Product Details

• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Wgbh Wholesale
• VHS Release Date: March 28, 2000
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 1578071372
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #43,226 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Uncle Matty is back taming the most common canine behavior problems. In this new special, "dog trainer to the stars" Matthew Margolis swings into action with "puppy basics," tackling everything from mouthing to those nasty housebreaking mistakes.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You can see him on PBS or own your own in home trainer., November 20, 2000

By	"terrysinclair" (Marshfield, MA) - See all my reviews

Uncle Matty is reconized by many for his PBS specials and Animal Planet shows. I have seen him live in Boston. This video is one of his many training videos. Seeing celebrities having some of the same dog problems we do can be amusing. Uncle Matty uses an "Uncle Matty's proud" line with the dogs. It can make you giggle or cringe. When you see that the voice works on the pooches in the video, you try it on yours. Amazing it works. Sit back, relax and rewind or pause if you want to. You will watch it over & over and will likely being sharing with your friends. Enjoy.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Too much choker correction, March 1, 2004

By A Customer

I really wanted to like this video. I liked Uncle Matty himself. But he seems to use the same choker correction approach to almost every dog. In some cases, he seems to be training the dogs to disobey their owners. (He has the owner call the dog, and he corrects it for obeying.)
I also don't think choker correction is going to help a dog that has fear aggression. How could that help the dog to trust people more? It might be afraid to bite him, but it hasn't solved the poor dog's problem.