Once a puppy learns that it’s learning, it’s all down hill. Until the point of it’s epiphany your dealing with a little monster. This one obviously can’t wait to be working, and that is a beautiful thing.

@curtpatestockmanship

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You get it

This 2023. Not victorian or neanderthal eras. People in most countries (following veterinarian research and public advice) now use body halters on dogs (and cats.) Dragging a dog around by it´s throat has been scientifically proven to cause damage to the underlying neck muscles, tendons and blood vessels. A collar only gives control of the head and neck but the entire body of the dog can pull, strain and be damaged using the neck collar. In a harness, the handler has complete control of the entire dog. No amount of pulling or wriggling will damage the dog. Have you never noticed that all Government and working dogs i.e. Police, Border control, Armed forces; Animal Rescue, People Assistance dogs are ALL in harness now. So, bring yourself up to date and instead of demonstrating how to stress and possibly injure a pup, get a doggy harness and show people how to have better control of their dog and give themselves less stress too!

@curtpatestockmanship

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You might be right about the harness, but the whole point of the series was working with feel. I prepared the pup inside the kennel to go out in the bigger area and as the video displayed the pup did not hit the end of the line hard and if it did I would give and move with the pup to let him learn without hurting himself. I’m glad your thinking about the pup. So am I.

@chrisreynolds3351

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@@curtpatestockmanship Thanks for the response. I appreciate that you think you are doing the lead training in a concerned and caring manner for the pup. I am sure you are a wonderful owner and trainer too. But it is a case of keeping up with new methods. The old ways were ´good´in their day but as a caring dog owner and trainer I am sure you will now consider if dragging a dog around by it´s neck is actually the best way of training. Maybe you might consider watching some vids on training a puppy/dog to walk on harness. Obviously it is your call. But someone with a good site could do much to educate and help new owners be more enlightened. In the EU and UK we train by play and reward. In the UK & Europe we are horrified that many dog owners in the USA are still using medieval choker chains, electronic collars and spike collars (collars with spikes inside so the dog gets it´s neck stabbed when it pulls!) These train by pain and shock. We train with play and reward. And (totally illegal in most of europe now)) some owners are still mutilating dogs by cutting ears into pointed shapes and docking tails because they think it looks better! Change takes time I guess.

@DWhite-el4ih

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@@chrisreynolds3351 I wasn’t aware that the Atlantic Ocean was the dividing line between people who “do” and people who “don’t.” If you believe that just because a dog is born in the UK or EU that they’ll be treated with respect and kindness you’re just as ignorant as the next person.