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Correct or Reinforce? I don't see how anyone could "train" a dog, or any other animal for that matter, without BOTH!

I have raised (or "trained" older dogs) many times, and there is no abuse needed to correct a dog. I also use much, much praise, pats, hugs, smiles, and happy sounds when the animal does good. They want to please you and be with you more than anything else!

Abuse is abuse, plain and simple. If abuse is involved, that human needs corrected, shown the difference between good & not good dog/pet ownership. If abuse happens again, the animal needs removed from that person. Permanently, in a legal manner. Once shown, many pet owners will gladly take advice.

A correction for doing something wrong can be as gentle as taking away an item, shaking your head no, SAYING "no", and then showing it what it can have or can do. Or just gently moving the animal away from something and saying "no", and shaking your head no at it. I'm a firm believer in using body motions with your head or hands as you also say something to it. I also firmly believe in talking to your pets a s much as possible, in simple terms they even possibly can someday learn from you repeating them, as even the TONE of voice tells them things. And the like being talked to! They like being sung to also!

I also have had to use one sheet of a newspaper rolled LOOSELY or folded a couple times, on the rear-end, NOT HURTING THEM but scaring them with the sound of it only, with my voice telling them a simple word or 2 such as "No, go OUT", or "No, no up!", or some such. Hitting or yelling is totally useless & self-defeating, as any animal (or child) only learns to be afraid of you if such methods are used. But if an animal is not corrected gently, firmly, I can only imagine one would have a pretty unpleasant animal for awhile, probably a long while.

With gentle correction and all the love and praise and rewards I can give them, I have had some truly outstanding pets. I have had two dogs who could even say "Out", and that certainly wasn't something they'd ever have done had I been abusive and taught them to fear me. A Golden Retriever/Sheltie I had learned 89 little "tricks" or activities I showed her how to do. Yes, she was a way smart dog! She was my furry child. There's very little we wouldn't have done for her or she for us. We sometimes took that to extremes, but we enjoyed every minute of it, and so did she. She loved to learn new things. (When she was ill once, she showed me it

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