re: Update on poodle training

I don’t know. Probably 6-8 years. I never used any of the nazi interrogation props. I always used a more teach type approach than a heavy hand approach. I taught fetch as any other command and reinforced with the collar. I think I had pretty good success and definitely never left a training session out of breath or mad. I don’t know if Bill Hillman does anything similar but I think he does. I talked to him once and wanted to ask but thought of it after he left. I look for understanding the command and reinforce it with ear pinch on refusal and praise on accelerating to the fetch. A lot less stressful on me and the dog. I never saw the need to treat this command from any other. I almost always had a dog aggressively picking up off the ground in a few days. When done properly the dog associates the pull on the collar (by hand or rope) as a precursor to pressure and reacts quickly to avoid punishment and fetch what is in front of them. Really a much more humane and to me just as effective way of getting a goog fetch response