I'm so passionate about positive training. I've seen the harm fear and pain training do to a dog. How it breaks his spirit. How it ruins relationships between people and their dogs. How it shuts a dog down. Takes the joy and sparkle from their eyes and hearts.
So why do people still train that way?
You got me.
It's big business. They lure folks in with their promise of quick results. Guarantees for life. Little do folks know they are being lured into hurting their dog. Actually making him a dangerous dog.
And because these folks have big advertising budgets because they are franchises, people consider them "professional".
Wow. Boggles the mind. Watch their training. In one, the dog has to be perfectly still in a "stay". Can't move a muscle, ear or eye. Seriously who needs that degree of perfection. Maybe a police dog. And if you notice that's the background a lot of those trainers come from.
Are you training a police dog? No. Are you training a family pet and companion? Yes. Who needs fear and pain training? No dog or any animal. Not even police dogs, big dogs, rowdy dogs, pitbulls, Rottweilers or even killer whales.
All can be successful using positive, force free, reward based training. Even humans.
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