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Originally Posted by codmaster
Note the author! very much a Pos only type of person - it is definetly in her best interest for her view of "training" to NOT believe in the idea of a pack and a pack leader. this might have influenced her view of packs.
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Why would it be in her best interest? From what I could tell on the site, she uses clicker training, which is based on learning theory. Learning theory applies to all animals, "pack" or not so it would not matter whether you believe in the idea of a pack, positive/clicker training would still be a valid method.
Actually your statement makes a lot more sense if it were applied to a believer in pack theory or a dominance-based trainer, because it would definitely be in their best interest to NOT believe the newer research done which debunks the classic description of alpha theory. Clicker training/learning theory has the same principles whether or not you believe dogs are pack animals with a strict hierarchy, but dominance-based/pack training does not.
Clicker training methods are applied all the time to other pack animal species as well as solitary species or those with other group dynamics.