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Originally Posted by MannyC
I definately am no expert in training dogs, but I am open to suggestions and do want to become a better owner. Just curious, but are you opposed to the shock collar because you see it as cruel or because of inaffectivness?
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Our trainers explained it to us this way... how does inflicting pain on anything...dog or human help correct their behavior...it might stop it for a time being but you are trying to stop the behavior by associating the behavior with pain.... that is more likely to cause the animal to become more aggressive.... what do you when something causes you pain... by rewarding the dog for good behavior you are enforcing that good behavior....in the early stages if we didn't like a behavior or he didn't stop he was put in his crate with the command of time out...he will now put himself in his crate when told time out...gives him a break...and by the way...they also told us that dogs don't remember for more than a few minutes what they've done so ifyou dont catch them in the act it's too late to address.... so in return time out is only for a few minutes...it's the repetion of the action that teaches them.... sometimes he'll come right back out adn do it again and back in time out he goes....it doesn't take many time to realize the result of his action...he loves stealing socks....so that always resulted in a time out...he will do it occasionally now but just if he really wants my attention because he knows i'll go after it but he ends up in time out...he wanted my attention so by putting him in time out he didn't get my attention he got solitary..lol...anyway not a professional but I've learned alot with this dog.....