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from my experience a submissive dog and a great temperament really have nothing to do with each other ........ I believe there is a genetic component to how submissive a dog is predisposed to be , and your handling of them should be different ..........They are known for having great temperaments, that's why I got them. Mine are fairly submissive but that is also how I've raised them. I don't allow shenanigans.
good thing that didn't make the news ....... personally my dogs only need to alert me , that way I make the decision on the liability that will be incurred ....... I've seen a few defensive English mastiffs , I seen one protection trained using defense , a defensive dog imo is a liability , a dog trained to bite based on it's defensive nature is a double liability ...... I've never owned an em , but the distrusting defensive nature has appeared to me not to be the norm ........If you tried to let yourself in my neighbor's yard? You'd find out how SG a Mastiff can be . I witnessed his female Martha(one of his 4) rip someone off a motorcycle he was trying to steal. By the time we got to them his arm was mangled both bones broken and his intestines were hanging out of his belly thanks to one of the others.
honestly I don't believe there is any new/different ways in which animals are trained today than there was 40yrs ago ......... I've had more of an interest in genetics than behavior , and our understanding of genetics has increased significantly , and we certainly don't breed healthier dog because of it ...............I've personally owned, trained, and raised over 100 dogs. Including Blue Heelers that were all working dogs, we also bred them. GSD's, I've adopted numerous retired police dogs, ................................................I've had hard dogs, easy dogs, and downright nasty son-of-a-bitch dogs. ................................................. This whole concept of "heel" and walking on a loose leash is only something I've learned about in the past few years. Hank my fawn EM is the first dog that I used a leash on from the day we brought him home at 8 weeks. He will be 3 on 11/11/15. I didn't know what the fuck P+ or R+ or negative reinforcement was. That's not how I learned. I learned through watching and doing what my step-dad did. I didn't know that a correction is referred to as an aversive. I just know that my grandfather said, "This is how you teach a dog to ____." There was never a point in my life when I didn't own a dog. I've never had or found a dog I couldn't make behave in an acceptable manner. I've been bitten more times than I can count. I've been literally attacked on a few occasions when I was younger and didn't know any better. This whole "science based dog training" idea is pretty much brand new to me. Here lately I've just been working on trying to get "up to speed" or "up to date" with what people are using in the industry. Mostly because I want to get into the industry. People can read books and go through case studies all they want. I've lived the shit. Many of the methods I've learned and used in the past I'm learning more and more aren't necessarily the best way to do things or even accepted as ethical by today's standards. Glasgow talks about cognitive dissonance. After I looked it up in the dictionary, I realized it was a brand new idea to me . It also is applicable to the way I think about dog training now. I've been learning so many new things in such a short time I often have conflicting thoughts on what dog training actually is all about now lol. I have an impulse to go out and buy a clicker for god's sake lol.1 year ago if you told me I had to click something the exact moment my dog's ass touched the floor I'd have called you a moron. I've been going over material on how to "shape behaviors" using a clicker. Truly fascinating stuff. I'm going to make an attempt to attend Clicker Expo in Reno, NV in Jan. All my spare time I've been spending learning everything I can. It's truly amazing how far things have come in the past 30 years as far as methodology goes. I'm like a sponge. Just soaking it up. Will I start using positive only methods? Prob not anytime soon. I'm to used to saying "nope" as a reaction to my dog breaking a sit/stay. But I also don't see anything wrong with that type of a correction. I bought a prong collar to learn how it works and to use on my own dogs because I want to form my own opinions of the tools available. Does that mean I'm going to allow my dog to walk past me while I turn around and jerk the hell out of the lead? NOPE. IMO that's straight uncalled for. Before I even put it on my dog I put it on me and had my wife jerk me around a little bit. It was pretty hot but that's a whole other topic =P Walls of text abound. Sorry for the ramble lol.
Very, very well said.I think the most important thing to remember is that most of us all used the old style of training and found the new methods work just as well if not better. I did it Ceasars way up until last year. I actually have a prong and stim collar for Bear! When I got him I was trying all my old tricks and it just was not working. I started looking for a better way and stumbled upon the newer training methods and got myself hooked up with a "positive" trainer. The change in my dog was incredible and I have not looked back. It makes me sad to think that I actually "alpha" pinned dogs down. Did it stop the immediate behavior, absolutely....did the dog try the behavior again, yup.....did the dog ever fully trust me, nope. It just makes sense when you think about it. Harsh corrections may stop a undesirable behavior but you have not changed the core issue in the dog. Yes, it may not lunge at the other dog walking past for fear of the correction but the dog still wants to lunge, they are just restraining themselves. "Positive" training instead will work on the mindset of the dog. Why is the dog lunging and how can we change the way he feels about the other dog to keep the behavior from happening? In my eyes one form deals with the symptom where the other deals with the actual disease. I think a lot of people believe "positive" training is just shoving treats in the dogs mouth while begging or bribing them. Sometimes it can look like that and some trainers do that incorrectly. But that is not at all what it is about. I think the only way we can better ourselves is to try different things. I tried all sots of methods with Bear and have found something that works for us. I am always open to learning more and if something works better I am ok with abandoning the old.
if i'm around to tell her to leave it , it's not a problem , she is perfectly obedient , and now she knows not to chew on it when i'm around . you've solved such a problem with this method ?Teach her leave it. If she doesn't already know it, my fav way to teach it is with food. Something like "it's your choice". Once the concept of leave it is down, you apply it to the doggie door flap. You say leave it, and reward/praise for even just looking away from it.