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Old March 23rd, 2011, 07:00 PM
BenMax BenMax is offline
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Originally Posted by SamIam View Post
An excellent example BenMax. Because the dog found the behaviour itself to be rewarding, ignoring didn't work - with another dog it might have, but their +R trainer wasn't equipped for the possibility that a stronger reaction was needed.
That's because this trainer did not initially evaluate the dog before making recommendations. This is a problem with alot of trainers. Assessing behaviour is the first formost important thing to do. Without doing so..everyone fails..and sets the dog up for failure as well. That is why I say not to be generic in your training. Mix and match.
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