MY PUPPY ROCKS

We are force free trainers. What is force free training? It means we do not use pain, fear, or intimidation as motivators. In the last two decades the emphasis has been towards methods that use minimal pain, fear, or intimidation-or none at all. The change has been driven by improved communication from the top applied behaviorists and veterinary behaviorists. These professions agree that use of physical confrontation and pain is unnecessary, often detrimental and, importantly, unsafe. Trainers have found more benign and sophisticated tools by studying applied behavior science. Karen Pryor's Don't Shoot the Dog made the case that training and behavior modification can be achieved without any force whatsoever. We believe the most humane and effective way to train a dog is using positive reinforcement. Positive reinforcement does not mean permissive nor does it mean giving into all of your dogs desires... We do not employ or advocate the use of aversive based methods used by traditional,..