i'm at this point in my journey because i adopted a dog who was, uh, A Challenge. and the local trainers all wanted me to buy a shock collar before they'd even met her?? i had to drive 40+ minutes away to find a place that didn't. now i see how she is and i compare her to the dogs w/ shock collars-
- who flinch when you reach your hand out towards them, or tuck their tails so hard underneath their body when they sniff bushes because they're used to being shocked for it my dog? sleeps in the doorway to the kitchen & only moves if she thinks you're gonna pet her. this was by far the better path
Yeah I hear you. I took in a cat who would scream and run when you tried to pet him in the kitchen. I think his last family used to heave him through the air by the neck. He's much better now. Brutalizing someone who is supposed to be your companion animal is crazy.
i've never understood it. tbh i think i slept on dog training as a career option growing up because of the prevalence of that alpha myth/"dog whisperer" nonsense; didn't seem to work for my childhood dogs, didn't like doing it. do these people think early man yanked wolves around?? you'd get mauled