One thing I have noted with regard to people who are major supporters of positive methods in dog training is how extremely rigid they are in their conviction. They cannot imagine doing in a different way, and they become cursed when I have other opinions and/or use other methods. Equally upset becomes those who have full confidence in methods that, according to research, should be most active when it comes to how to train dogs.
The best man can do for oneself is not to snow in on a specific method. Sooner or later, all methods will be out of date, something new comes out and then everyone throws themselves over it with holes and hair. For just that reason, it feels to me the most sensible to use communication in as natural a way possible because I suspect that dogs completely shit in that with what is modern right now.
To pass to the actual point of this post. No one can or know everything before you are interested in it and started to find out things. The first thing that probably happens when you get interested in something is to read about everything. Been there, done that. It can be incredibly hard to sleep out what is probably rubbish, to that which is too advanced, to that which is a good gateway and that can bring a further.
For my own part I bought any book about puppies when my interest in dogs woke up. Then I didn't even have a dog, and it would take many years before Ella rushed into my life. It's a book I haven't looked in many years, and will probably never read it again. A few years later Cesar Milan appeared in the TV box. Unlike many others I like Cesar Milan. I don't like everything, and I don't want to “be like him” – But I am very fond of his basic philosophy of communication through energy and so on. It is from him I have received many of the methods I use today – stuck in my way.
I follow – Not many, But some different people on Youtube, dog training and similar. It is incredibly interesting. I don't like all their methods, But the fact is that most people usually have something sensible they do with their dogs. My idea is that the more I can learn from, the better. And in fact I would rather learn from the one who has long, Practical experience, than by someone who has researched a lab. Research and reality are for me two completely different things that cannot be compared.
My point with the whole post is as follows;
In order to find one Method that works well for you, Do you need to examine many. If you are like me you will not find a single one that works to one hundred percent, Without probably it becomes so that you pick from different places and create a very own way to relate to dogs.
To me feels it extremely important to do in this way. I realize there are different ways to have their dog on, And for many, it might be enough to have a decent functioning everyday obedience, that the dog can roll around, Give beautiful paw, play death and so on. In my world it could certainly be fun party trick, But nothing I would ever put time or energy on teaching my dog.
I realize too that people's interest in communication with dogs may differ depending on the kind of dog you have or are interested in. For example, I am not a dew interested in smaller companion dogs. I'm not interested in hunting either- or usage dogs. The dogs me is interested in are large, headstrong, mentally and mentally strong – and in order for such a relationship to function as best, I imagine that communication is the very, the most important.
My main tip is; buy nothing like truth. One is not necessarily better than the other, in some direction. Instead get to know your dog and see which methods work best for you together. If you are satisfied with training your dog – Do it. Especially if it works.
If you feel that you want a deeper relationship with your dog – Invest in learning how to communicate with the dog on another level. It earns both you and your dog at, and your dog will probably work better, become more stable and have a much better life.
It is anyway in the way I want a dog myself.