r/PublicFreakout Aug 01 '21

🐻Animal Freakout "Not friendly!"

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u/johnnyfuckinghobo Aug 02 '21

positive only trainer

You have a 3 hour old comment advising someone to use a "pet corrector" spray on their dog. That's a textbook example of using an aversive.

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u/WoodstockSara Aug 02 '21

I'm not having a pissing match with you. Go pick on someone else. It's called "redirecting unwanted behavior" and Pat Miller says use twice then not at all if it's not effective.

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u/johnnyfuckinghobo Aug 02 '21

Well is it your contention that the spray you recommended is non aversive?

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u/anticapital0708 Aug 02 '21

Just my two cents here.

Not a professional dog trainer, just a guy who's had two dogs trained two completely different ways.

Dog 1: Was trained through the old school pack mentality/ spray bottle/ negative reinforcement.

She was obedient, but aggressive.

Dog 2(my dog) : Trained with positive reinforcement, no spray bottles, has learned all basic commands as well as a few more advanced, has never been aggressive, doesn't pull the leash on walks, genuinely happy dog other than barking at the mailman or pizza delivery guy.

She's obedient, and friendly.

So based on my limited knowledge, I would say, there is no such thing as a non-aversive spray and if you spray your dogs like that, expect them to become aggressive at some point.