I really dont use one "type" of training ...
My "method" of training is to take time to evaluate the dog, find out it's likes and dislikes and then devise a plan based on the dog's personality and energy level. In devising the plan I use the things that the dog likes as a reward to encourage the dog to make the right choices. Then I praise the dog for making those correct choices.
EXAMPLE: With my last three, I spent the first two or three weeks JUST getting to know them. No training, just hanging out and taking notes!!! ONLY then did I begin to train. By finding out what they liked and what thier personalities were like, It was much easier to "connect" with them and it made the training easier.
Dogs are much like people, in that they want you to like them and they want to hang out with you if you are nice and fun to be around. For this reason, if you know what THEY like, you become more fun!!! If you know what they like, you can use those things to create a wonderful friendship and then a strong trusting bond.
With Patchs it is a treat or her Kong toy. When I trained her to come, I offered her a treat or the Kong. She would ALWAYS come to get it. If I didnt know that her "Highest Value Reward" was a treat or the Kong, and I tryed to use shoouting or phyical hitting, (her Lowest Value Reward) the training would have taken much longer or would have been much less effective.
With Neka it was a soft voice and tactile rewards. She just wants to be loved. If you offer her quiet praise she will do most anything for you. She likes treats almost as much!!!
The thing I feel is the most ineffective in dog training is strong-handed, physical, or Dominate training. Yes, a dog will respond, but only out of fear of being hit or abused. Sooner or later the dog's fear will take over and it will become aggressive. At this point the dog will turn on the trainer and it will NOT be good. When this happens, the owner or the public will label the dog Vissous and it will be destroyed. It wasnt the dog's fault, but the dog paid the price!!!
Subject: Your training method 
Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:09 pm
Needless to say the owner was in shock!!! 
I also borrowed him my copy of "What Color is Your Dog" ... He brought it back over the weekend and said it was a great book and it was going to be very helpful. He now realizes that it's HIM not the dog!!! (as is almost always the case)
I'll have to see if I can order it here from the library. Its an interesting concept to put groups like that, I mean, I guess its not all that simple but when it comes to educating others we don't want to confuse them either.lol.
