Rant incoming. Delete if not allowed pls but I don't see rules against it.
Feeling a bit defalted after having a comment removed from another sub for suggesting someone try a balanced trainer before behavioural euthenaisa for their reactive dog after unsuccessfully spending thousands on positive only training. After a heated disscusion with a few people the mods closed it down. I tried to be respectfull despite practically being called an animal abuser and told my dog only listens because she's scared of me.
How do you reason with people who thinks its better to end a dogs life than subject them to some discomfort to teach them not to act that way?
You ask how to commuicate to a dog something is not acceptable without using any form of punishments and no one can answer of course. They just say teach them somthing else to do instead, yeah great unless the dog decides they'd rather go fight something than listen to your command for a treat.
I give examples about my dog has improved and I am a cruel owner subjecting her to fear and pain to "suppress the behaviour" and not really fixing it. And there was me thinking making the unwanted behavour stop so the dog can enjoy a better life and not be a danger to anyone was the goal. Apparently not if your methods don't align with the R+ ideology. Just to be clear I'm not talking about fearfull reactions here but displays of aggresion towards strangers and coming up the leash redirecting onto me out of frustration.
Feeling bad for dogs that are never given the chance to try rehabilitation by anything other than positive reinforcment only. Going to play with my scared and abused dog for a bit and take her for a walk before bedtime now to cheer myself up.
Feeling a bit defalted after having a comment removed from another sub for suggesting someone try a balanced trainer before behavioural euthenaisa for their reactive dog after unsuccessfully spending thousands on positive only training. After a heated disscusion with a few people the mods closed it down. I tried to be respectfull despite practically being called an animal abuser and told my dog only listens because she's scared of me.
How do you reason with people who thinks its better to end a dogs life than subject them to some discomfort to teach them not to act that way?
You ask how to commuicate to a dog something is not acceptable without using any form of punishments and no one can answer of course. They just say teach them somthing else to do instead, yeah great unless the dog decides they'd rather go fight something than listen to your command for a treat.
I give examples about my dog has improved and I am a cruel owner subjecting her to fear and pain to "suppress the behaviour" and not really fixing it. And there was me thinking making the unwanted behavour stop so the dog can enjoy a better life and not be a danger to anyone was the goal. Apparently not if your methods don't align with the R+ ideology. Just to be clear I'm not talking about fearfull reactions here but displays of aggresion towards strangers and coming up the leash redirecting onto me out of frustration.
Feeling bad for dogs that are never given the chance to try rehabilitation by anything other than positive reinforcment only. Going to play with my scared and abused dog for a bit and take her for a walk before bedtime now to cheer myself up.