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My buddy's hot take that you can't train a dog without a shock collar cost me a whole Saturday and a bag of treats
So my buddy Dave comes over last Saturday while I'm working with my sister's rescue beagle, and he drops this gem: "that dog will never listen without a shock collar, positive stuff is just a scam." I told him he was wrong and he doubled down, so I bet him lunch at the diner on Route 9 that I could get the dog to sit and stay on command before the day was out. What I thought would take maybe an hour turned into five hours of me crouching on my kitchen floor with a clicker and a bag of chicken bits while Dave sat on my couch eating my chips and saying "see, he's not listening" every time the dog looked at a squirrel. The whole thing was way harder than I expected because the beagle had zero training and kept getting distracted by the smell of my own dogs, but by 4 pm he was sitting on the first cue and staying for a solid ten count. Dave paid for my burger but still swore the collar would have been faster. Anyone else have a friend who is absolutely sure a piece of gear is the answer and won't let it go even when the proof is sitting right in front of them?
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