SACRAMENTO DOG TRAINING
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Why Choose Us Over Food-Bribery Trainers
You want someone who can get your dog to obey your voice quickly without yelling, violence or bribing with food. Who wants a dog who doesn't listen unless you have treats?
Totally agree who wants a dog who only listens if you have treats.
Obedience is you asking your dog to do something and he does it because you say so, and not because the dog is going to get food or be punished.
Really so you can train a dog just by asking it do do things, no leash corrections, no praise, no yelling, that would be a first and make all the major scientific papers. This would make the person FAMOUS if it was possible.
Be forewarned, the words "Positive Reinforcement, Luring and Operant Conditioning." are code for bribing with food. Folks, don't waste your time and money on this nonsense and call us to learn how to train your dog fast without food or violent methods. The cruelest method is the one where the dog never gets trained and the dog no longer respects the owners and is biting people as a direct result of owners trying to train their dog with food. Then the dog has to be euthanized.
This shows the author of this has NO clue of what operant conditioning is. Operant conditioning is another word for training and has nothing to do with 'positive' trainers. Heck Kohler used operant conditioning...
Also this is very interesting as it goes against everything the American Society of animal behaviourists recommend. I myself has rehabbed dogs who were 'aggressive' due to bad handling. I can say you can earn a dogs respect and trust with rewards. In fact its the primary way reccomended by behaviourists. But hey there are those who still claim the earth is flat....
a real dog trainer, not some kid at the pet shop or side-liner holding classes in the park or at the SPCA. The pinch collar is a tool. Half of the homes we go to the client already has a pinch collar because they hear at work and from their friends that pinch collars often work good for getting hyper or very strong dogs under control. We recommend not using any collar, but you have to start somewhere. We don't tell people which collar to use, just the ones not to use.
Yep go for a real trainer. People with multiple world championships, or national championships. I have talked to such trainers. NONE would recommend an article like this. Go for trainers who can talk knowlegelby about all methods. Who don't dismiss a training style because they don't understand it.
always people who are against pinch collars have never used one. Usually these people are living in an imaginary dream world where they fantasize about getting their dog under control or off-leash obedient with lots of yummy treats from Mommy for their furry human baby.
Well I have used them, and shock collars. I stopped as I found my dogs learnt faster and were far more reliable in the competition ring when I ditched the punishments and upped the rewards.
is mean is a dog not getting trained and left out-of-control and having to be euthanized. Usually Food-Bribery dog trainers are the first ones to tell you to destroy your dog when the treat training does not work or later on when your dog turns aggressive.
Well once again. NO good positive trainer recommends bribery. The do recommend rewards. NILIF is the best way to take control of an out of control dog. And yes it does get a dog to greatly respect you. It gets the dog to realize all good things come from humans, and that they need to be well mannered in order to earn them.
could anyone be against something that saves many dogs lives?
Because it kills as many dogs as it saves. Teaching a dog to obey out of fear (of pain from a collar etc) does nothing to get them to respect those they know they are 'more powerful than' If its obey the mightiest mentality where does that leave children?
pinch collar was developed by a veterinarian as a safe and humane alternative to choke chains. Pinch collars are what you use on small dogs with easily damagable half-round tracheas like Jack Russel Terriers and Dachshunds with really delicate necks. People who say pinch collars are dangerous are wrong--pinch collars are the safest collar. Again, we say it is mean to not train your dog and have to use collars and leashes.
Sure not training your dog is mean. There are people who use staves to train their dogs. But that isn't necessary. If you need to result to corporal punishment to teach things as easy as heeling, or sit then I think your training techniques suck. Why would you WANT to use force to train when you dont' have to?
collars have saved many dogs lives and only should be used, if at all, for a short time just while training. They are now very popular with women, kids, seniors and people with injuries or disabilities. It only takes about 20%, or less, energy to get the same or more response from a dog wearing one versus a flat buckle collar.
Sure thats true. BUT more people slap them (and halties) on their dogs INSTEAD of training them. Most people use them as a crutch vs training their dogs to want to walk with them.
