Good Owners, Great Dogs

• Good Owners, Great Dogs sillysally Posted : 7/2/2006 11:50:22 AM Has anyone read this book?  It is by Brian Kilcommons ans Sarah Wilson.  What do you guys think of his methods? LIKE 5 REPLIES 385 VIEWS LAST POST SPIRITDOGS Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• olinda Posted : 7/2/2006 2:16:43 PM I did, if I recall correctly he uses leash snapping correction right? I don't like that.   Did you get the tripe for Sally? I posted pictures of natural tripe on your thread...disgusting to look at and futid to smell, but dogs go bonkers for it. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• jones Posted : 7/2/2006 5:38:48 PM I read it over a year ago so my memory's a little fuzzy about it. IIRC despite the friendly, dog-positive tone, he advocates leash popping and physical reinforcement (like if the dog won't lie down you push his body into a down). 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• sillysally Posted : 7/2/2006 6:38:15 PM ORIGINAL: olinda I did, if I recall correctly he uses leash snapping correction right? I don't like that. Did you get the tripe for Sally? I posted pictures of natural tripe on your thread...disgusting to look at and futid to smell, but dogs go bonkers for it.   I'm still convincing DH--I think that he has to be introduced to feeding changes more slowly than Sally does--lol.  I definately think that it would be a good thing for her though. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• ashland Posted : 7/3/2006 2:47:39 PM I have this book. It was recommended to me by someone on this site. I found it very helpful in most ways, but there were some corrections that I didn't feel comfortable using. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• spiritdogs Posted : 7/3/2006 4:02:23 PM I have seen Brian in action, and while he is a very skilled traditional trainer, and about as humane as any traditional trainer I've met, I don't care for the use of corrections when other methods work just as well.  The unfortunate part of correction-based training is that novices are often too harsh, dogs often shut down because they are so concerned about being "wrong" (clicker trained dogs offer more behavior, correction trained dogs avoid offering it), and because correction works on many dogs, owners are less inclined to try kinder techniques. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login