[Maxxx]

Max has been in a positive reinforcement OB class since he was 11 weeks old. Once he hit puberty though, it wasn't enough. He'd take longer and longer and longer to obey. At first it was just a fraction of a second, then it got longer and longer and all I was supposed to do was stand there and wait until he did it, then praise him. No treats unless he did it quickly. Needless to say, I'd be the one standing there in a face-off with my dog waiting for him to obey. That didn't last long.

I moved over to schutzhund and was shown how to correct properly and we've been working on those same commands over the past 3 weeks and he's responding much quicker. I still believe and use positive reinforcement and will continue to do so (I love clicker training), but am not averse to correcting if I need to.

It wasn't always this way. It took me a bit to be convinced to use corrections but now that I have mixed it in with positive reinforcement, Max is so much better. Ignoring his bad behaviour was not at all negative in his eyes. The more I ignored him, the more he did what he wanted!