Donald McCaig Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Dear Doggers, Some years ago I gave a sheepdog training demo at a pet dog trainers conference outside Austin Texas where I met Dick Russell, a near legendary trainer from Baton ROuge. Dick was charismatic, unusually skilled at training owners and over his career he helped to train some 30,000 dogs. He used treats and praise and ecollars but is known best for "Open Field Socialization" where timid, shy, dog aggressive, dog fearful dogs learned very quickly how to get along with each other. Dick was generous with his time and money, telling owners who couldn't pay his fees to "pay what you can and send me a check when you have a little more money." His Saturday morning open fields on his five acre farm were open to anyone. Free. I knew him, liked him and was sorry to learn he'd passed away. A couple years a go, filmmakers invited me to contribute to fund a film about Dick and (to my surprise) I got a backer's DVD yesterday. Although Dogman is in the New Orleans Film Festival its probably safe from the academy awards but it is a fascinating portrait of a"natural" training dogs with affection, humor and grace. Trailer at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39j1gkDMvbw. Donald McCaig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geonni banner Posted September 26, 2015 Report Share Posted September 26, 2015 Looking forward to seeing this. Thanks for posting the trailer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam Wolf Posted September 27, 2015 Report Share Posted September 27, 2015 Just curious. Do you use, like, support, adhere to his methods? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annedee Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 Did he make any videos on his training program ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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