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Hong Kong’s Dogartists: Fun-filled Training in Action - P1/2 (In Cantonese)
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Today’s Animal World:
Our Co-Inhabitants
will be presented
in Cantonese,
with subtitles in Arabic,
Aulacese (Vietnamese),
Chinese, English,
French, German,
Indonesian, Italian,
Japanese, Korean,
Malay, Mongolian,
Persian, Portuguese,
Russian, Spanish
and Thai.
I want to remind people
who really
have the intention
to have a dog companion,
apart from loving care,
you need perseverance
and have to make
a lifelong commitment
to take care of the dog.
Gracious viewers,
welcome to
Animal World:
Our Co-Inhabitants.
Today’s show features
Dogartists, a famous
non-profit organization
in Hong Kong
which offers courses to
people facing challenges
in training their
canine companions.
Dogartists,
founded in 2007,
uses compassionate
teaching methods
to impart skills and teach
appropriate behavior to
our beloved dog friends.
Dogs are very intelligent;
so are other animals.
But dogs are great
companions because of
their submissiveness.
In January 2011,
Jacky Ching, the founder
and chief dog trainer
at Dogartists, established
The Hong Kong
Academy for
Professional Dog Trainers.
The Academy offers
dog trainer diploma courses
that involve intensive
study of canine behavior
and emotion.
Currently
there are six qualified
professional dogs trainers
who have graduated
from the school.
They work together
with Jacky to do
canine training work
at stray dog shelters,
charity organizations and
pet hospitals as well as
give private lessons.
The institution seeks
to inform the community
that all dogs are capable
of being trained
as canines are very clever,
friendly, loyal in nature,
and full of love and joy.
Actually
the so-called training is
like everyday life (to them).
Therefore, I don’t think
of “sit” or “down”
as actions of obedience;
they aren’t.
Therefore, oftentimes
our dogs are so happy
to listen to
what you say to them.
The Academy
organizes dog shows and
encourages caregivers
in the community to enter
their canine companions
in these obstacle and
obedience competitions.
What is the purpose
of your dog shows?
We want to deliver
a message to the public
that every kind of dog
can be trained, including
mongrels, Rottweilers,
or dogs that have been
labeled as fierce.
There is no untrainable
dog; there are only
untrainable caregivers.
My initial intention
to do shows
with a few of my students
was to promote the concept
that different species
of dogs can
become obedient,
and we should not
label certain dogs
as good or not good.
That was our original idea.
We have been sending
this message at our shows.
Then later on, many
charity organizations
sought our help.
In Hong Kong,
the majority of stray dogs
are mixed breeds.
In most cases
the canines have been
treated inhumanely,
not received
proper loving care, and
have behavioral issues.
Dogartists focuses
on training
mixed breed dogs and
encourages the public
to adopt them instead of
only pure-bred canines.
Dogartists works
with the Mongrel Club,
a Hong Kong-based
organization formed by
more than 100 caregivers
of mixed breed dogs to
change society’s attitudes
toward these canines.
Now we help
the Mongrel Club
organize regular
monthly training classes.
We started to teach
the caregivers of mongrels,
and at the same time,
explain to everyone that
mongrels are good dogs.
We have trained a few
very obedient mongrels.
One of them
is called Aunt Xiang.
She is regarded
as the Liu Xiang
(Chinese track star)
of dogs because
she was the top runner
in several international
obstacle races.
Therefore, we mainly
help the Mongrel Club
train mongrel dogs,
letting their
inner beauty shine,
which is the major goal
of our training program.
Rebecca Ngan,
a Mongrel Club
staff member,
trained with Jacky Ching
for more than a year
and is one of his most
outstanding students.
She now offers
free-of-charge
canine training seminars
to schools and other
community institutions
as well as promotes
better treatment
and adoption
of mixed breed dogs.
I just mentioned
that I met my teacher
three or four years ago.
I got to know him
when I was attracted
to Dogartists’
amazing stage shows.
So I knew
he was a dog trainer.
After following my teacher,
I felt that he really
loves dogs very much
and he is very fair
and never judges a dog
by their breed
in determining whether
or not to teach him/her.
Frankly speaking,
it is not easy
to find a dog trainer
who is willing to
teach mongrels so much.
I think he not only has
an effective method,
but has put
a lot of thought into it.
One of a dog trainer’s
missions is to influence
the dog caregivers
of a community that dogs
need to be trained and
can become very obedient.
Wong Ha-wai is
a superstar dog
in Hong Kong,
as she has won many
canine competitions
and is very obedient to
her caregiver Jacky Ching.
Years ago
he and Wong Ha-wai
were featured
on Japan’s NHK TV.
I adopted my dog
when she was
around four months old.
Her name is Wong Ha-wai.
Now she is
six and a half years old.
Since she was a stray dog
before, her body
had many problems that
took about three months
for her to recover
from treatment.
After that, we started
fun obedience training.
Later
she took every command
as a kind of game.
From then on, she
would not resist anything
we taught her,
because she thought
they were games; that’s it.
She has been trained
for a long time.
In fact, formal training
takes only six months.
Now she has acquired
a lot of skills.
For example,
she can do obstacle
and obedience tasks,
as well as tricks like acting
as a goalkeeper and
shooting a basketball, etc.
I usually teach them
skills useful for
interacting with humans
such as dumping trash
and turning on the light.
When she was still a puppy,
Wong Ha-wai already
started taking part in
competitions.
She would compete
in any tournaments
such as the obstacle race
or talent competition,
and she was always
the favorite.
She was either
the champion or the first
runner-up for each event.
She used to win more than
40 championships
in a year.
She started competing when
she was 19 months old.
She participated
in competitions
for14 months, and
won more than 50 prizes
and was the first place
more than 40 times.
My doggie
did not understand
what a tournament is.
She just thought that
it was a family game.
I truly admired
the relationship
between my teacher
and Wong Ha-wai.
The doggie was
very obedient.
So I admired him
very much.
Dogartists team member
Candy has a canine
companion named Bingo
who was trained with
the help of Jacky Ching.
I agree very much that
dogs have high intelligence.
It is because
they can sense
if I am in a blue mood
that day from my
subtle facial expressions.
Then he (Bingo)
will sit quietly and
wait for my commands.
Therefore, I think
he understands people
very well;
we understand each other
very well.
From my facial expression
or body language,
he would know whether
I want to play with him
or do my own things.
Then he would
stay next to me
and not bother me.
From his body language,
for example, looking at me
from time to time
while walking, I know
that he wants to pee.
It is very easy to know
as we are living together
every day.
Now let’s meet
Yan Tin-yan Wu
who has also learned
dog training
from Jacky Ching.
As Jacky’s student,
could you talk more
about training?
Jacky is the chief trainer
of Dogartists.
He is in charge
of everything.
Once by chance or affinity,
I started learning
dog training from him.
I like the way
he trains the dogs.
He makes them
very happy and willing to
perform the tasks,
instead of forcing
or frightening them.
As part of
their social system,
wild dogs have what
is called a “pack leader”
who makes the decisions
for the group
and is responsible
for the pack’s safety.
Domesticated dogs also
have pack leaders.
Mr. Ching now explains
the need of the caregiver
to act as the pack leader
for training purposes.
A dog follows the leader
of a pack.
Therefore, as long as
you become his leader
or master,
he will be very obedient.
First, you have to
become his leader.
Second, you have to
let him know that you are
a protective leader,
making him feel protected
and at ease everywhere.
Then he will not
be scared to see
any people or dogs.
Then, we can start
to do the fun
game-orientated training.
The highest level
of dog training
is absolute obedience.
Once a dog has reached
this level of
absolute obedience,
he will protect you
regardless.
It is because he would
protect his pack.
So we should develop
the pack concept, that’s it.
Dogs perceive us
as their pack leaders.
How do dogs
communicate with us?
Why is swimming
good for canines?
To discover the answers
to these questions
and learn more
about Dogartists,
please join us again
tomorrow
on Animal World:
Our Co-Inhabitants
as we present
the concluding episode
of our program
on the wonderful work
of this group.
For more details
on Jacky Ching
and Dogartists,
please visit:
Thank you for your
gentle presence today
on Animal World:
Our Co-Inhabitants.
Up next is
Enlightening Entertainment,
right after
Noteworthy News
here on
Supreme Master Television.
May Heaven’s
Grace and Love
always accompany us
and our precious
animal friends.
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