@clintpauljohnson I see where you're coming from.
But it's still the only course with this content( I know for sure people have done it this way, but not on social media. Not explaining everything from start to finish, not making it widely accessible for everyone in every country )
If there is a course cheaper that teaches you exactly how to take a dog from 0 to that level of play, than please infrom me of it.
Note: it's not that Ivan is different in the way he teaches the play, but he takes dogs who don't want to play and makes them play at almost the same level as the
high drive dogs. Which again I've never seen someone do, because they are too focused on genetic ball drive and play drive.
Edit : This is where I wanted to really reach :
Ivan uses play to also reinforce pet dogs, rehab dogs and more. This is what I belive, and correct me if I am wrong, is completly new.
I've learned similar from a couple local dog trainers, neither of which is "certified" by Ivan.
If you haven't taken Ivans course:
Can you please list the exact way Ivan gets the ball back from the dog, how he meets the dog, since other trainers have done it this way? This in my opinion, on it's own is worth buying his course.
It's not the training methods that people don't like, it's the frequently talking down other trainers and methods as if Ivan is the only competent trainer in the world.
The only trainers he talked down to was trainers who deserved it. Trainers who lie for money and use their concepts despite not working.
Ivan specified in a lot of his podcasts that he hates most social media trainers. He is verry well respected in the dog community and has lots of friends who share common concepts and ideas.