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Date Posted: 15:10:43 05/06/09 Wed
Author: Samantha
Subject: Re: Akiva and the Really cold hard facts
In reply to: JB 's message, "Re: Akiva and the Really cold hard facts" on 13:58:16 05/06/09 Wed

Question. If the dog was known to have bitten before hand and obviously crumbled under public stress, why keep exposing her to even more stressful public places? it was stated n Julies post that you took her to a kids soccer game with running scraming kids and at a park with the same..

Now heres where I get lost. If a dog is showng issues with nerves, confidence, agression, whatever it may be why would you push her further in stressful situations? WHy not take a step back, and start with foundation again and build up her confidnece and gradually add in public exposure.

I've delt with nervy dogs one thing i'd never ever even consider is taking a dog to a place where incidents can happen until i felt confident enough that the dog was comfortable to withstand a situation. Starting off with limited population of people and working up to a more crowded environment. The first time the dog bit, I'd have scrutinized, and then contacted breeder and other trainers to find out what could have caused it. The second time the dog would have been put down. If it was showing me enough agression and enough unpredictable behavior to not be trusted I, 1.) never would expose them to a situation where people or other animals could be harmed in any way and 2.)would have completely rethought my training and socializing methods and started over with a completely diffrent tactic.

Always always always start with POSITIVE training methods. Corrections are unacceptable if a dog doesn't know what its suposed to do in the first place. Now if a dog knows its not suposed to jump up and was taught this and continued to do it, sure a correction would follow, but not overly done. Just enough that the dog knows its not acceptable and once its done what it was told a reward would follow for behaving.

I've had discussions time and time again with other pro trainers and specialists and one thing they all say and agree upon is there is too much compulsion and corrections and no where near the proper ammount of reward and praise.

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