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Worst piece of dog training advice you have been given?

When my current Dobermann b*tch was a pup she has the annoying habbit of grabbing trousers legs {usually mine} & more often that not pinching the skin in the process {she was corrected & gave the "game" up}

I mentioned this to the ex police dog trainer who helped run the obedience club I attended & he advised that I let her carry on uncorrected & she would soon get bored of it!

When I had an overly dog aggressive Boxer I was trying to socialize & work on her focus and control, with intentions of eventually being able to bring her into the Obed ring....

Somebody actually suggested REALLY harsh collar corrections, practically "hanging" her, front paws off the ground....with a PRONG COLLAR. Lady who gave me the advice was an Obedience competitor with a lot more experience than me, so I figured she knew what she was doing. She even asked to "borrow" my dog so that she could demonstrate exactly what she was talking about. We were in a public place with other dogs around, so all she had to do was put my dog in a position where she was triggered to lunge and snarl at another dog. Her snarl went immediately to a scream and her feet came up off the ground...but the whole time she was fighting, gagging, trying to growl and bite at whatever she could. It certainly didn't neutralize the situation, it only served to help her associate other dogs with fear and pain :(.

I have nothing against prong collars when used PROPERLY and this was definitely not what I consider proper use of one. I felt so bad that I actually put my dog in someone else's hands & let this happen to her, And I vowed from that point on, I'd NEVER let anyone else handle my dog. Ever.

Fortunately, another person who saw what happened, took me aside privately and put me in touch with someone who was better equipped to help me & my dog. I learned that day that just because someone's got a few dogs with an "alphabet soup" of titles, doesn't mean they know everything about training.

It took about a year of hard work, but I was able to teach her to focus on ME and ignore other dogs, without inflicting prong-collar puncture wounds on her.

Harrogate Road Safety Dog Training Club - Display Team - Summer 2009


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