Phooey. Who makes up this rot?
Friend of mine's father (David Kasperczak Sr.) raised the dog from 8 weeks on up. Used only positive reinforcement. Never once had a problem. One day he walked in the house and the dog literally went for his throat. He got his left arm in the way pulled his CCW and had to shoot the dog three times. Took almost 150 stitches to close the wounds.
Knew the dog saw the stitches.
>Friend of mine’s father (David Kasperczak Sr.) raised the dog from 8 weeks on up. Used only positive reinforcement. <
Dogs need to be told “no!”, on occasion. Positive reinforcement is a junk science method and, like only telling a child whatever he has done is just wonderful, does not produce a well-rounded individual.
Google “Nothing in life is free” dog training. It’s non-physical, but it truly is the way to raise any large breed, potentially aggressive, dog.
In other words, he rewarded the dog’s good behavior while ignoring the dog’s bad behavior.
Surprise, surprise, the dog’s bad behavior—not corrected-—becomes worse.
Dogs are pack animals. They need to know that their pack leader (their human owner) is capable of leading the pack and in control of the situation. If not, then the dog will challenge the apparent leader (largest and strongest in the pack) to claim dominion of the pack.