Lately I’ve made some posts about pinch collars - and I’ve sure had some detractors as a result.
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No pinch collar in the world can compel a dog to enjoy its work…but then again, that’s not why they’re used.
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Most of the time when a dog has issues with its performance the problem stems back to an inability to motivate that dog.
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It’s not always that simple, but I’d make a hell of a lot of money if I bet that it was (often enough).
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Hence, this meme.
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👕 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚏𝚊𝚛 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝚘𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝙽𝚊𝚟𝚢 𝙳𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚎.
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🎙 𝚁𝚎𝚐𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚍𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢.
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🚫 𝙸𝚝’𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚕𝚞𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚋𝚕𝚞𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚜 - 𝚜𝚘 𝚍𝚘𝚗’𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚗𝚘 𝚜𝚞𝚋𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚜!
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❄️ 𝚆𝚎’𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚒𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚘, 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚞𝚙𝚘𝚗 𝚞𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝙰𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚊.
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🤷‍♂️ @david_mckelson 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚜𝚘𝚘𝚗, 𝚜𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖.
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#doublenavydave
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🗣“𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵, 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲.”
- 𝘞. 𝘊𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦
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💡 Also, today is the day for typos that aren’t worth addressing.
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 🧚‍♀️𝗙𝗗𝗠 𝗮𝗻 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗴/𝘀.

📞I call ahead with an ETA and she makes sure that they’re away from the door and doing something great with her.

🚪I come in the door and call out to them - and she tells me how they respond.

🎉Especially with the pup that’s something I like to know, but we also love blowing their minds with a big dose of instant happy.

🔩The young bloke was playing and BOLTED up onto the couch and into my arms.

😍Dammit, he was one happy pup!

❤️ We were both overjoyed to see each other, it was a truly lovely moment.

💬 I got a message from the 🧚‍♀️FDM this morning, which I’ve inserted into the bottom right of the pic attached to this text.

🗣 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘯 - 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘢𝘮.

💪 Knowing that he just got on with his day when I left actually makes me happier than this greeting on my return ever could - because I know I’m building this dog towards being a strong individual that can cope with life, and all it’s eventualities.

🤷‍♂️Some folks want the opposite - but in my opinion that seems somewhat selfish.

❓Why would I want a dog to feel dependant on me to feel secure, and to be able to function?

👍I’m happy to earn my place in his life, and to outcompete other things in our environment.

🎙If you’re trying to achieve these same goals, then be sure to check out @the.stim.podcasts with @dr.michellerassool and myself.

✅ Our series on Working Backwards To Raise Your Puppy has achieved a ton of praise from listeners - dog owners and trainers alike - and we deep dive on this topic and more.

💡 𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 - 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱?

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🗣️ "𝗪𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺."
- 𝘈𝘭𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘌𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘪𝘯

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