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#i am casual irl acquaintances with a service dog handler and i do not respect her handling/training/management
abirddogmoment
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today's hot take for dog people: management is not the same thing as training.
#dogblr
#unpopular opinion: a lot of the current flavour of dog 'training' is actually just management
#does your dog know how to make a good decision? does your dog know what a good decision even is?
#or is your dog under such heavy management that they never ever have to make a decision on their own?
#YES set your dog and yourself up for success!!!! absolutely!!!!
#but (unpopular take) errorless learning is detrimental to overall wellbeing
#stress is a part of life and of your dog crumples when they experience A Stress then you have a serious problem
#teach resilience as a skill
#dont misunderstand this on purpose
#im not saying let your dog run wild unruly unmanaged
#im saying train your skills and then trust your training
#when it is safe to do so let your dog make a decision
#(this is not in response to anyone on here
#i am casual irl acquaintances with a service dog handler and i do not respect her handling/training/management
#i am very frustrated with the lack of nuance between training vs management
#and the beautiful space where they overlap
#people who are here from Not The Dog World
#management is setting up your environment so your dog makes the decision you want
#eg using a long line so your dog has no choice but to come when called
#training is teaching your dog to make the decision you want them to make
#ideally you would use both (management while training) but the current flavour of dog training
#tends to put all responsibility on you as the person
#to manage your environment so the dog never has the opportunity to make a mistake
#instead of training your dog so they understand what the 'right' choice is and WANT to choose that most of the time
#i am braced for the deliberate misunderstandings that are likely to come out of this post
#THERE IS NUANCE PEOPLE
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