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HOWEDY mary,

You better have some prune juice...

Mary Healey wrote:
> Paula <mmmtoblerone@earthlink.ent> wrote :
> > It never ceases to amaze me how many people advocate a one size
fits
> > all approach to dogs who would never do that with people.
>
> Well, I think many people only have a few dogs in their lifetime, a
dog a
> decade or so. By the time they need to remember how to train, they
need to
> RE-learn how to train. And techniques change and evolve over time,
so even
> re-learning the same method might result in doing things differently.
>
> That's without considering any differences in the dogs.
>
> Two points, then. First, people who only want a companion dog and do
the
> basic minimum to keep their pet livable might well get away with a
"one
> size fits all" approach, given the small number of dogs they'll train
and
> the fairly broad parameters of "acceptable" behavior. Second, people
who
> train several dogs at once, or for precise behaviors where "good
enough"
> isn't good enough, are more likely to notice how a training method is

> affecting the individual dog and look for ways to adjust to the dog's

> learning style.
>
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