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Old 06-22-2011, 10:07 AM   #21 (permalink)
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Well, I sent her a few links of M.E. videos and she said that their training method is completely different. I am curious to see how they train, so I will watch a class after my finals are over.
She did say that having me do that kind of training would be really distracting, but as you all said, it's only one hour once a week.
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I would also not sign up for a class that used methods that were completely inconsistent with my training philosophy with the intention of just blowing off the trainer and doing things my way. For me, dealbreakers would be a trainer that thinks using food is bribery and only allow praise as the "reward", or that requires that dogs wear training collars in class. That would be a pass. If the trainer was motivational but used only food in training and I thought my dog worked better for toys I wouldn't leave my tug at home, but I would bring food to class, and use it. And I'd also use the tug too. A good trainer is going to be about training the dogs, not about their ego, and as long as you seem to know what you're doing, and your dog is clearly being trained with methods that are working and humane, I don't think it would matter if you're not doing things exactly the same as everyone else every second of class. Like I said, it's never been an issue for me.
Thanks CM I will look out for these things and make sure there isn't anything conflicting. I think they do use food as motivation, but they said their style is completely different than M.E.; I am curious!
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Old 06-22-2011, 10:13 AM   #23 (permalink)
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I'm curious too - let us know what you find out!
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