Training Methods
We must first understand how dogs learn before we decide if balanced dog training is for you.
The 4 Quadrants Of Operant Conditioning is a Proven Terminology of how many animals learn including humans.
Balanced
Compulsion
Compulsion training primarily utilizes:
Positive Punishment
Negative Reinforcement
Draw-backs
This style is not the clearest way of communication to our dogs for teaching them something completely new.
On the flipside, it is the most clear training style to communicate to the dog what is not a desireable behaviour.
Balanced training primarily utilizes:
Positive Reinforcement
Positive Punishment
Negative Punishment
Negative Reinforcement
Draw-backs
This style is the most delicate by it making use and having access to an abundance of tools of all training methods / styles.
On the flipside, using more areas of The Four Quadrants Of Operant Conditioning allows this style to be more Multilingual of the communication between owner and dog.
"Positive Only"
Positive Only training primarily utilises:
Positive Reinforcement
Negative Punishment
Draw-backs
This style is not the clearest way of communication to to our dogs for correcting an undesireable behaviour.
On the flipside, it is the most clear training style to communicate what is a desireable behaviour.