This article is total propaganda from a card carrying member of the Church Of Purely Positive Training. Ecollars and ecollar training by professionals who know what they are doing with the equipment SAVE the lives of thousands and thousands of dogs each year. Purely positive training can NOT teach a dog what NOT to do or get a dog to stop doing dangerous or obnoxious behaviors. I would love to live in a world were we could sprinkle magic pixy dust on everything to fix it. The Church of Purely Positive Training holds that if a dog “refuses” to get with their programs, then it’s fine to take the dog to the shelter or take the dog on that one-way trip to the vet. Go to YouTube and watch Victoria Stilwell advising a family to put down their Cocker Spaniel for showing food guarding behavior on the show, It’s Me Or The Dog! The dog was killed because the Purely Positive Trainer could not figure out how to solve a very, very common behavior problem. As a professional trainer, I come in behind these sorts of trainers all of the time. When the dog won’t stop doing negative behavior in exchange for a cookie, the PPT tells the client to “send the dog back to the breeder, take the dog to the vet to be killed, rehome it or take it to the shelter. As a dog lover, this infuriates me! If a “trainer” does not know how to solve dog problems, they should not be playing God and recommending death to the dog or the dog-human relationship. Shame on the author for this irresponsible and misleading article.

Posted by: Canine Therapy Inc | October 16, 2018 4:56 PM    Report this comment  

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Garbage. FAKE NEWS

Not all dogs need an e-collar.  But the ones that need it, really need it.

I do not buy into "positive only" training. It can be dangerous and I have seen people severely injured. And have heard of people getting killed listening to the positive only nonsense.

This comment sums it up pretty well:

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And yet thousands of dogs every year are successfully trained using e-collars.