|Articles|April 1, 2009

Have You Heard? Aggression begets aggression

Aversive corrections are likely to make aggressive dogs worse.

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Source: Herron ME, Shofer FS, Reisner IR. Survey of the use and outcome of confrontational and non-confrontational training methods in client-owned dogs showing undesirable behaviors. Appl Anim Behav Sci 2009;117:47-54

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