E380- Every Dog Owner In The World Gets Told This Lie | What You Need To Know Before Training Your Dog
5/29/202625 min
Tom Davis talks about the biggest lie in dog training and why it confuses so many poor dog owners.
All Tom’s Courses- www.tomdaviscourses.com
No Bad Dog Equipment & Merch! - www.buynobaddogs.com
Work with Tom! www.upstatecanine.com
My Substack! https://tomdavisdogtraining.substack.com
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Clips
Transcript preview
First 90 secondsTom Davis· Host0:00
You know, if, if something was peanut free and it really wasn't, that would be a lawsuit. If something was gluten free and it really wasn't, that would be an issue. So when you tell people that you're force free and you're really not, you're just trying to put that on your advertising, on your card, or on your website. And trust me, guys, working with as many dog trainers as, as I have, there's a lot of people who just don't even know what that means. They just kind of adopted it from somebody else 'cause it sounds good and it helps them get clients through the door. But when you market yourself as force free and you're not, that's where I personally have an issue, because you're lying to people who are trying to look for you as a professional for help. [upbeat music] Hey, what's going on, guys? Welcome back to my second YouTube channel on the No Bad Dogs podcast. Thanks for joining me. My name is Tom Davis. Today we're gonna be s- talking about something very popular, very important for people to understand, especially people who own dogs, train dogs, love dogs, et cetera. So we're gonna be talking about positive reinforcement, and the real big difference between positive reinforcement and purely positive or purely reward-based training. Now, most people don't know this, and being in the dog space for over a decade now, I can tell you that a lot of people think that positive means rainbows, butterflies, happiness, all the good stuff, and negative means kicking, shouting, yelling,