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Old October 10th, 2005, 10:17 AM
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From what I've been reading on the web, treats are supposed to condition a dog to a certain behaviour. They learn to connect the desired behaviour with a good emotion and after the connection is made they will repeat the behaviour without a treat.

From what I understand (please educate me if I'm wrong), there is a school of thought which advocates treat training and positive methods only, and a school of thought that dismisses treat training and relies more on corrections (which can vary from prong/choke collar corrections to leash popping).

I've come across the names of Jean Donaldson and Dick (and William) Koehler as representatives of each respective school of thought.

I've also come across some terms connected with training techniques like operant conditioning, compulsion and dominance. I'd like to learn more about these terms, if someone would like to explain, and about the different schools of thought that exist in modern dog training.

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