>Speaking of training, I would shy away from those feel-good give the dog
>a treat every time they lick their balls properly type schools. Dogs
>don't need treats to listen.
Geez, where do people get this stuff?? This is so 1970's thinking. Trainers
today realize that with reward-based training you get far better results and
much happier dogs. Would you expect to work for someone with no reward in
sight? Just because someone else thinks you should and forces you too? It's not
much different in the attitude you get with kids that are rewarded for things
they do (chores, etc.) versus ones that are just forced to do it ("because I
told you so!")
>I had a Golden Retriever that was trained by me without a single treat
>and never laid a hand on her.
And of course, it makes a BIG difference as well what breed you work with, one
like this is bred for many generations to want to do what the owner asks.
That's a big difference from other breeds like terriers and hounds that are
bred to work and think independently. Think you can just tell them what to do
and they'll listen? Not likely.
>Nothing worse than a treat-dependent fat animal that is scared of
>his/her own shadow.
This is just an absurd description of reward-based training. Properly trained a
dog does not get "dependent" on treats, that's basic behavioral mod and random
reinforcement theory. And why would this have anything to do with whether a dog
is scared of their shadow?? It's force-trained dogs that tend to be scared,
because they've been corrected all their life anytime they do something wrong,
even when 9 times out of 10 they didn't understand what that was. And
reward-based training does *not* mean you have to use treats all the time. My
dog for instance will work quite happily most of the time with a tennis ball
for his reward. But bringing out some treats brings his attention level and
desire to work to another level.
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