The most flawed argument of all:
"put your pet in a box for two-thirds of its life because it will prevent bad behavior before it develops and the dog is safer when not given a chance to be in the environment".
So with that logic, I should keep my child in her room for 16 hours per day. That way nothing bad will ever happen to her. Since she’s in her room, I don’t have to worry about boys, getting hit by a car, or anything.
I guess it's true, but it you have to completely remove an animal from its environment to achieve a result, that's not professional training, that's lack of skill in training the dog to behave well in its environment. A truly skilled trainer helps us teach animals to behave correctly in the environment without using a box to remove the animal completely.
It take a higher level of skill to train dogs without stuffing them in boxes for two-thirds of their lives. |