English is the main language of Force Free Trainers - Solving the Aggression Puzzle facebook group. It is a CLOSED group. There are 1,563 participants in that group. So it is a Medium group. 429559543775183 is the identifier of this group with Facebook. Last update is on 2015-01-14 02:43:09.
You have entered a force free environment for working professional dog trainers and canine professionals.
This group focuses on helping challenging dogs - dogs whose issues go from mild to worse and everything in between. It is for dog training professionals, canine behaviorists, veterinary behaviorists, behavior consultants/trainers - working force free to transform dogs who would be termed difficult, reactive, aggressive.
This group is formed to debunk the myth that aggression rehab cannot take place with force free methods. Discussion topics will focus on force free methods and how to get best results for clients. This group is to empower a new generation of force free trainers.
Couple of notes: No attacks on individuals will be tolerated, keep it civil. If you call a group member a name, tear apart their professionalism, this will not be tolerated and will result in automatic and immediate removal. Even so, there is a 3-violation rule - and that is more than fair. There is no room for discussion after a third intentional vioaltion - we all have choices. This group is for learning and sharing for the betterment of working force free with all types of challenging dogs.
Blocking an administrator of this group will result in automatic removal w/o three chance rule. It serves no purpose. An admin must be able to respond to posts.
The FILES and PHOTOS, HANDOUTS may be used by group members with their clients or to share - but NOT to pick apart publicly. Cutting and pasting threads from this group will result in automatic removal.
POSTS Made in this group - as a closed group - are private and cutting and pasting them, forwarding them to other groups or members will result in automatic removal and a violation of trust and integrity.Please ask administrator (Diane Garrod), if you have an interest in something or original poster.
EVENT POSTING PROTOCOL: Event postings can be made on the 1st of each month ONLY - unless with specific permission from admin (Diane Garrod, or Mariah Hinds or the Strunkster (Strunky KC Cish). NO COMMERCIAL PRODUCT postings without permission.
Force free methods are taken very seriously in this group to help clients and their dogs. There is no room for unprofessionalism among peers.
This is our standard:
"Pet Professional Guild Members Understand Force-Free to mean: no shock, no pain, no choke, no fear, no physical force, no physical molding, no compulsion based methods are employed to train or care for a pet." Pet Professional Guild
DISCLAMER: There are risks in working with aggression and other difficult dog challenges. You will in no way hold responsible any administrator of the group or participants for any advice given. It is best and suggested to work with a qualified behavior consultant, behavior trainer, veterinarian behaviorist and other qualified professionals in solving the aggression puzzle as there are many elements or pieces that could be causing the dog distress.