She is the reason I am a dog trainer.
Zak George is a proponent of positive reinforcement dog training, which teaches that only gentle, reward-based methods, without physical aversion, should be used for dog training. In his television broadcasts, lectures, and videos he continues to demonstrate what is possible when people simply make time to connect meaningfully with their dogs. Now for the hard bit – I’ve got to work my way through your site!Never had any opinion about Zak George either way but took a real dislike to him when I saw a video on YouTube in which he was showing viewers how to use a border collie’s herding instincts to get children rounded up and into the car for school.
After fans witnessed Venus’ triple-Frisbee catching, spring-boarding, high-flying stunts, they were biting at Zak’s heels to spread his training knowledge.Audio petlovers forum & podcastsZak George has always been intrigued by dogs, but his true talents for working with these amazing animals went undiscovered for more than 20 years.
She was 13.We all exist for a short time, but it's what we do with that existence that matters most and by that measure Venus really mattered.
Soon after dedicating himself to training full time, Zak and his dog, Venus, had propelled themselves into fame as a dog-Frisbee dynamic duo. Along the way, Zak added two more world-class trick dogs to his canine brood – Alpha Centauri and Supernova.
When Zak realized how in-sync he and Venus had become and how talented she was, he didn’t want to let it go to waste.
Zak George, Self: SuperFetch. Learn more about Zak's everyday life and watch his adorable video with Bruno! Zak George has built his reputation on teaching people how to connect with their dogs in unprecedented ways. There’s no doubt that she led a legendary life and for that, I could not be happier.I know that many of you will be sad for us, but don't be.
How rare it is for a single life to do so much in so little time.This is how I'll remember her.
We all know that our dogs will not always be with us when we bring them into our lives, but what they give us in return outweighs the grief we experience when they go.I’m most grateful for the fact that she played hard until the very, very end. Venus' life will have a rich legacy that will live on for many years to come and I know that I am a better person because of having known her. This is the one wish I have for all of my dogs. How rare it is for a single life to do so much in so little time.
While embracing much of what mainstream training surveys, he rejects as inhumane and ineffective any method that favors emotional detachment and harsh physical correction.
Super Fetch To this day, Zak’s training videos remain the most popular and frequently downloaded on YouTube, and with good reason: both trainers and dog devotees, having tested and invested in his ideas, have seen the results for themselves.From training dogs to bowl, to gently persuading them to take out the garbage, to developing extreme Frisbee as a canine sport, Zak has shattered conventional perceptions. What he discovered was that there was virtually no limit to what a dog could be taught if the relationship between dog and person was valued and nurtured. ... Venus, Supernova, and Alpha Centauri are exercised and trained.
It was an approach that, built on respect, had the potential to radically transform the historic relationship between human beings and their dogs. His philosophy: "I began teaching people how to teach their dogs out of a genuine desire to bring the world of dog training into the 21st century and to show people that through relationship-based training anything is possible."