bristol dog school
Bristol
Bristol Dog School is run by Clair Litster Huckle BSc (hons) who set up the
business with the aim of teaching owners how to effectively communicate and have
fun with their dogs using positive reward based methods. Bristol Dog School has
smaller class numbers that are calmer and are better for learning and easier for
us to get to each puppy and give a little more attention. Reward based training
is paying your dog for a job well done often called Positive Reinforcement (+R)
it rewards correct behaviour so that unwanted behaviours are not rewarded and
are then forgotten this avoids using punishment or aversive training methods.
The reason we use reward based training is because science has proven that an
action learned in a nice way that is reinforced with something the dog finds
rewarding is leaned and retained for longer, alternatively an action punished
may never stop as the punishment may still be rewarding to the dog if all it
wants is attention.
