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Originally Posted by BabyBellie  wow evidently you've all never watched his show. He uses food and reward a lot. However he also realizes its not the only solution. I've trained dogs using his methods, and they work well. I've never seen my friends cocker spaniel as happy as when we work with her using his methods |
I've watched his show, and I suspect CrazyWiggy has too. Food is a positive reward, as is praise, toys, etc. His methods are based very little, if at all, on POSTIVE methods. He prefers intimidating the dog by rolling, hitting, choking, etc them. Dogs can be training solely on positive reward systems, including clicker training, it is not necessary to have his old, harsh methods. I find it hard to believe the dogs you work with are truly happy with poking, hitting, choking (using various collars), and in essence, bullying them.