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“If we ever do end up acting just like rats or Pavlov's dogs, it will be largely because behaviorism has conditioned us to do so.”

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Author:Richard Rosen

“The end result of positively reinforcing bad behavior is that you get more of it. The culmination of a failure to punish predators is a debased, dissolute, slum-dog society in which, by legal decree, the righteous suffer and the wicked prosper.”

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Author:Ilana Mercer

“What ever is the natural propensity of a person is hard to overcome. If a dog were made a king, he would still gnaw at his shoes laces.”

Ifs Persons Made Stills Hard Natural Dog Kings Behavior Overcoming Shoes Manners Behaviour Lace Propensity

Author:Bill Vaughan

“The so-called sexual revolution is not, as advertised, a liberation of sexual behavior but rather its reversal. In former days, even under Victoria, sexual intercourse was the natural end and culmination of heterosexual relations. Now one begins with genital overtures instead of a handshake, then waits to see what will turn up (e.g., might become friends later). Like dogs greeting each other nose to tail and tail to nose.”

Source: The Last Gentleman and The Second Coming: In One Volume

“Dogs seek attention from you. But by paying them that attention when they want it, you're reinforcing the bad or hyperactive or anxious behavior that you're trying to avoid. Practice - no touch, no talk, no eye contact - and see how you fare. You might be surprised at how quickly the dog settles down and looks to you as his pack leader for direction.”

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Author:Cesar Millan

“With small dogs people don't reinforce the same behavior that they do on a larger dog. If you are a driver no matter what size car you have it doesn't matter. Same thing goes for any gender. All the rules are the same.”

People Ifs Matter Dog Car Behavior No Matter What Size Gender Drivers Small Dogs

Author:Cesar Millan

“When spectators and fans say about drunken brawls, violence, and dog fights, "Well, football players are prone to these things - that's why we admire them," they are encouraging terribly detrimental behavior. You might even say - a la Roman gladiators - they are egging on this behavior.”

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Author:Stanton Peele

“The biggest mistake people make is assuming that their dogs think like little humans, and that they can negotiate behavior with them, but it doesn't work that way.”

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Author:Cesar Millan

“Explaining "why" to a dog is pretty useless. You have to engage their instincts in order to change their behavior.”

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Author:Cesar Millan

“I don't believe in ever putting a dog down for behavior issues, because that's just punishing the dog for something wrong that humans did.”

Believe Humans Issues Dog Behavior Don't Believe

Author:Cesar Millan

“The violence that has been going on incessantly in our community, getting worse and worse by the day, when we are slaughtering ourselves in unprecedented numbers; filled with self-hatred for each other in a spirit of retaliation and revenge. You kill my dog, I'll kill your cat, as though there are no consequences for this behavior, I have warned us about for the last three, nearly four decades telling our people we're going to have to pay a price for this.”

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Author:Louis Farrakhan

“You cannot "love" a dog out of her bad behavior, just as you can't "love" a criminal into stopping his crimes.”

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Book:Cesar's Way: The Natural, Everyday Guide to Understanding and Correcting Common Dog Problems

Source: Cesar's Way: The Natural, Everyday Guide to Understanding and Correcting Common Dog Problems

“Not being invited in is one of the boxes on the “suspicious behavior” bingo form that every copper carries around in their head along with “stupidly overpowerful dog” and being too quick to supply an alibi. Fill all the boxes and you too could win an all-expenses-paid visit to your local police station.”

Form Winning Dog Behavior Paid Police Boxes Locals Carrie Stations Expenses Invited Suspicious Copper Bingo

Book:Whispers Under Ground

Source: Whispers Under Ground