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Another troll bites the dust. Shame his poor collie will continue to get bitten by beer cans.

You can only be helpful to those who genuinly want help.

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To paraphrase, "Because I know dogs, I know BCs."

 

I would respectfully disagree with that belief. If we leave the world of BCs for a moment, I ask you if you would train a little, yappy dog (chihuahua, maltese, etc.) the same way as a Schutzhound? Should a whippet be trained the same way as a bloodhound? After all, they are all dogs.

 

All dogs (or living creatures for that matter) basically learn the same way which should underscore any training but whatever the breed I would tailor the approach to the individual dog rather than be blinded by the breed it may be. I wouldn't necessarily train one BC exactly the same as another.

 

But whatever the dog, I do not want it to do as I want it to do out of fear of punishment so yes, in that respect I would train them all the same fundamental way, but details will vary from dog to dog and I will have regard to common breed traits that may or may not be significant in the dog I am dealing with at the time.

 

Knowing dogs is a good start, but knowing them means understanding what they are trying to communicate, not assuming that because a person has had dogs for x number of years that such understanding is automatic. It's a common fallacy.

I could be wrong from what little evidence of what the OP posted remains, but I'm not getting the impression that he is seeing the world through his dog's eyes.

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