| Humm, sorry I tried to add a bit of levity into the thread.
I have never before been accused of advocating training a dog by "yanking it around". That assumes only two choices, clicker or yanking. False logic under any system. The leash law is in place in most communities and we train in public parks. At the training club, dogs are worked on leash until the reach a certain level of proficency, but training by "yanking" went by the board long ago. Otherwise, we wouldn't need to make sure our training clothes needed so many pockets. However, those who are opposed to making their dogs do anything and prefer to wait and hope the dog offers the desired behavior do fair better in private training and that is a fine idea for them.
Thank you for the lesson. |