Study: Negative Dog Training Methods Can Cause Long-Term Harm

A new study Study: Negative Dog suggests training methods based on punishments can cause long-term animal. Much in past has training methods in general, or pulling force it do or using special collars put pressure on Reward-based methods involve giving food.

Thomas Panek, president and CEO of Yorktown Heights-based non-profit Guiding Eyes for the Blind, has been a runner his whole life. “I ran on my cross-country team in high school; it was around that time that I began losing more and more of my vision,” recalled Panek. “I would always follow the runner in front of me, afraid to get out in front, but I kept getting hurt. ” Running became harder, but Panek never stopped. In his 30s, guided by human volunteers, he completed 20 marathons—including New York and Boston. Nevertheless, he still wondered dog training near what it would be like to be more independent, to train his guide dog to run with him. “At the 2014 Boston Marathon," recalled Panek, "my fellow visually impaired runners told me they, too, dreamed of the possibility of a running program for guide dogs. I began running with my pet dog Onyx to prove the concept, and then Guiding Eyes led the way to begin a formal training program for guide dogs. ” In 2015, the Guiding Eyes Running Guides Program graduated its first team; a year after Panek joined the organization as CEO and president.

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