Traditional trainers operate under the assumption that it’s the dog that needs fixing. Their models assume a monolithic dog whose internal structure is rarely analytically dissected into any component parts helpful in meaningful discussions—their goal is simply to “fix the dog.” Their approaches often claim the need to customize treatment programs for each dog, which philosophically contradicts the observation that every dog is basically the same as every other dog, in that every dog has at its core the same, natural programming Nature has present in its DNA in every dog in the world. Their approaches prefer narratives and their approaches ignore the observing and the identification of the dog’s behaviors. There is often some level of coercion introduced to speed up the change of the dog’s behaviors, though this results in non-voluntary behaviors being produced rather than voluntary behaviors; those non-voluntary behaviors are not relaxed, they are not voluntarily submissive, and they necessarily expose and force the dog into experiencing some level of stress.
Traditional trainers believe that obedience can be taught, even though there is no known measure for obedience.
Traditional trainers often believe that the vague, behavioral title of bonding is a desirable end goal between human and dog, even though bonding has no known measurement.
Traditional Home Trainers are related to Traditional Trainers.