http://www.ohmidog.com/2008/12/10/nc-highway-patrol-to-revamp-k-9-unit/ a site for dog lovers Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:21:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.ohmidog.com/2008/12/10/nc-highway-patrol-to-revamp-k-9-unit/comment-page-1/#comment-548 Anne-n-Spencer Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:28:08 +0000 http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=3565#comment-548 I haven't understood this from the beginning. How does torturing and beating a dog until it's cowed into submission develop the qualities needed in a police dog? We did our obedience training with Molly with a man who had retired as a trainer of police dogs. Looking back, I guess the leash corrections were a bit tougher, and we the humans were taught to be a bit more assertive than we might be. But there was never a hint of mistreatment or injury. And I doubt the trainer had ever maltreated a dog in his career. He was all business, but he wasn't pathological. This North Carolina approach is some kind of weirdness that has sneaked in out of the weeds. I haven’t understood this from the beginning. How does torturing and beating a dog until it’s cowed into submission develop the qualities needed in a police dog? We did our obedience training with Molly with a man who had retired as a trainer of police dogs. Looking back, I guess the leash corrections were a bit tougher, and we the humans were taught to be a bit more assertive than we might be. But there was never a hint of mistreatment or injury. And I doubt the trainer had ever maltreated a dog in his career. He was all business, but he wasn’t pathological. This North Carolina approach is some kind of weirdness that has sneaked in out of the weeds.

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