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Originally Posted by
wilbar
All I meant was that despite the overwhelming majority here disagreeing with his his views & standards on dog training, he still comes back for more! If it were me that had received such a lot of criticism, or had such a wealth of evidence to contradict my views, I think I'd try to keep a low profile for a bit!! I'd also like to think that I'm open-minded enough to try to understand why everyone disagreed with me. But in AP's case, he just doesn't seem to care
. Hence my comment about getting commission from ecollar manufacturers ~ I couldn' think of any other reason that AP keeps coming back for more criticism! Does he find this criticism rewarding in some way? Are we positively reinforcing him somehow?
I too have also lived by the maxim that if enough reasonable people tell my action is erroneous, then the innate issues aside, i would think that the statistical likelihood of several unrelated people saying the same without it having some kernel of truth to it must be unlikely.
To my mind, its quite evident that threads centred around Adam would only be a boon to his status and business of an Ecollar trainer.
He must be grinning to himself.
He can now turn around and say if all these reward/treat/whatever based trainers are so good and so confident that their method is better than mine, then why do they feel the need to get sooo defensive and personal about it then.
He could then say I dont feel the need to reply or acknowledge such responses to me, as Im pretty confident in my belief that E training is better.
And then he can turn around and show threads on dogsey as an example to any unsuspecting less informed pet dog owners, whom would quite naturally see all the stick etc and be quite possibly sold on this propoganda line.
TBH, it does concern me that this opportunity is made available to AP, or any other ecollar trainer.
It's interesting that my history in rescue was bought up.
When i started in rescue i also acted on my ethical outrage too.
It was working in rescue that actuallly taught me that it is better to channel such instincts thru constructive dialogue and tempered manner, as animal welfare and the continued prospering existence of the centre depended upon it.
Its as philosophy i continue thru dog training.