Nadine Gourkow: The response of the dog on the video didn't surprise me at all. The person who was assessing the dog has removed all of the triggers that illicit that aggressive response in him with his body posture, leaning down, with feeding the dog, with being very confident with him, and if this touching had been the dominant, he would have triggered him but because he's a fearful dog his behavior actually removes, but you know in real life unfortunately we don't have skilled people who know how to behave especially with a dog that threatens them.

And in real life, Cheech would not be cornered in a kennel by a strange man holding a foreign object! If CAMP was based on "real life" then dogs would be tested in foster homes, and not in a kennel. Plus, Gourkow is admitting that the tests can be manipulated by someone who knows how to trigger a dog, so if Ali can remove those triggers with Cheech, then the SPCA can just as easily trigger a reaction intentionally. She is actually helping our side of the argument with these comments.

AAS: Ali, a large man unknown to Cheech, entered my yard where Cheech had been put for the first time moments before (so there was the added stress of an unknown place), by suddenly, without warning, jumping over the gate and moving quickly toward Cheech while carrying a large case of assessment tools. Cheech was startled and darted away and then circled back and came to Ali for a treat. Believing or trusting anyone at SPCA head office is a serious lapse of judgement and that lapse is responsible for the deaths of many nice dogs and thousands of cats and other pets. We must all keep educating the media by telling it constantly how we know the SPCA lies, by feeding it the examples of the lies - a big job as it lies daily.