Style of training

[redog]

Ive been asked so many times "whats the best way to train a pitbull?"
what works for you?

[Leon]

I haven't figured out what exactly works with Czar et. But i am keeping an open mind to whatever that works.

Julie send me some resources on Bridges and Targets. I am going to try them out.

[ItsMe]

My whole thing has really become centered around voice praise and recognition. I prefer to not really use treat incentives for specific things, but rather for overall good behavior all day. I can see it really starting to work, like long run working. Whats expected of her is being programmed into her. I use postive reinforcement with my voice for a job well done. If she is jumping up on people or getting too hyper with the other dogs, I use leash corrections for that. Or if she is doing something that she blatantly knows she shouldn't be doing.

[George Bailey]

Ive been asked so many times "whats the best way to train a pitbull?"
what works for you?

Great question, redog.

As a breed, pit bulls have several similarities, but each dog must still be taught as an individual with it's own learning style and unique personality.

When I found Kayce Cover and SATS, my mindset went from training to teaching and I learned that all dogs are much more capable of learning than the usual dog training protocol dictates. Most training today focuses on what I consider to be management; static or repressive exercises are focused on as opposed to useful endeavors, choice, and accepting responsibility for one's own actions/emotions.

Management in my household includes:
Don't pull me on a leash, ever; I am old, small, and cranky, and this is one of our primary means of enforcing leadership. It's the one hard and fast rule I hold all the dogs to.
Controlling the environment: dogs learn all the time, what they learn is up to us. If we simply watch them go about the business of being dogs, that's what they will learn.

Teaching in my house includes all behaviors aimed toward earning obedience titles, which were designed to illustrate the dog's useful function and teamwork with his owner. Over and beyond that, I aim to teach the dog to love to learn so that they can understand their environment and cope with stressors as they occur.

Julie K