I’m so confused. As a society we seemed to have had a huge paradigm shift toward being kind, thoughtful and compassionate. Honoring the needs of others is our mantra, except in dog training. I see a consistent shift towards more support of aversive based trainers. Shock collars, choke chains and other punitive methods are being considered the perfect solution to fix dogs by people who profess that lives matter without a second thought? Dogs are sentient beings with emotions deserving of the same compassion other living beings are given. It’s time for a change in our attitudes, we can do better.
From a client today willing to listen to the value of science-based training:
We can’t thank you enough for your help today, I am excited to try things totally different than what we were doing as per the Hilton Head trainer!
I feel like we have a totally different thought process and I love that, we have a precious new member of the family and I want us to be able to enjoy each other more and more everyday !!
Thank you so much! K, C, W and especially B!
(The dog I went to work with)
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