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Dog Training - Bad Dogma, How Harsh Training Methods Can Cause Aggression
The dictionary defines the word dogma as: The established belief or doctrine held by a religion, ideology or any kind of organization, thought to be authoritative and not to be disputed, doubted or diverged from.
There is an old saying among dog trainers that goes: The only thing two dog trainers can agree on is what the third one is doing wrong.
There are basically two schools of dog trainers. On one side you have the old school dog trainers that believe training is done by using a choke chain or prong collar to train, that you should never use food to train the dog.
On the other hand you have the food reward trainers that believe you should never use any kind of force or harsh methods to train.
Both sides will strongly argue for their way of training. I have been on both sides of the issue. I got my start training dogs with an old time trainer that had been training dogs since the 1950s. If you used a treat in front of this guy, you had to be prepared for a verbal eruption that would make a sailor blush.
I have also been with trainers that think anything short of filet mignon not being used for treats is cruel. All kidding aside it can get confusing for someone trying to train their dog. Who do you listen to? Should you just use treats to train? Do you ever give your dog a correction?
The truth of the matter is that positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement can be extremely effective. There is no denying that there are thousands of dogs that are safely confined to their yards with the help of underground electronic fences.
There is also no denying that dogs learn much better when you use a reward based system of training. The important point is this: You want to make sure that you spend more time rewarding your dogs behavior than punishing or getting physical with your dog.
The fact is that all good relationships are based on positive interaction. I once watched a group obedience class where all the dogs were on choke chains. Food was not allowed. In the course of one hour, I watched one guy give his dog over 150 corrections with the leash. They werent all hard corrections but he did yank on the leash that many times.
Over time, that dog will become tolerant to the choke chain and the owner will have to yank harder and harder and will probably damage his dogs neck and trachea which will lead to one very grouchy dog. Theres no denying the fact that a dog being trained that way can easily develop an aggression problem, and heres the rub. The dog is always blamed, never the training method Doesnt it make sense to use a reward based training system?
Unfortunaly this way of training has become the established belief or doctrine held by many dog trainers, and not to be disputed, doubted or diverged from.
Too bad for the dogs.
Eric Letendre, author of The Amazing Dog Training Man, invites you to visit http://www.amazingdogtrainingman.com for free dog training video clips, tips, articles, and advice. Free Newsletter.
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