re: Dog ?

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learn the instinctive behaviors of the animal you are training

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This is what makes them different. A dog's natural instinct is to match aggression with aggression. Physical contact in a corrective manner is a form of aggression to an animal whether that how you intend it not (aggression does not equal abuse). For most children, this is not the case. An animal doesn't need to be "broken" (speaking mentally of course) to be trained. Do some dogs need it? Possibly but in my experience they respond much better to positive reinforcement as opposed to negative reinforcement. But implying that whipping an animal should be the more common standard is incorrect imho.