That's a good article and I totally understand what it's saying. But when my dog gets lose and I have to chase it around the neighborhood, trying everything from treats, to cheese, to sandwiches to get him to come back to me and he still runs (he thinks it's a game), I'm really not going to be in the mood to praise him when he finally does come back. I know he'll come back eventually, usually as soon as I stop chasing him because then it's no fun for him. Of course I"m going to be pist, so of course I am going to yell at him, pop him upside the chin, or put him in his cage. My dog is a hellafast runner and I don't think anyone would be happy after chasing him, especially if they can't run for s**t (I've always had breathing problems when I run).
Also, we have never had an "unsatisfactory" relationship with any of our dogs at all.
For "rubbing a dogs nose in it's poop", I would never make contact w/ the nose and the poop, but we DO show our dogs what they did before we say "NO". Our dogs have never ate poop because of that, lol...but I guess it has happenedm to others...
As for the correction collar...is that like the choker chain? With our boxer we have right now, Gizmo, we must keep 2 on him, just incase one breaks. He really cannot be trusted with people outside a few select ones from our family. When we have in on the leash, we need the chain collar, and the one that pokes when you pull on it, just incase one gives out. And yes this is what the trainer has told us to do, I know a lot of people think that's "abuse" too. But back to my point, is that what they mean by correctional collar? When we do pull on our dogs collar he will turn around, lay on his stomach, causing himself pain when it's pulled and were kinda stuck cuz we don't want to hurt him anymore, but we need him to get up and teach him that whatever he did was wrong.
Anyways, thanks for sharing that article, it's great...but as you can see that w/ my current dog, I still have issues that that article cannot answer, and to be honest I don't think most people on here would even be able to answer, or even most average trainers.
How about if we all just agree to disagree, like I've said before. I'm not telling anyone how to raise their dogs, and I don't appreciate people telling me I'm raising my dog wrong when I have proof that I'm not. If I came across as a dog abuser, and that I train my dogs by hitting them, I'm not doing that, and my bad for coming across that way. |