Without wanting to belabor a point or bad-mouth fellow dog trainers, dog training has not really changed much in hundreds or even thousands of years. It is not a good idea to allow dogs onto furniture and it is not a good idea to tolerate dominant behaviors. Never has been: and I was taught how to train dogs properly. So I guess I remain unconvinced and skeptical, tho’ willing to keep an open mind.
Obviously I am hoping that Scarlet works out fine because it would be churlish not to hope that.
Equally, if Best Friends Animal Society can do something positive for Vick’s dogs that can only be a good thing: no dog deserves to be put thru what they went thru. Not even Pit Bulls, a mixed variety of mungrel mutt for which I have little time and even less use. (and no I don’t mean Staffys or Kanawa’s dog &tc)
Speaking personally, rehabilitating pit-fighting dogs is not a task I would relish, and I’d probably decline. It would be a difficult and dangerous task, and I would never be comfortable that I’d done the job adequately. So if Best Friends Animal Society can rehabilitate them reliably and effectively, good on ‘em. It is a better alternative to euthanizing them, which would be the only other humane alternative.