If positive reinforcement training is the most effective on exotic animals, why isn’t it used more with dogs?
My brother in law is an exotic animal trainer for show business, and the animals are all trained using just positive reinforcement. The guy who wrote the book says you can’t get birds, rats, ostriches, dolphins, killer whales, etc to work for you using force. The animal either won’t work or will turn on you.
Marine mammals will drag the trainer underwater if they don’t like the training.
So, is the only reason we still use techniques like helicoptering (lifting a dog’s front feet off the ground until the dog either passes out or submits), beating (as described by the Koehler method), Alpha rolling, (as performed by the egotistical Cesar Millan,)
on dogs is that dogs will forgive us and still work?
And if a husband hits his wife, and the wife forgives him, does it make it right for the husband to have hit his wife to start with?
I don’t know anyone who uses helicoptering, the Koehler method, etc. I don’t think you can even compare them to cesar, who works with a lot of red zone dogs many humane societies would put down due to aggression. There is no way many of those dogs who have bitten, shown food aggression would be re homeable. Many rescues put dogs down for food aggression without any work at retraining.
Many people use positive rewards and training with dogs and other pets. Why do you think all the dog show trainers use treats to reward good behavior? Open your eyes.
Your anology of the husband and the wife really has no bearing when it comes to dog training. According to your thought pattern she needs to use positive reinforcement with her abusive husband too?
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