By Lynn – A lot of people who pooh-pooh the use of corrections of any type in dog training are the ones who will trot out words such as “fear,” “pain,” “inhumane,” and heaven forbid, the C-word: “cruel.” All the time, more often than not, looking down their noses at someone who is obviously a …
By Lynn – It’s no myth that every dog is different, and I would hope that no one (well, who doesn’t have dollar signs dancing in their collective eyeballs) would perpetuate that myth by using a one-size-fits-all approach. Heaven forbid their approach fail: the consequences could range from absolutely no change in behavior (and hence …
By Lynn – KXLY does an fun, impromptu test to find out! Hat tip to retrieverman for posting this. While one might argue that the newspeople only selected “family friendly” breeds, the concept would no doubt be repeated with pet mastiffs, Shepherds and the like. Simply put, in the vast majority of cases, no pet dog will …
By Lynn – While no one’s yet confronted me about it, I’m sure I get a lot of mean looks from people behind curtains or those who are just really good at concealing their facial expressions when it comes to letting dogs mark while on a walk. Why? The short answer is because I don’t …
By Lynn – I made a mistake recently: I got into a debate about e-collars on a YouTube thread in the lair of the Beast–Victoria Stillwell herself. I politely ended the comment-conversation and moved it to messages, where I was bound by no character limit. At halftime, the ball was in my court and I …
By Lynn – On December 10th, 2009 on BBC America, us on this side of the pond will finally get to see the controversial Pedigree Dogs Exposeddocumentary! It’s not for the faint-of-heart, but like a lot of other gut-wrenching documentaries about dogs in dire need of reform: it is a must-see by anyone who considers themselves a “dog-lover”! …
By Lynn – It took a member here to see my problem and, without explicitly saying it, goad me to see what I originally couldn’t. Dogs were trained in the old days without halters, clickers, and no-pull harnesses. Indeed, they were trained with harsh collar corrections that were, more often than not, way above what …
By Lynn – These are pictures of raw muzzles after using the ‘Gentle’ Leader. We have three new dogs in the kennel and these are the worst ones…I think the third one is somehow doing fine. They have been wearing the headcollars exclusively for approximately one month at this point. Please keep in mind that …
By Lynn – But there’s no Part 1, you say? I didn’t write it, and I’m not going to pretend I did! Thanks to Roger Hild, we have a good analysis for why ‘Gentle Leaders’ might not be so ‘gentle’ after all. (And pretty much anytime I refer to them in the future, there WILL …
By Lynn – A lot of people like to use training collars, both choke and pinch collars, for management of the dog during either during walks, or they just leave them on the dog all the time. Most of them only use the collars during walks. And then they get upset when someone points out …