Force Free Trainers

Well since you brought it up....what does "Force Free Trainer" mean?

To members of the Guild, it means: we use no shock, no pain, no fear, no physical force, no physical molding and no compulsion-based methods.

I kinda figured that....you know not being in the "biz" and just being a pet owner, It is hard to imagine that there is any other way to train.  We have changed our methods over the years but they have improved alot with our last 4 dogs and since we have become part of the IDog family too:)  Ron and I have found that love, praise and making our furr babies part of our lives is what works best for us and them.

 Ginger- Marc Goldberg actually owns the term ForceFree Method related to dog training: http://www.trainingdogsinchicago.com/index.php/chicago-dog-trainer  I don't think his website gives any kind of specific description of what he does, but it is his trademarked term.

I guess the phrase itself threw me cause I would think that all good training would be "Force Free".  Thanks for educating me.

 Check this out regarding the questions the term brings out among people in the "biz", too. You are not alone in wondering what it means.  :)  http://www.dogstardaily.com/blogs/force-free-training-misnomer  I'm not even sure I understand what this woman is trying to write, either, to be honest.

 FYI, Mark is a shock collar trainer. So, his use of the term is a bit of an oxymoron.  He does not own the words force free, only the ForceFree Method.  Funny how the shock collar trainers always need to euphemize what they do.

 I would hope that on the other side of the bridge, dogs who were shock-collared are sitting with a human-sized shock collar for use on their humans for the duration of eternity.

 On second thought, why would the shocked dogs  want to wait for their former tormentors at all?

Burl

 I would hope that on the other side of the bridge, dogs who were shock-collared are sitting with a human-sized shock collar for use on their humans for the duration of eternity.

Now, if in the hereafter my dog wants to put me on the operating table to remove my uterus... eek!  That scares me!

 I have to confess I have never even seen one, let alone feel it.  Sorry for my prejudiced and uninformed joke.  FWIW, we use pinch collars on every walk, and like you, we put it around our arm and yanked on it.  Sorry to have offended.

Burl

I have to confess I have never even seen one, let alone feel it.  Sorry for my prejudiced and uninformed joke.  FWIW, we use pinch collars on every walk, and like you, we put it around our arm and yanked on it.  Sorry to have offended.

 Thanks, Paige.