Saved by balanced training
Firstly, positive dog training is great. Dogs should have fun doing their work and the more fun they are having, the sharper you can make their obedience look. With the breakthroughs in food / reward training, competition dogs look far sharper today than they did 30-40 years ago.
That’s a fact. That’s why you see me often using food, positive energy, and enthusiasm when I am training a dog.
The big HOWEVER here is the fact that we need to separate that simple fact from the army of trainers who sell their services using common marketing terms like “all-positive,” “science-based,” “rewards-based” and other terms designed to make you feel good about buying training services from someone who eagerly wants to sell them to you.
It’s really a genius sales pitch. Why use “harsh” or “outdated” tools when you can get the same, or even BETTER results having nothing but a good time and saying "yes"? Why do people continue to prefer trainers who take a balanced, all-encompassing training approach?
That’s a fact. That’s why you see me often using food, positive energy, and enthusiasm when I am training a dog.
The big HOWEVER here is the fact that we need to separate that simple fact from the army of trainers who sell their services using common marketing terms like “all-positive,” “science-based,” “rewards-based” and other terms designed to make you feel good about buying training services from someone who eagerly wants to sell them to you.
It’s really a genius sales pitch. Why use “harsh” or “outdated” tools when you can get the same, or even BETTER results having nothing but a good time and saying "yes"? Why do people continue to prefer trainers who take a balanced, all-encompassing training approach?
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