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reading material on "dominance", training and welfare

  • 16-02-2010 10:54pm
    #1
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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    Many of the theories on which training and behaviour modification approaches were based in the past have been superseded by more modern approaches.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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