This is sort of scarry. I really do not like dominance training. Bruce can be a bit of a pill at times and many people have over the years reccomended this, but I can tell you I have gotten better results from positive reinforcement every time! When a dog is suffering from anxiety or fear that provokes a negative behavior such as not holding still for an exam it is sheer foolishness to claim that by physically punishing a dog, the dog is fixed. This can be dangerous. Hard punishments used in dominance training are not only cruel but are damage the trust between dog and human. The punishment probably will work there and then, but it will just make the dog feel more insecure and wary of you or the vet and it is common for dogs that are punished in this manner to keep reoffending because they haven’t been shown that there is another way to behave. Punitive training just puts a band aid on the problem but the dog still feels the same inside if not more insecure for the punishment he has received for ‘behaving badly’. |