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Originally Posted by JeanieK  Yes, the only time this should be used is if the dog is threatening YOU.
However dogs do not sit around and think about how to out manuever you. Everything is in the now. They do not think ahead, they do not think in the past. They simply react to the NOW. |
People have been bite in the face for using this method and your chances go up higher if the dog is threatening you. I would never do this with a large dog, actually I will never use this with any of my rescue Yorkies as this is an old method and we have better methods today. They just might take longer but I think you get better results with positive training.
I agree with you as they do react to the Now for the most part as they are dogs and they do what is bred into them. Many times they can be refocused to change the Now. An abused dog will react from the past as I have seen this time and time again in the rescue dogs that have come through my house. If they were beaten or yelled at alot they will react entirely different than the ones that were not.