Comments on: The Dog Whisperer http://www.joblog.co.za/2006/11/the-dog-whisperer An SA blog, from JHB. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:38:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Ilse http://www.joblog.co.za/2006/11/the-dog-whisperer/comment-page-2#comment-111603 Ilse Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:34:22 +0000 http://www.joblog.co.za/2006/11/the-dog-whisperer#comment-111603 We also got Pam Whyte in on recommendation from someone In June 2011. We had an exact experience like Matty and Jenny and also felt shocked and conned. She told me I put emotional pressure on one of our dogs and that he is depressed and that I do this because of my low self esteem! Have you ever! We also got Pam Whyte in on recommendation from someone In June 2011. We had an exact experience like Matty and Jenny and also felt shocked and conned. She told me I put emotional pressure on one of our dogs and that he is depressed and that I do this because of my low self esteem! Have you ever!

]]> By: Jenny http://www.joblog.co.za/2006/11/the-dog-whisperer/comment-page-2#comment-111576 Jenny Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:23:07 +0000 http://www.joblog.co.za/2006/11/the-dog-whisperer#comment-111576 We called Pam Whyte when our neighbors complained about our dogs barking whilst we were both at work. She told us the biggest load of rubbish. When she arrived the dogs wagged their tails and she said this was 'inappropriate'. Our dog circled around us and she said this was herding behavior and it was dangerous. She told us to feed our dogs until they could not eat anymore. She told us to cover our eyes with our hands when they came near us, as they werent allowed to see our eyes. She told us that our dog max Was jealous of my husband because he was 'stealing his bitch' (me). When our dog rolled on his back after being fed to the point of exploding, she said he was 'giving us the finger'. She then brought her own overweight dog into our house as a 'role model' for our dogs. He pooed in okie garden, chewed our dogs tennis balls and lay on their beds. She said that I was going to become a meal for our dog and that the dog hated Wayne. She said that for 3 weeks we should not look at our dogs once and not say a single word to them. She told us to pay R1700 which we didn't want to pay, but after googling her when she left I read that Pam had offered to look after someone's dog while the the owner went overseas, and that she out the dog down while in her care, saying that he was going to kill someone. Another person said Pam told him his dog must come to her house for a few days, and the owner agreed, and when he went to collect his dog Pam said He had to pay her R10,000 to get his dog back. I paid her, simply because I was scared that if I didn't pay she would kidnap our dogs or something like that. This was in 2006 or 2007. We called Pam Whyte when our neighbors complained about our dogs barking whilst we were both at work. She told us the biggest load of rubbish. When she arrived the dogs wagged their tails and she said this was ‘inappropriate’. Our dog circled around us and she said this was herding behavior and it was dangerous. She told us to feed our dogs until they could not eat anymore. She told us to cover our eyes with our hands when they came near us, as they werent allowed to see our eyes. She told us that our dog max Was jealous of my husband because he was ‘stealing his bitch’ (me). When our dog rolled on his back after being fed to the point of exploding, she said he was ‘giving us the finger’. She then brought her own overweight dog into our house as a ‘role model’ for our dogs. He pooed in okie garden, chewed our dogs tennis balls and lay on their beds. She said that I was going to become a meal for our dog and that the dog hated Wayne. She said that for 3 weeks we should not look at our dogs once and not say a single word to them. She told us to pay R1700 which we didn’t want to pay, but after googling her when she left I read that Pam had offered to look after someone’s dog while the the owner went overseas, and that she out the dog down while in her care, saying that he was going to kill someone. Another person said Pam told him his dog must come to her house for a few days, and the owner agreed, and when he went to collect his dog Pam said He had to pay her R10,000 to get his dog back. I paid her, simply because I was scared that if I didn’t pay she would kidnap our dogs or something like that. This was in 2006 or 2007.

]]> By: tracy smith http://www.joblog.co.za/2006/11/the-dog-whisperer/comment-page-2#comment-111478 tracy smith Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:39:55 +0000 http://www.joblog.co.za/2006/11/the-dog-whisperer#comment-111478 My Belguim sheep dog Lady died 5 December 2011. My other dogs seem to be mouerning her. What can I do To help them. Jack Russell, Pitbull, Rotwieler/Labradour and a Bull Terrier/ Border collie. My cat seems to be In thew same mode as the dogs. Can any one tewll me What to do. Thank you Tracy Smith My Belguim sheep dog Lady died 5 December 2011.
My other dogs seem to be mouerning her. What can I do
To help them. Jack Russell, Pitbull, Rotwieler/Labradour and
a Bull Terrier/ Border collie. My cat seems to be
In thew same mode as the dogs. Can any one tewll me
What to do.
Thank you
Tracy Smith

]]> By: how to take care of a puppy http://www.joblog.co.za/2006/11/the-dog-whisperer/comment-page-2#comment-111390 how to take care of a puppy Fri, 04 Nov 2011 05:40:00 +0000 http://www.joblog.co.za/2006/11/the-dog-whisperer#comment-111390 I am really inspired along with your writing skills and also with the structure on your blog. Is that this a paid theme or did you customize it your self? Anyway keep up the nice high quality writing, it?s rare to see a nice weblog like this one these days.. I am really inspired along with your writing skills and also with the structure on your blog. Is that this a paid theme or did you customize it your self? Anyway keep up the nice high quality writing, it?s rare to see a nice weblog like this one these days..

]]> By: sonja rixon http://www.joblog.co.za/2006/11/the-dog-whisperer/comment-page-2#comment-111335 sonja rixon Thu, 15 Sep 2011 08:56:06 +0000 http://www.joblog.co.za/2006/11/the-dog-whisperer#comment-111335 I am currently busy with the same lady and just wonder by when the costs of the distuction I still have going on after 2 days of ignoring my dogs will ever stop. I don't think I will be able to afford the house getting ripped apart any longer a being forced to pretend that I don't care. I will do everything she recommends as I feel she has a lot of experience and will give feedback again soon. I am currently busy with the same lady and just wonder by when the costs of the distuction I still have going on after 2 days of ignoring my dogs will ever stop. I don’t think I will be able to afford the house getting ripped apart any longer a being forced to pretend that I don’t care. I will do everything she recommends as I feel she has a lot of experience and will give feedback again soon.

]]> By: Matty http://www.joblog.co.za/2006/11/the-dog-whisperer/comment-page-2#comment-111042 Matty Sun, 14 Aug 2011 13:52:46 +0000 http://www.joblog.co.za/2006/11/the-dog-whisperer#comment-111042 To all Dog Owners looking for assistance with their pets, beware of those falsely posing as Dog Whisperers in and around Cape Town. After scouring the internet for someone who could help with a number of issues with my two much loved dogs, I came across a website I could not fault in terms of what it promised; 30 years of experience, glowing testimonials from around the world as to this woman’s expertise, and free ongoing assistance if the first three hours of paid consultation did not give satisfactory results, the implication being that this was unlikely. After saving the funds I needed, I made contact. She arrived with a 12year old, overweight arthritic Labrador who was purportedly her “assistant” and we were assured that the issues that I had raised would be dealt with easily. In the five hours she was in our house, her dog sat sorrowfully on a mat in the middle of the floor, scarcely moving except to eat the remainder of the food in our dogs’ bowls, and precipitating a volley of barking from our two dogs who could not understand this stranger taking over their prime spot on he carpet.. In her time in our home • She constantly referred to dog behavior as being that of the pack “chill or kill” behavior • Observed our dogs from afar without touching them or interacting with them at all • Made a couple of excursions into the garden where we were told to turn our backs to them • Instructed us to make no eye contact with them whatsoever • Feed them until they couldn’t eat any more • Warned against over exercising them • Shut them in the kitchen for a long period of time • Got us to watch a homemade amateurish poor quality DVD which was clearly made a number of years ago (price R395) while she sat in her car for what was also a long period of time • Rubbished the Dog Food industry, the vetinarian industry, Animal Behaviorists and the SPCA, alluding to a conspiracy amongst these bodies • Told is that one dog was seriously hallucinating and would eventually kill the otherr one At 8:30 pm, and it was pitch dark, she asked us if we wanted to practice leash walking with the dogs. By this time we had had enough and declined despite that being one of our main objectives of the consultation. We just wanted her to go and on her exit were issued with the instruction to ignore the dogs for the next five days – no eye contact at all. When she left my husband and I looked at each other in dismay and realized that we had been totally conned, and had parted with a huge sum of money with absolutely nothing in return, some of which was for goods that we realized were of no use to us whatsoever, the DVD included. It has taken us months to get back the refund promised to us upon the return of those goods in an impeccable condition and then not all of it. Our email request for the balance of the money was deleted without being read. Not only were we conned by an organization that we believe does not actually exist in the way one is led to believe it does but whoever is behind it is totally dishonest as well. Please beware such people, everyone, the internet can provide a believable façade for those who only want your money and who will play on your emotions to part you from it as quickly as possible. To all Dog Owners looking for assistance with their pets, beware of those falsely posing as Dog Whisperers in and around Cape Town.

After scouring the internet for someone who could help with a number of issues with my two much loved dogs, I came across a website I could not fault in terms of what it promised; 30 years of experience, glowing testimonials from around the world as to this woman’s expertise, and free ongoing assistance if the first three hours of paid consultation did not give satisfactory results, the implication being that this was unlikely. After saving the funds I needed, I made contact. She arrived with a 12year old, overweight arthritic Labrador who was purportedly her “assistant” and we were assured that the issues that I had raised would be dealt with easily.

In the five hours she was in our house, her dog sat sorrowfully on a mat in the middle of the floor, scarcely moving except to eat the remainder of the food in our dogs’ bowls, and precipitating a volley of barking from our two dogs who could not understand this stranger taking over their prime spot on he carpet..
In her time in our home
• She constantly referred to dog behavior as being that of the pack “chill or kill” behavior
• Observed our dogs from afar without touching them or interacting with them at all
• Made a couple of excursions into the garden where we were told to turn our backs to them
• Instructed us to make no eye contact with them whatsoever
• Feed them until they couldn’t eat any more
• Warned against over exercising them
• Shut them in the kitchen for a long period of time
• Got us to watch a homemade amateurish poor quality DVD which was clearly made a number of years ago (price R395) while she sat in her car for what was also a long period of time
• Rubbished the Dog Food industry, the vetinarian industry, Animal Behaviorists and the SPCA, alluding to a conspiracy amongst these bodies
• Told is that one dog was seriously hallucinating and would eventually kill the otherr one

At 8:30 pm, and it was pitch dark, she asked us if we wanted to practice leash walking with the dogs. By this time we had had enough and declined despite that being one of our main objectives of the consultation. We just wanted her to go and on her exit were issued with the instruction to ignore the dogs for the next five days – no eye contact at all.
When she left my husband and I looked at each other in dismay and realized that we had been totally conned, and had parted with a huge sum of money with absolutely nothing in return, some of which was for goods that we realized were of no use to us whatsoever, the DVD included. It has taken us months to get back the refund promised to us upon the return of those goods in an impeccable condition and then not all of it. Our email request for the balance of the money was deleted without being read. Not only were we conned by an organization that we believe does not actually exist in the way one is led to believe it does but whoever is behind it is totally dishonest as well.
Please beware such people, everyone, the internet can provide a believable façade for those who only want your money and who will play on your emotions to part you from it as quickly as possible.

]]> By: Dillon Scantlebury http://www.joblog.co.za/2006/11/the-dog-whisperer/comment-page-2#comment-110919 Dillon Scantlebury Thu, 19 May 2011 18:45:47 +0000 http://www.joblog.co.za/2006/11/the-dog-whisperer#comment-110919 Just looking around and located your website - thanks for sharing. Just looking around and located your website – thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Ralene Perez Basson http://www.joblog.co.za/2006/11/the-dog-whisperer/comment-page-2#comment-110888 Ralene Perez Basson Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:32:44 +0000 http://www.joblog.co.za/2006/11/the-dog-whisperer#comment-110888 Dogs are alliens... The only Alien invasion we had in our house in Boschenmeer 5 years ago, was Pam Whyte and her poor dog, which was so over weight he looked like our coffee table. Her theory about dogs was so crazy, (for example: they only thing they want to do is tear our heads of our bodies!) my family (including our then two puppies) were so traumatized, me and my children was crying when she left. their is only one word describing her opinion and the way she treats dogs.......cruel. People like Pam Whyte should not have dogs, never mind try to teach dogs and dog owners, the SPCA should prohibit her to work as a dog trainer. It also took me a week to get the overpowering smell of her poor dog out of my house. Please be warned and do not make use of her services, she's an absolute fake who asks allot of money. We have the most beautiful happy family (our two dogs included) and no heads has been ripped off any body as yet, as she so delightfully described our two beautiful golden cocker spaniels fantasied about everyday. They give us allot of enjoyment and love, without us treating them as ........ Kindest Regards, Ralene Perez Basson Dogs are alliens…

The only Alien invasion we had in our house in Boschenmeer 5 years ago, was Pam Whyte and her poor dog, which was so over weight he looked like our coffee table.

Her theory about dogs was so crazy, (for example: they only thing they want to do is tear our heads of our bodies!) my family (including our then two puppies) were so traumatized, me and my children was crying when she left. their is only one word describing her opinion and the way she treats dogs…….cruel.

People like Pam Whyte should not have dogs, never mind try to teach dogs and dog owners, the SPCA should prohibit her to work as a dog trainer.

It also took me a week to get the overpowering smell of her poor dog out of my house.

Please be warned and do not make use of her services, she’s an absolute fake who asks allot of money.

We have the most beautiful happy family (our two dogs included) and no heads has been ripped off any body as yet, as she so delightfully described our two beautiful golden cocker spaniels fantasied about everyday. They give us allot of enjoyment and love, without us treating them as ……..

Kindest Regards,

Ralene Perez Basson

]]> By: Andrew Hodge http://www.joblog.co.za/2006/11/the-dog-whisperer/comment-page-2#comment-110652 Andrew Hodge Mon, 06 Dec 2010 11:16:49 +0000 http://www.joblog.co.za/2006/11/the-dog-whisperer#comment-110652 Pam came to our home and cured our precious Bull Terrier Tyson of aggression toward our 2 year old son 3 years ago. He has NEVER shown any aggression since – ever, except to protect us. If Pam can cure our Bullie, and the Pit Bulls in Namibia which she is well known for, a snapping Doberman and a 6 month old Ridgeback are childs play to such a highly experienced person who’s been working hands-on with problem dogs for so many years. You either have a serious case of “broken telephones” or a serious case of jealousy. Andrew Hodge. Pam came to our home and cured our precious Bull Terrier Tyson of aggression toward our 2 year old son 3 years ago. He has NEVER shown any aggression since – ever, except to protect us.

If Pam can cure our Bullie, and the Pit Bulls in Namibia which she is well known for, a snapping Doberman and a 6 month old Ridgeback are childs play to such a highly experienced person who’s been working hands-on with problem dogs for so many years.

You either have a serious case of “broken telephones” or a serious case of jealousy.
Andrew Hodge.

]]> By: Zinzi http://www.joblog.co.za/2006/11/the-dog-whisperer/comment-page-2#comment-110554 Zinzi Sat, 13 Nov 2010 08:20:31 +0000 http://www.joblog.co.za/2006/11/the-dog-whisperer#comment-110554 Pam Whyte was consulted by 2 of friends. In both cases the dogs were considered dangerous they were advised to have the dogs put down. The one dog was a 6 months old Ridge-back that had had been traumatized and this dog has subsequently been put down. The other is a 13 month old Doberman that snapped at the owner. Luckily she had the sense to consult a different behaviouralist. Pam Whyte is a menace to dogs and should not be consulted. Pam Whyte was consulted by 2 of friends. In both cases the dogs were considered dangerous they were advised to have the dogs put down. The one dog was a 6 months old Ridge-back that had had been traumatized and this dog has subsequently been put down. The other is a 13 month old Doberman that snapped at the owner. Luckily she had the sense to consult a different behaviouralist.
Pam Whyte is a menace to dogs and should not be consulted.

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