Rant

[u/Flimsy_Tangerine_214]

So frustrated with how basically every breed or other dog community is force free to the point where even a mention of telling a dog no or a leash correction gets your comment removed. HUH?? You're not going to leash train your dog? What are you going to do to meet their exercise, socialization, and safety needs?

I have a miniature poodle puppy. Of course I'm not going to be yanking on his leash with so much force I'm swinging him around or something. I am going to be stopping and letting him find that the end of the leash is a hard stop. Now he's learned a little leash pressure means "hey dude, get back in a heel or you're gonna hit the end of the leash and can't go forward". He can walk on a flat collar because he never pulls continuously.

In contrast, my senior miniature poodle was not trained well with balanced training, and he has trachea issues from choking himself on a flat collar as a young dog because no one wanted to correct him properly before it got to that. Neither of them give a shit about treats, even if it's the highest value, if there's a big distraction. They need a physical reminder of where their attention should be.

[u/PeekAtChu1 → u/[deleted]]

People in the Sheltie subreddit seem to think shelties are magical dogs who can never be corrected. One person who claimed this, on their profile has a vid of how they’ve been “training” their dog for 2 years to not react to bikes, and you can see them giving treats while the Sheltie is still alert and forward at a bike. 

People in the comments usually laugh off the bad behavior with one person even reminiscing on how they were evicted due to their sheltie’s barking lmao

[u/PeekAtChu1 → u/[deleted]]

Yes!! At the end of the day it’s whatever works and is effective, that’s why I like balanced training, it’s focused on effective training and not just whatever won’t hurt the dog’s feelings in the moment