[dervish]

I’m a Koehler trainer.

The animosity towards Koehler reminds me of today’s leftist child rearing practices.

[Salamander]

Perhaps but I know I’ve had much greater success after abandoning it.

Take “flanking”, for instance.

That’s a pretty crappy thing to do to a dog.

Odin’s never been ‘flanked’ in his life and he’s the most ‘willing to bite’ Dobe I’ve ever owned.

My dog’s physical therapist has gotten rich off of the cervical damage done by the Koehler ‘sudden change of direction” that jerks a dog off its feet when teaching them to heel.

Upwards of 80% of dogs x-rayed have cervical damge from improper training.

You may imply that I’m “like a leftist” to your heart’s desire but it will not change the way I train my own dogs.

I refuse to inflict cruelty, pain or suffering upon them to force them to submit to my will.

Koehler’s time is gone.

[Cronos]

well, we've been blessed with a good, obedient dog. But when she was a puppy, if she did any bad things (like tearing the wall), she got a deep shouting, and shaken by the scruff of her neck

Only did it twice (once for the wall and once when she went nippy at another puppy) and it has worked -- no wall tearing and now she is nice to all dogs even little yorkie puppies (and gentle too!)

But I think the stern method would be needed for dogs with more rebellious characters