Dear family,

[macula_densa]

I know it's hard for you to get used to the idea that I am now an expert on animals and not your little girl any more, but don't continue to argue with me about whether I should hire Cesar Millan to help with my suddenly dog-aggressive Mexican street mutt. The vast majority of my profession hates him. After watching his show myself I have little

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[cryslea]

+1

I try to avoid all conversation of CM. No one is listening, and it never ends well. But I don't care for many of his techniques, either.

[macula_densa]

I actually had one friend tell me she'd rather choke her dogs than put them on medication. It was at that point that I realized it was a lost cause.

[cryslea]

...wut.

My dog takes 10mg paroxetine daily. She takes clonidine situationally. She was diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder by a board-certified vet behaviorist. Her brain, it doesn't work right. It's the same thing as treating a dog with heartworm or diabetes or something. You can't CHOKE a lack of serotonin or whatever out of a dog. You can't.

[macula_densa]

You can't CHOKE a lack of serotonin or whatever out of a dog. You can't.

Yes, exactly. It's like taking a bipolar person and choking them rather than trying lithium. That'll straighten them up, right??? o_O

I have never had such an appreciation of neurochemistry than I do now after watching my husband with his movement disorder over the last few years. It doesn't just affect his movement centers -- he has a lack of dopamine and possibly serotonin which affects him in many ways, and it can make him difficult to deal with. I suppose I could try choking him, but I suspect that wouldn't end well. ;-)

[lsarabethl]

Every time I watch CM all I see is that he is bottling up lots more frustration and aggression that is bound to later explode on the poor unsuspecting owners. He creates ticking time bombs. The only reason these dogs don't show aggression in the moment is the adversity of the punishment at that time. Let up on that draconian control for half a second and BAM, human face bit off. I wouldn't EVER let this man touch any of my animals. Not even my chinchilla ;)

Choke any animal for long enough and it'll become relaxed. I wonder why I don't use that for anesthesia for surgeries come to think of it... It would be a lot cheaper than all those pesky injectable meds I use...

[sonya_08]

Maybe he is on to something...apparently the whole of psychiatry/psychology is wrong...you can cure all psychoses with oxygen deprevation...just like all bleeding stops eventually, so does all depression...

maybe we can expand this further...diabetics don't need insulin...they just need a good slap in the face.

btw, I had another case of general lymphadenopathy, as usual I was hopeful it was something else, but it never is and it wasn't