Haley and Sean run through a (not comprehensive) list of phrases I've heard often in the dog world — particularly in online training communities — that I think have merit (I see where they're coming from and agree in some contexts) but can also be reductionist (too sweeping of a generalization, misconstrued in unproductive ways, otherwise taken too far). So much depends on our personal connotations with different terms!
We talk about:
“Let dogs be dogs”
“Let them sniff”
“Dogs crave structure”
“Be a good leader”
“Don’t coddle your dog"
“Dogs aren’t humans”
“This is how it’s done in the wild / this is what’s natural"
“Dogs do what has been reinforced"
We also roast B.F. Skinner a little at the end. All in good fun, we promise.
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