What is YOUR training method?

[cali]

varies per dog:

Happy - play rewards, no scolding, but just a firmer voice when needed, neuterel noice for almost everything, she HATES peppy talk.

Misty - food and play rewards, but about equal scolding as she is pretty hard headed.

Electra - food rewards mostly, lots of peppy talk, virtually no scolding as it causes her to completly shut down.

Rusty - food and praise rewards, peppy voice, mild scolding.

Blair - FIRM voice, LOADS of praise. treats only for trick training. with Blair if you are not firm and give him lots of praise he WILL attack you.

Perky - lots of pep and lots of treats lol almost no scolding.

Ripley - treats and lots of em, virtually no scolding.

[pessimisaurus]

I train by animal learning theory. I use positive reinforcment (food, toys, praise, etc) and negative punishment (time outs). I never use positive punishment (yelling, leash pops, scolding, hitting, shaker cans, spray bottles, etc) or negative reinforment (ear pinches, etc).

Dr Ian Dunbar, Karen Pryor & Jean Donaldson are some of the biggest names in founding the use of animal learning theory with pet dogs.

[sabies]

training? what training?

[Suki Wingy]

Niño needs a mix. I don't really know what I am doing except for healing, where he blocks me/ pain of choking on his collar out altogether. We are learning with the sporn harness.

[Alysser]

I try and use as much postive reinforcement/praise as possible but sometimes correction is needed...but I would NEVER hit my dog as a correction method. I was thinking more along the lines of a raised voice.

[kallisto4529]

I praise Reilly alot, he is finally starting to understand Potty, but that does not mean he has not accidents. I dont really scold him when he does, I just tell him no potty in the house and then take him outside, I dont hit him or anything like that, the only physical thing we have started doing is a squirt bottle with water.