Animal Training Quotes

We treat our dogs as if they were "almost human": that is why they really become "almost human" in the end.

Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think.

Judiciously show a cat milk, if you wish her to thirst for it. Judiciously show a dog his natural prey, if you wish him to bring it down one day.

Man is the Reasoning Animal. Such is the claim. I think it is open to dispute. Indeed, my experiments have proven to me that he is the Unreasoning Animal... In truth, man is incurably foolish. Simple things which the other animals easily learn, he is incapable of learning. Among my experiments was this. In an hour I taught a cat and a dog to be friends. I put them in a cage. In another hour I taught them to be friends with a rabbit. In the course of two days I was able to add a fox, a goose, a squirrel and some doves. Finally a monkey. They lived together in peace; even affectionately.

I don't necessarily agree that all animals are unpredictable. The more you know about an animal, the more you can work with it safely.

Studying cows, pigs and chickens can help an actor develop his character. There are a lot of things I learned from animals. One was that they couldn't hiss or boo me.

No man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it.

Often people who are wonderful with animals aren't always terribly good with human beings.

My whip.

Treat them so that they think that they are like dogs. And if they ever believe that they are not like dogs, then you have lost control over them

I'm a disciplinarian. I'm the tough love pet owner. I believe in very well-behaved animals.

I just don't believe people can tame animals.

Discipline isn't about showing a dog who's boss; it's about taking responsibility for a living creature you have brought into your world.

The dog won't bite if you beat Him with a bone

I'm constantly lying to my dog. He only responds to manipulation and blackmail.

One time, I was given an essay topic: to describe a perfect horse, whom the mere sight of the rider's whip would make obedient. I depicted this perfect horse throwing his rider at the sight of the whip.

Circus dogs jump when the trainer cracks his whip.

What's been good for the downtime is I got a dog. A little black lab. I've been training her, so she's kept me occupied.

I had a very famous trainer tell me once, 'You can usually train a wild animal but never tame a wild animal, ever.' They are always going to be wild, no matter what anybody says.

I will put rings in the noses of these hogs.

Even dogs and horses have their actions modified by association with human beings; they form different habits because human beings are concerned with what they do.

I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse.

When my horse is running good, I don't stop to give him sugar.

Dogs are not 'people' of another species. They are another species. To train and care for them properly, to show them how to live in our complex world, requires first and foremost that we understand that.

When you have a certain fitness projection, it's going to give you an advantage. Having strength, stamina and speed is important because I'm working with dogs who can kill me.