--- In [email protected], "Karen Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> One of the foundation lessons is called "the grown-ups are talking, > please don't interrupt". > > I think that is possibly the biggest single thing I've seen people miss, and > what has turned me off the method as much as I am.
I don't thing anything is wrong with the method, we have had people say the same thing about natural horsemanship, that they have seen it going wrong, it seemed rough, they have seen horses ruined. I don't think it has to do with the "system", there are always going to be people who aren't thinking too deeply about how they shape their animal's behavior, and they go on anyway, we can really only control what we do with our own animals, ultimately. I would just hate to see people discount a method that really *might* be the key in their situation (and I have seen this, there is someone on another list who refused to consider clicker training and at one point was ready to put the animal down, still not having tried everything, and now is thinking about a stud chain for a previously abused animal). People have to have a learning curve, I think we have to allow for that (like it's really in our control anyway:) ), they may muddle through for a while before they start to get a better grasp of it, it just takes time like with anything. Kim
