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Originally Posted by concretegurl  I think the trainer she's working with uses older methodoloy as in tug verbal reward not give a treat to get them to go no tug...it;s two conflicting methods of training and where trainers differ a lot, some say dominance method others say reward method...now both methods commingle but the initial start is the difference.
My first trainer used the older methods it was haphazard with a pup mill rescue thankfully we consulted a behaviorist who connected us with a new trainer using newer methods of a different thinking, |
I took Callie to Petsmart when she was a puppy for training and they did positive reinforcement and Callie picked up on everything so fast still does when learning tricks I could never imagine trying to do it another way especially sense yorkies can sometimes be hard headed
. I prefer positive reinforcement.