I like Rüter's style - he combines solid canine behavioral knowledge with humor and common sense. A gem among the pantheon of 'entertaining' dog trainers.
He will be in St. Gallen, Basel and Sursee in September - don't know if tickets are still available (the Hallenstadium was sold out btw), but if they are... highly recommended.
As with all TV dog training programs the bottom line is that it IS entertainment. The 'tough stuff', the actual work, is boring and repetative - and thus often edited out.
What I like about Martin Rütter is that he makes is clear that there are no quick fixes, that the owner must commit to a consistent and often lengthy training or therapy program.
The live show was mostly humor - we dog owners need to laugh at ourselves more often.
We employed a Swiss man, a follower of Cesar Millan, who told us that our dog was protecting us against the other dogs.
He was correct, we changed our attitude to our dog, showed him we were quite capable of looking after ourselves, and now the aggressive behaviour to other large dogs has almost gone.