Carrie,
I agree that people need to know how dogs
"think" & learn behaviors and knowing your
own dogs personality,strengths and weaknesses
is the basis for starting a good productive
training session.I ,myself would never send
a dog away for training by someone else.
Good trainers should evaluate the individual
dog, and then show you how to train him/her.
I also agree that there is no one way that
is better than another.Better a combination
of methods best suited for the particular
dog.
I wonder if you (living in the U.K.) have
read the article "Obey or be Corrected" that
was in ooze magazine ? After reading of the
trainer's treatment of the Burnese Mountain
puppy during a training session,I really
wanted to know more about the whole process
of training.In my "heart of hearts" I could
never imagine this trainer's actions(if true)
to be anything but beastly and inhumane.
If you have read the article,would you care
to comment on this trainer's methods?
Thank You for your insite. Liz.