I’ve touched on this before, and unfortunately I probably will need to again, but I’ve never talked about it head on like this. So buckle up. In the dog training world, a lot has changed in the last 100 years. In the old days, dogs were trained almost exclusively through pain, fear, intimidation, etc. TheseContinue reading “The (Dumb) Divide in Dog Training”
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Positive Reinforcement, Permissiveness, and the Power of Preserving Punishers!
When I began training, the only viewpoint I was exposed to was what is now commonly referred to as traditional training. This included leash “corrections”, “alpha rolls” or “dominance downs”, and a LOT of saying “NO”. Nowadays these things seem crazy, and sometimes even dangerous. But I try to keep in mind, when feeling extraContinue reading “Positive Reinforcement, Permissiveness, and the Power of Preserving Punishers!”
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