[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: .... training and the GSD
- From: Theresa-GSD Stolz-Scenecrest Farm <scenecrest.geo@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 06:57:14 -0700 (PDT)
I 100% agree with you, very well put.
Once the puppy leaves your premises you are no longer in control the new owner
is.
This society has become lazy in training dogs treats and clickers
are now the way most trainers and owners chose. Then when
they have a problem they call in Cesar Millan or someone
like him to solve the problem. When I watched him hold down
a puppy upside down until it no longer fought that was
it for me. I guess if you break the spirit you having a robot
it responds. Each puppy and dog are individuals and needs
to be trained according and placed by their personalities.
As some can handle a hard temperament dog others need
a softer dog but I do see the softer dogs now more often.
This might be the reason for the treats and clickers that are
being used. When the hard puppy arrives though these methods
do not work on them. You always need to connect with your puppy
to make them a good dog understanding them is the key word.
Theresa
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On Mon, 4/7/14, Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx <Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Date: Monday, April 7, 2014, 8:57 AM
Yeah...BUT...even people who have had
GSDs or other large dogs previously
(one of my qualifiers BTW), have been sold the "cookie
power" training
methods now. I forget which store someone told
me they were in but they no
longer carry choke or martingale collars.
Next we have the "wait out the behavior" obedience trainers,
in other
words, wait for a dog to do something right and rain cookies
on them. (Rhett
is laying at my feet now, should I rain cookies on him for
laying down?
"Good lay down!" He'd be happy but convinced I really have
lost my mind!)
Then we have the Cesar Millan followers who think problems
THEY create can
be solved in a 1/2 hour between commercial breaks.
You can qualify potential buyers until you are blue in the
face but the
reality is, once that puppy leaves your hands, there's very
little you can do
to combat the row of business cards at the vets'
offices, the solicitations
for in-home training and the nuts who are supporting
dog cookie companies.
I know we're in trouble when they are paying the vet to trim
12 week old
Princess' nails....
There has to be a happy medium. The old
snatch-and-jerk don training
method was a bit much, the "cookie power" method is ruining
just as many dogs.
Hopefully the pendulum will swing back towards center a bit.
My puppy
packet is now almost book length but I doubt fewer then 10%
actually READ it.
I can tell by the questions that come up.
Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC
Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions
visit http://www.pinehillgsds.com/
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