Training Animals Should Be with Trust
There are so many different approaches when it comes to training animals. The old school way, this is through the feeling of we are more superior and is based on dominance. The animal had better do what it is told!
Then there is the complete opposite, where the human is letting their animals do as they please even when the behaviour is is clearly out of place. Usually with the pretence that they love their animals too much to correct them.
Of courses there are many stages between the two, so what is the right balance? Where can we find the place where both the animal and the human are happy and well behaved?
So to get a better understanding lets look at these two extremes and what is happening on an emotional level.
The dominant approach, well here is an animal that is responding through the fear of the consequence of not doing it right. I have to do this or I am going to be in for it! This is an animal that is emotionally on the edge. They have a look in their eyes as a child would if the parent was being too firm. This over time produces a repressed and withdraw individual.
When we train horses in this way they are not relaxed and their movement is jumpy, there minds are far too busy thinking of what might go wrong to be able to full concentrate on what is being asked.
The other end of the scale is also suffering. With the animal not having any direction shown to them by the human they have to take the responsibility for them selves. When they can’t cope with these situations they end up loosing confidence and trust. For example a dog can become over protective and aggressive.
This animal is also racing in their minds producing too much emotion to find their own confidence.
I would like to show you a way of finding the right balance! Have a look at the video below. This is showing clearly that we can help an animal to be peaceful and this in turn creates the one true element needed in a good relationship, trust.
The special balance needed between an animal and a human is developed through trust. Then the dominant ways are completely pointless as there is a far stronger relationship. This moves the focus from telling the animal to truly teaching the animal.
When you are trust worthy in the eyes of your animal then they naturally listen to you for guidance and are ready to learn.
Animal training is making a huge shift forward by a small majority of dog trainers and horses trainers that are here to show another way. It is not the animals that need to change, it is us!
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