[GSDElsa]

I think you have to take bits and pieces of what they have to say. Very old school, but they also promote including the dog a lot in your day to day activities and life and their own version of NILIF.

In the new version of the book they even seem to be backing off some of their more, er, questionable methods.

 

[GSDElsa]

So, in this case does "old school" mean using a prong and giving corrections? I don't know if I am "old school"or not?

No, I wouldn't say that. Alpha rolls, skruffing, etc. That stuff I consider very old school. Prongs and "ehhhhs" not so much.

When there are photo illustrations of how to drag your dog around by the neck...yes, that is a big old school.

 

[GSDElsa]

Apparently I skipped that section because I don't remember that at all. I certainly don't buy into dragging ones dog around, I guess I'd have to reread the books (it's been years) and see what the context of that was.

The context the scruffing and alpha rolls was in was pretty much if the dog acted up, do X to get it to behave. Granted, alpha roll is not in the new book. But the photos on "how to properly scruff your dog" are.