The Ethical Dog Trainer: A Practical Guide for Canine Professionals by Jim Barry

Author:Jim Barry [Barry, Jim]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: General, Pets, Business & Economics, Dogs
ISBN: 9781929242566
Publisher: Dogwise Publishing
Published: 2008-06-14T21:00:00+00:00

The approach outlined in the figure contains most of the criteria of the just war method of reasoning. It begins by looking at the behavior goal, comparable to the criteria of just cause and just intention. In particular, it investigates the degree of risk to humans from dangerous behavior, distinguishing it from behavior that is merely useful or desirable to achieve. It recommends beginning with positive reinforcement if possible, and moving to aversives only if positive methods are unlikely to be successful, mirroring the criteria of probable success and last resort. Finally, it looks specifically at the criterion of discrimination by carefully weighing and limiting the negative fallout from using aversives.

This method has been praised by humane societies, academics, and the Association of Pet Dog Trainers. But it has been sharply criticized by the International Association of Canine Professionals (IACP) as well as by the National Association of Dog Obedience Trainers, the oldest of the professional dog training associations. This position, which appears on NADOI’s website, was reached after consideration by a panel of members and consultants and is quoted below:

Because both dog training and dog obedience instructing are an art as much as science, the skilled instructor must be able to make judgments and adjustments based on the needs of each individual student/dog team. To constrain the instructor by forbidding the use of specific tools and techniques because they might be misused by a minority is to make his or her job that much more difficult, and may cause delay or even failure in training the dog. For this reason, NADOI endorses neither equipment nor training methods and does not support any guidelines or standards which limit or prohibit the use of specific equipment or training methods.

NADOI is strongly opposed to cruel or unnecessarily harsh training methods. It is, however, the position of NADOI that the humaneness of equipment and training methods is dependent upon the skill and knowledge of individual trainers and that limitation or restriction regarding the use of certain equipment or training methods is detrimental to the purpose of and goal of NADOI.

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