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reading material on "dominance", training and welfare

peasant · 2010-02-16 22:54:57

If you have some time to spare, read the different articles on this website: http://www.dogwelfarecampaign.org/ Well worth reading (several times, if necessary)

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If you have some time to spare, read the different articles on this website:

http://www.dogwelfarecampaign.org/

Many of the theories on which training and behaviour modification approaches were based in the past have been superseded by more modern approaches. Information on this web-site explains why using training techniques that rely on inducing pain and fear in dogs, based on the belief that dogs try to assert ‘dominance’ or achieve ‘status’, is a concept that is no longer regarded as a useful way of understanding dogs, but which is also potentially harmful

Well worth reading (several times, if necessary)

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Here is another link with lots of articles, links and files to sink your teeth into

http://www.4pawsu.com/dogpsychology.htm

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