Does It Matter Whether Dog Training Is Positive or Aversive?

[skinnydipper]

• Dogs whose training involved punishment and compulsion show more tension related behaviors and higher levels of the stress hormone cortisol.
• When tested a month after force-based training, dogs still show a more negative, pessimistic, emotional response toward learning new tasks.

Does It Matter Whether Dog Training Is Positive or Aversive?

Specific dog training methods have long-term and short-term emotional effects.

www.psychologytoday.com

 

[Petalpoos]

How very sad:

“Those aversively trained dogs simply are not expecting anything good to be coming as a consequence of their behaviors and choices.”

and even more sad that people still seem to think punishment is appropriate for training any animal, including humans.