Aversive Pet Dog Training Methods Have Become Incredibly Normalized
<p>As a committed professional pet dog trainer, these comic strips likely intended to be lighthearted entertainment for readers caused me more distress than I’d like to admit. The fact remains that much of the archaic beliefs about dog behaviour and training persist. I felt triggered by how standardized yelling “no” or creating noises for startling dogs. These simply interrupt undesired behaviours in the moment, but the dogs don’t actually learn anything. Even the repetition of a verbal cue is not as benign because the main idea of telling a dog “stay” aims to intimidate that dog. Some dogs either get so frightened by the intimidation that they respond by freezing. Other dogs may learn to disregard the word and move out of position which often gets met with physical punishment.</p>
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