Pure Dog Listening is not a ‘training method’ in the normal sense of the words but a holistic, natural, stress free way of communicating with your dog. If used consistently your dog will elect you as leader of his own free will making any subsequent training a pleasure. The use of this method is particularly effective in dealing with behavioural problems such as, Aggression, Nervousness, Obsessive or Destructive Behaviour, Failing to Return When Called, Taking Charge on a Walk, Jumping Up and Persistent Barking. Because you will be talking the dog’s language he will modify his behaviour of his own free will.
The ‘Competition’
This is a question we are often asked. “After all,” say people “there are so many other training methods, what makes ‘PURE’ better?”. Of course they are right; there are more methods than you can shake a stick at.
There are whistles, clickers, electric collars, collars that spray various substances at the dog, collars that emit noise, chains with spikes that stick in the dogs neck, sticks to ‘touch’ the dog with and many more gadgets and gizmos. Alongside all these pieces of equipment are the different ways of training, there is the traditional ‘make him do it’, there is the ‘endless repetition until the dog is bored senseless’ system and then there is the good old ‘walking around in a circle in a church hall with fifteen other dogs’ method. This teaches a dog to walk in a circle with other dogs, usually on leaving the hall most dogs revert to their previous behaviour.
Do these systems work? Yes, to a greater or lesser degree on some, but not all dogs. Some systems we consider barbaric, they don’t train the dog – they traumatise him. One thing is constant in the above list, they are all unnatural.
We use this system because it works. We have seen many other methods and have approached them all with open minds but nothing comes close to PURE Dog Listening for consistent success. It is not a magic wand – you will have to do your part – but the investment in time and effort you expend will be well worth it. It does not all happen overnight, but with calmness, patience and consistency, the undesirable behaviour will change for the better (unless there is an underlying medical problem that needs to be addressed first).
This system works because it uses the dog’s natural behaviour patterns and means of communication. If you implement the system consistently you will have a calm, well behaved dog that you can take anywhere. A dog that will not pull on the lead and will come back when called. In short, a dog whose company you can enjoy.
