Features
July 2005 Issue
After force-based training increased her reactivity to dogs (and many other stimuli), Hera’s owners found positive training – and she vastly improved.
Puppy Training Classes Teach Self Control
A reactive dog “positively” learns self-control – and even social skills.
When Hera was about 18 months, we went to an adult dog training class. This instructor told us to use a prong collar. We bought one but often we “forgot” to bring it to class. We walked her with it a couple of times but just couldn’t get ourselves comfortable with the tool even after we’d followed the instructor’s directions to put it around our own thighs and jerk so we’d know it didn’t hurt terribly much.
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