I Almost Quit Dog Training This Year. I Joined ICLAC Instead. Here Is What the Profession Has Become.
Opinion · Force-Free Advocacy I Almost Quit Dog Training This Year. I Joined ICLAC Instead. Here Is What the Profession Has Become. After more than fifty years of training dogs, thirty-six of them as a professional, I came close to walking away, and not because force-free training fails. We already won that argument. We are losing the market to a loud, uneducated minority with a camera, nobody has the power to stop them, and the only fix left is a law. Below the piece: the 169 organizations that already agree with me, by name. The standards were published years ago. …
