Traditional dog training where dogs know that they may be punished for making mistakes, encourages the dog to take an «if in doubt do nothing» approach.
Positive reinforcement training — the concept behind clicker training — differs from
more traditional dog training because punishment is not involved.
There are no bad habits to crush and your skills will develop much faster if you don't have to wrestle with all the assumptions and myths that come parcelled up
with traditional dog training.
Traditional dog training emphasizes that human dog owners need to «take control» by becoming that «alpha» dog or pack leader and by suppressing any attempts by their dog to become the alpha in the family.
Just like modern dog training,
traditional dog training methods are based on the assumption that dogs needed to learn to obey commands or cues given by their owners.
Today we look at the difference between modern and
traditional dog training and ask if today's gentle methods really work.
Traditional dog training, modern dog training, and balanced dog training.
Traditional dog training and balanced dog training, carries a risk.
Professional trainers are abandoning the tools and techniques of
traditional dog training, and moving in their droves to positive reinforcement based methods.
Traditional dog training has evolved from military dog training used in World War I and II.