Anyone heard of Leerburg or Ed Frawley? Answers at Dogster Answers.

Wed, Jun 4th 2008, 05:17 GMT

I'm not sure what your question is, Rico? You wrote to Leerburg regarding an article on his website, and you received a reply that you felt was disgusting and foul. Have you read any of the other letters written to Leerburg and his responses? If you expected a nice happy reply from Ed Frawley, you were kind of barking up the wrong tree. So then his reply upset you and now you have "declared war" and are sending unsolicited emails to the governor, mayor, police chief, and a ton of other people whom Mr. Leerburg has had contact with to your knowledge? That sounds to me like you're harassing him because you didn't like his answer. I don't get what the issue is. If you didn't want a response from Leerburg (and they typically are not nice and touchy-feely), why write him in the first place? And why are you sending emails to people who have nothing to do with the exchange between him and you? Sorry, not getting it. Seems to me like what you're doing is harassment.

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Abby
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Wed, Jun 4th 2008, 03:40 GMT

I don't know how to stop this, but thanks for the warning.

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Gray Dawn Treader

Wed, Jun 4th 2008, 01:59 GMT

Unfortunately, I have heard of this "person." I don't understand why anyone would do this type of training, unless they: 1) Cruel and have a need to dominate others but can't do it with people, so they choose to take out their insecurities on helpless animals under the guise of "training" and being a "leader." and 2) Haven't the first clue about dogs, their cognitive behavior and mental ability and emotional lives (and don't care to learn.) Even if this type of training worked, it would still be less than ideal for so many reasons. Training is best when positive and a bonding experience between human and dog. Anything else kind of defeats the purpose. Those who want a dog who is scared or defeated into sitting still for an hour if they choose to ask it to should consider therapy instead of a dog. There are SO many other ways to train a dog. I'm sure the ASPCA is aware of him, but if you haven't contacted the ASPCA in his own state, you may want to do that, also.

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Jack
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Tue, Jun 3rd 2008, 23:10 GMT

He advocates in my opinion extremely barbaric and violent "training" methods. While I'm not sure what any government agency could do about it, it would be nice to see at least his website fall by the wayside.

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Kolbe