Training methods and increase in dog bites he above graph shows the dramatic increase in dog bite hospitalisations over the period 1999 to 2014 in Victoria. So what has changed over this period to cause such a dramatic increase? 16 years ago, balanced and traditional training methods were the norm. Dog owners weren’t fearful of…
DetailsI am becoming very bored with the statement, “we don’t need to use violence to train a dog” The positive-only and force-free (PO/FF) groups say that their training follows the principles of canine behaviour, and that all dogs are instinctively looking to please us, so there is no need to use ‘violence’. The term ‘violence’ in…
DetailsThe Lie About Science Based Training Methods When a dog trainer advertises them self as a rewards based trainer, what they are indicating is that they use positive reinforcement to mark appropriate behaviours. There is not one training method that is not rewards based, whether you are a positive-only trainer, a force-free trainer, or have…
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Mindset Wrap your head around this very simple rule of behaviour. It is the rule of Action->Memory->Desire, and goes like this: An action which brings about the condition for some favourable memory will most likely increase the desire to repeat the action in the future. While at the same time, an action which brings about…
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