The honorable Judge Lowe removed the publication ban on all the assessment videos of Bronx. These videos are presented unedited and in chronological order.
After almost 10 minutes the dog trainer assessed Bronx to be fearful, that his behaviours were the result of ‘fear aggression’ and that he more than likely could not be rehabilitated.
I conducted two separate assessments of Bronx due to the barking dogs and crowing rooster during the first assessment. My first assessment starts at time 9:44. You can skip to time 44:23 to go directly to my second assessment of Bronx where there are no barking dogs or roosters. My assessment was that Bronx is a high level Beta Dominant dog whose behaviour was territorial and he could be rehabilitated.
The trial Judge, the Honourable Judge Brooks agreed.
I hope those researching the efficacy of the use of decoys in assessing dangerous dogs and as a training tool can use these videos and also the Macey assessment videos from the court case in Nanaimo in 2019 to add to the existing scientific evidence that proves such methods are ineffective at understanding the psychological basis of a dog’s behaviour and intentionally alter a dogs behaviour.
Cheers