLER WHILE OTHER ORGANS GOT LARGER

Is it true that a dog wagging his tail will not
bite you?

I DON'T KNOW, BUT AM NOT SURE IT MATTERS. IF THE DOG BITE ME, I BITE HIM BACK THREE TIMES

So, in the spirit of Alice Cooper, I am going
to give you Eric Letendre's Freaky Dog Facts:

1. President Lyndon Johnson had two beagles
named Him and Her - I once had a client that
had two choclate labs named "Hershey" and
"Squirts."

I DONT KNOW WHY, BUT THAT IS FUNNY FA SURE

2. A dog’s mouth exerts 150-200 pounds of
pressure per square inch with some dogs exerting
up to 450 pounds per squre inch - Pit Bull's
jaws DO NOT lock but with that much pressure,
you are not going to open their mouth. I have
seen this in many breeds, once they clamped
their jaws shut there was no opening them.

A CROW BAR, 38 CAL, OR RUN THEM OVER WITH THE TRUCK WILL RELEASE THE BITE. I HAPPEN TO PREFER NOT TO GET BIT IN THE FIRST PLACE

3.Basset Hounds cannot swim - I know this is true.
A client of mine had to jump out of his canoe to
save his basset hound. His basset got excited, and
fell out of the canoe and sank like a stone.

MY DOG LIKES TO BITE THE WAVES IN THE SEA. HE SWIMS IN THE RIVER WITH THE CROCADILES. HE GOT NO FEAR.  BUT FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, EVEN MY ATTACK CAT CAN SWIM.  WHEN WE FELL OFF MY SURF BOARD HE DAMN NEAR WALKED ON THE SEA GETTING BACK TO LAND.  ON THE BAD SIDE, HE SCRATCHED ME UP FROM HEAD TO TOE TRYING TO STAY ON TOP OF ME AFTER WE FELL OFF THE BOARD.  I DON’T THINK I’LL DO THAT AGAIN.

4. Dogs have no sense of “time” - I don't beleive
this one. Feed your dog every day at 4:00PM for
three months. At the end of the third month, watch
what your dog does when no chow is given at that
time.

I HAVE TO AGREE WITH YA. BOTH MY ATTACK DOG AND MY ATTACK CAT ARE ON MY DECK SLIGHTLY BEFORE SUNRISE EVERY MORNING DEMANDING BREAKFAST. THEY ARE JERKS. THEY WAKE ME UP.  THEN AFTER BREAKFAST THEY CHASE EACH OTHER AROUND FOR A WHILE. THEN MY ATTACK CAT GOES AND FIGHTS BIRDS. MY ATTACK DOG GOES AND FIGHTS ANYTHING I MAY HAVE LEFT OUT IN THE YARD AND THEN HE HIDES MY TOOLS.

5. 70% of people sign their pet's name on greeting
and holiday cards - do you do this?

NO I DON'T. BUT SINCE I HAD MY ATTACK CAT, HE THINKS HE'S A TIGER, WHEN I HAD THE CONCRETE POURED AT ON OF THE GATES, I LET HIM PUT HIS PAW PRINTS ON IT. WELL, ACTUALLY I'M NOT SURE I "LET HIM." HE DOES PRETTY MUCH WHAT HE WANTS TO. BUT I DIDN'T HAVE MY GUARD DOG AT THE TIME SO HE GETS PISSY EVERY TIME HE SEE THAT CAT PRINTS ON THE WALKWAY.

6. 58% put pets in family and holiday portraits - I
do this one

UM, NO.

7. DOgs can only learn about 20 words - WRONG! Dogs
can learn way more than 20 words.

In Stanley Coren's book, "The Intelligence of Dogs,"
he states: "Sure, most dogs understand the basics --"fetch,"
"sit" and "stay." But if you have the motivation and patience,
you will probably be able to teach your dog even more
than 100 words."

Mr. Coren adds, "That average trained dogs know about 160
words. Some dogs even show a vocabulary as vast as a human
toddler's."

MY GUARD DOG, MR. LIDO, IS ONLY FOUR MONTHS OLD. HE GOT VEX'D AFTER READING THIS EMAIL. HE ASKED ME TO TYPE THIS HAS HIS PAWS GETTING TO BIG FOR THE COMPUTER KEYBOARD. "20 WORDS HE SAID?." HE JUST WISH HE HAVE THUMBS SO HE COULD DRIVE. THEN HE GOT VEX’D BECAUSE BELIVE THAT WITH BIG PAWS AND NO THUMBS, THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD GIVE HIM SOME DISABILTY PAYMENTS.

I DIDN’T REALLY KNOW HOW TO RESPOND TO THAT. SO I JUST TOLD HIM TO CALM DOWN AND HE CAN VOTE FOR SOME CHANGE NEXT ELECTION.  THEN HE GOT EVEN MADDER SINCE HE'S NOT SURE OF HIS IMMIRGATION STATUS, HAVING AN AMERICAN FATER, JAPANESE MOTHER, BELIZEAN BROTHER CAT.  I GUESS HE BE CONFUSED. SO NOW HE IS BACK OUTSIDE. CHASING THE CAT.