Re: Positive-reward based dog-training method....my own mother doesn't get it, or mor | |
Hitting (hard) and kicking are both considered animal abuse, and should never be considered a training method. A dog is much more apt to learn when they get treats for things they do right than pain for what they do wrong. Quite often the dog doesn't even know what they are doing wrong, and I've seen dogs completely lose their personalities from being abused. I would show her this thread, as well as sheets from the Internet. Would she allow a trial basis? Perhaps if you showed her the positive reward method, for say, a month, and taught the dog not to steal the cushion-thing (however, I don't think that can be completely cured, because Lexie is still a puppy) and some other things she doesn't know, your mother will take to it, simply because it works. |