David Winners "
Based on bad science and driven by pet trainers and AR activists that have never worked a dog a day in their life.
The wrong people are shouting the loudest. "
once again going through my mountain of saved magazines and books I came across this gem earlier in the month . I was going to share it as a curiosity , now I share it with a purpose . This is going to be a Feed-Back email originally written by a Robert (Bob) Scott . It appeared in our Canadian Kennel Clubs monthly magazine, the official communication from the national breed club . The date of the issue is June of 2008. That is almost 6 years ago. That is how long this topic has been roiling . Mr Scott responded to "Collar debate, continued" some comments in the Feed-back issue in the magazine but the April issue . I have not come across this issue and may not have it . I saved the June issue for the main article on coat color and behaviour , are they linked.
here goes .........
"Please permit me to comment specifically to Shannon Darch regarding her comment about the "prong collar" article (Feedback , April)
Thousands upon thousands of dogs are killed every year in Canada and the U.S. because people have no idea how to manage them, much less train them, and also because of people who've swung the pendulum so far off centre that people are longer even allowed to say NO to their dog for fear of "squelching" its personality!
Cesar of the Dog Whisperer and Brad of At the End of My Leash , and many others like them, are personally responsible for giving a new lease on life to thousands of dogs that would otherwise have been killed in many cases, they have stepped in after people of the Purely Positive ilk have given up on these dogs and their owners. Not every dog owner or dog can be trained and managed by purely positive methods - but they all should at least have a chance at life.
How many dogs have you saved from the needle in your extensive 20 years of cookie and clicker training experience . And how many have you written off.
A prong collar (or any other collar) does not have to elicit 'pain' as you allege, in order to effectively train or rehabilitate a dog. You may think of your dogs as your children, but your dogs do not think of you in those terms and all dogs benefit from understanding their position in the pack.
The dark side? That would be the death of a dog that was failed to be trained by a Purely Positive trainer.
I'll place the bond I have with my dogs alongside yours any day "
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