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 What is old becomes new again... April 24, 2003
Brad Griggs (WORLD CITIZEN)
9 out of 13 found this review helpful
Many of Koehler's methods are used still today by leading protection dog trainers around the world, and I have seen them work first hand on many dogs.Whether or not you agree with Koehler's principles or not is a personal choice, but one thing is clear - THE METHODS IN THIS BOOK WORK QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY TO PRODUCE LASTING AND RELIABLE RESULTS.
What is old becomes new again... April 24, 2003
21 out of 25 found this review helpful
Many people would contend that some of Koehler's methods, as outlined in this book, are 'cruel' or 'inhumane'. I have a different opinion to that, as do the vast majority of protection/obedience dog trainers that I have spoken to.A dog does not have the ability to reason, and Koehler's methods show the dog clear consequences for its actions. Let's put this into human terms... ... ... Koehler's methods show a dog exactly that - a clear choice. If the dog does what it knows how to, and is capable of, doing, then it is rewarded for this. If the dog knows, and is capable of, doing a task, yet CHOOSES not to, then it is punished for this. Koehler's methods make the choice for the dog simple - perform the behaviour desired by the handler and I will be rewarded, NOT perform and I will be punished AND not get a reward. Many of Koehler's methods are used still today by leading protection dog trainers around the world, and I have seen them work first hand on hundreds of dogs. Whether or not you agree with Koehler's principles or not is a personal choice, but one thing is clear - THE METHODS IN THIS BOOK WORK QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY TO PRODUCE LASTING AND RELIABLE RESULTS.
 A very cruel method of dog training April 18, 2003
Holly (New Jersey)
3 out of 15 found this review helpful
This book has some very cruel methods of training a dog. Dogs should not be fearful when being trained and treated with cruelty. The ASPCA should be informed of these people.Sorry, but I would not recommend this method of training at all!
The Old Days December 9, 2002
9 out of 14 found this review helpful
It's not fair to the author and the family to dismiss Koehler's Methods. The reason I write this is because many of these techniques are very old. This man did great things in the dog world, many things have changed since but this method was the biggest thing to break the surface of protection dog training I feel.There are some things in it that can be dangerous and will certainly make your dog a bit too nervous. I don't recommend people using it but many people cannot find a protection dog trainer that knows what they are doing. This works and will always continue to do so. That is why you always see someone using these methods. Personally I think all of the methods work but if you have to use table training for protection then your dog might not be a dog that should be training for PP work in the first place. I give it 5 stars because of the accomplishments this man did for the working dog community as well as general dog training. For the time it was used it was the best. Things always improve and to discredit this man and his training would be like comparing machines of today to those of 40 years ago. Again I don't recommend this type of training but most protection dog books I think are totally ludicruous. One being Manstopper, and several others. This method does work. I'm into positive training methods that tend not to make the dog a bag of nerves but many people in the dog communtiy are at fault by their attitudes to consumers. Usually that's in the sport dog world. They force people who don't want the hassle to go to a book that will work for them and not worry whether these methods should be used or not. Those are my thoughts . . .
The Old Days December 9, 2002
7 out of 12 found this review helpful
It's not fair to the author and the family to dismiss Koehler's Methods. The reason I write this is because many of these techniques are very old. This man did great things in the dog world, many things have changed since but this method was the biggest thing to break the surface of protection dog training I feel.There are some things in it that can be dangerous and will certainly make your dog a bit too nervous. I don't recommend people using it but many people cannot find a protection dog trainer that knows what they are doing. This works and will always continue to do so. That is why you always see someone using these methods. Personally I think all of the methods work but if you have to use table training for protection or whip a dog t work then your dog might not be one that should be training for Protection work in the first place. I give it 5 stars because of the accomplishments this man did for the working dog community as well as general dog training. For the time it was used it was the best. Things always improve and to discredit this man and his training would be like comparing machines of today to those of 40 years ago. Again I don't recommend this type of training but most protection dog books I think are totally ludicruous. One being Manstopper, and several others. This method does work. I'm into positive training methods that tend not to make the dog a bag of nerves but many people in the dog communtiy are at fault by their attitudes to consumers. Usually that's in the sport dog world. They force people who don't want the hassle to go to a book that will work for them and not worry whether these methods should be used or not. Those are my thoughts . . .
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