Good Life Canine Training
A Kinder Way to Obedience
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At Good Life Canine Training, our goal is prove that Canine Obedience can be achieved without using punitive methods. We all want the best for our pets and for decades training has always been viewed as one way. We were all taught that to be a good canine owner, you have to be the ALPHA. We are here to prove to you that, that is NOT true! There is an easier and better way to train!
Located in Aiken, SC
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We believe in a world where the bond between animal and humans can be strengthened not by force and fear, but through Patience, Respect, Consistency, Trust and Love. Wanting our canine companions to do a desired behavior or respond to a command without fear or punitive methods to enforce it. Canine Training should not be inspiring fear and taught with bullying or threats. Canine Training should inspire confidence and an eagerness that is so solid, it strengthens your companionship with your pet. If your dog is not enjoying training, you are doing it wrong! Let us show you how you can forge a bond with your pet, that will last a lifetime.
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Good Life Canine Training, LLC established June 13, 2019
Trainer Established: April 21, 2011
Choose kindness over cruelty.
Research of a Dog's Brain:
Recent Studies have proven that the dominance, alpha or leader theories are not only wrong, but they are damaging! Where instead of a trusted "pack" member, you become something to be avoided or for their survival they will choose avoidance. When it comes down to it, not on just a moral standing, but looking at it through a scientific perspective we are looking inside the dog's brain. There are two areas of the limbic system we will focus on; the hippocampus is responsible for processing information and memory storage and close to that area of the brain is the Amygdala which not only controls emotion but generates emotion response. When using punitive, aversive methods or tools You are training your dog not to trust you, that for it survival they have to comply to what you are making them do. Even if you use punitive methods only inside training situations, then lather the dog with affection or attention, you are not repairing the bond and instead telling the dog that humans are unpredictable which still means untrustworthy. That if the command is not followed by a desired behavior there will be a harsh consequence to follow, so of course the dog will try to comply as rapidly as possible out of fear or threat of pain. In most cases dogs become so submissive, they shut down, this can lead to anxiety, emptying their bladder, stripping the dog's identity and own personality from them. It has been proven that shock collars do not 'fix' a behavior. It merely suppresses it and if given the chance the suppressed behaviors come back, often times worst than before. Forcing Owners to rely on the punitive/aversive methods long term.
These methods are often cruel and misused, they can lead to anxiety, constant fear, mistrust, and in some extreme cases are the cause of sudden aggressive behaviors. If you keep making a dog feel under attacked, they will choose avoidance until they no longer are unable to and they will fight out of fear, frustration or simply because they had enough of the abuse.
It is a FLIGHT or FIGHT response
When you back an animal up against a wall, where they can no longer avoid, they have no other alternative their instincts tell them to fight. It is SURVIVAL.
Punitive Method
pu·ni·tive
adjective
inflicting or intended as punishment.
If you use shock collars, prong collars or physical force to get your dog to obey, this is not training. It is abuse. Punitive Methods are known to lead to mistrust, fear based aggression, agitation, anxiety, it establishes an owner as a bully, their punisher. So, now the saying "Man's Best friend." doesn't get to apply to the owner/handler because they are just seen as a bully to their canine companion. Punitive Methods can also make it harder for a dog to 'learn' as they often times just shut down and do as requested because there is a threat to follow if they do not. It does not get to the root of the behavior issue at all and can later increase an unwanted behavior in the most negative of ways. Abusers force their will upon others, demean them, hurt them, 'punish' them to get what they want. If the human abuser does this to another human, people would cry of the injustice. So, why is it acceptable to abuse an animal? We all make mistakes, but it is not too late to create or even repair a bond between human and animal.
Positive Reinforcement
pos·i·tive
adjective
constructive, optimistic, or confident.