{"id":2776,"date":"2017-03-12T00:15:23","date_gmt":"2017-03-12T00:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testmaria.satemporary.online\/2017\/03\/12\/2017-03-11-losing-by-religion\/"},"modified":"2024-04-26T23:25:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T23:25:28","slug":"losing-by-religion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testmaria.satemporary.online\/2017\/03\/12\/losing-by-religion\/","title":{"rendered":"Losing By Religion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Losing By Religion<\/h1>\n

By Sean O’Shea<\/h1>\n

If you\u2019re lucky enough to be unfamiliar with the current friction in the dog training world, let me ruin that for you. 🙂 <\/p>\n

There\u2019s an approach that goes by various names. It might be called pure positive, force free, or rewards based. The concept is simple: for dogs, life and learning should always be 100% fun, comfortable, and enjoyable. You reward the behavior you like, and ignore the behavior you dislike. No tools or approaches that might impinge on 100% fun, comfortable, and enjoyable should ever be used. Anything that makes the dog uncomfortable is labeled inhumane. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s purported to be \u201cscientifically based\u201d, extremely modern, and highly evolved (even though it eschews 3 of the 4 learning quadrants science accepts.) It\u2019s a new and better way to learn. Consequences, and all that nasty stuff the rest of us creatures learn by, are all unnecessary. It\u2019s incredibly popular, has the best built-in marketing (who wouldn\u2019t want to just use treats and love to create good behavior?), and has a near-religious, cult-like following among its devotees. <\/p>\n

The only issue is, it doesn\u2019t really work. <\/p>\n

Let me clarify. It works really, really well to teach certain things. If you want your dog to \u201cknow\u201d how to sit, down, place, recall, beg, roll over, shake, or do any number of behaviors or tricks, it\u2019s awesome. But there\u2019s a rub. There\u2019s a big difference between \u201cknowing\u201d and reliably performing something. Your dog can \u201cknow\u201d all day long and still not do\u2026especially when you need it most. Also, there\u2019s the little matter of it not working at all to teach what is absolutely NOT okay \u2013 dog aggression or human aggression, reactivity on leash, resource guarding, jumping, counter-surfing, poop eating, just to name a few.<\/p>\n

In other words, it\u2019s a great yes, but a terrible no.<\/p>\n

But, if you listen to the devotees, they\u2019ll tell you it does it all, with any dog. It creates absolutely reliable recalls\u2026even around squirrels and other dogs. It creates awesome, non-pulling walks, eradicates reactivity on-leash, stops jumping, fixes human or dog aggression, and makes resource guarding a thing of the past. And all without any of those nasty tools, or having to be \u201cmean\u201d to your dog.<\/p>\n

So we\u2019ve got all these claims of awesome results, all done in a loving, kind, aversive-free fashion. There\u2019s mountains of books, DVDs, workshops, and websites, all claiming amazing results and help for those in need. We\u2019ve got trainers swearing they can do seriously amazing rehab with seriously tough dogs. We\u2019ve heard legendary tales of truly nasty aggression being turned around. Heavy-duty reactivity issues totally sorted. The most challenging behaviors, and all of it better handled and better solved. And once again, all achieved without those damn tools, consequences, or leadership stuff. <\/p>\n

I mean, come on, that\u2019s amazing. That\u2019s like dog trainer rockstar stuff. That\u2019s the stuff that changes the world\u2026or at least the industry. That\u2019s the stuff you can\u2019t wait to see in action. The stuff you can\u2019t wait to witness and cheer on.<\/p>\n

Except\u2026<\/p>\n

When you go to find it, to cheer it on\u2026you can\u2019t. It\u2019s not there. All that awesomeness has been misplaced, or tucked away somewhere. Maybe it\u2019s so awesome that you need to join a club or get some private access code? <\/p>\n

It\u2019s a head scratcher for sure. Where is it all? Why can\u2019t you find all this great stuff. Surely the folks who have this knowledge can\u2019t wait to capture it on video and share it with the rest of the world. Surely they want to help dog owners and other trainers see this great stuff so they can all make more evolved, more enlightened decisions. Right? If you truly loved dogs you\u2019d want everyone to have access to this great information. Right?<\/p>\n

But alas, when you go searching, it\u2019s nowhere to be found. Not the serious stuff. Sure you can find videos of cupcake dogs, purported to be \u201cserious\u201d at one point, that were never really a challenge doing great. But all that heavy-duty stuff? Crickets. <\/p>\n

And that\u2019s where you have to ask some hard questions. If this approach is one devised by dog lovers, who only want the best for dogs, and if this approach is truly revolutionary, why would those with this information and ability keep it to themselves? Why would dog lovers rob other dog lovers who are struggling? Why would they keep something so helpful, for so many, a secret? <\/p>\n

And you really only have two possible answers. One, they don\u2019t care enough about dogs and owners to share what they know and how they do it. Or two, they can\u2019t do what they say. <\/p>\n

Or maybe there\u2019s a third. Maybe it\u2019s both. Maybe the only true priority is the agenda, the religion. Maybe dogs and owners aren\u2019t the priority at all. Maybe real results and real caring aren\u2019t the North Star of this religion. Maybe this religion is about something else altogether.<\/p>\n

Maybe this religion is actually more about rescuing broken people by way of rescuing dogs. The dogs, their owners, and their issues aren\u2019t the focus. They\u2019re the window dressing. They\u2019re the camouflage used to distract from the true motive of the religion: the practitioners attempting to heal or retroactively protect themselves by way of protecting dogs, from what they see as parallels of their own disempowerment, lack of boundaries, and coping with what they didn\u2019t desire in their own lives. <\/p>\n

The dogs, the owners, the truth, don\u2019t matter. All that matters is that that nagging pain within subsides. <\/p>\n

That\u2019s the religion. <\/p>\n

Sean O’Shea
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