Take the time to learn how to train effectively and you will have all of the freedom you could possibly want with your dog. However, this training does come at a cost, especially when you don't know how to do it effectively. So many of my clients come to me after going with another trainer and wonder why they weren't told everything from the beginning. They trusted someone and they got burnt. A lot of the time dog owners will never go back to any training and that leads their dogs to have less-than-ideal lives and more stress in the home than necessary. In today's episode, I am going to go over exactly what Balanced Training is and how it can hurt or help you depending on the situation you are in. Here is a free PDF download on stopping bad behaviors without punishment to get you started in training and succeeding. https://www.matadork9.com/resolvingbadhabits If you want to work one on one with me schedule a discovery call here and let's make sure this is a right fit for you. https://www.matadork9.com/coaching   Episode Transcript 00;00;01;05 - 00;00;20;01Michael AccettaHello. Welcome to the show. My name is Michael Accetta I'm the founder of Matador Canine, brilliant author of The Dog Training Cheat Codes and host of the Acknowledged Dogs Podcast. Thank you for joining me today. Today's topic is about balanced training. Now, I appreciate your time. I appreciate you looking into this. I'm not going to use it. Let's jump right into it. 00;00;20;14 - 00;00;48;11Michael AccettaBalance training. What is it? Balance training. Is the concept an idea of using as many quadrants and what is quadrants quadrants of learning for your dog? This is positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, positive punishment and negative punishment. They try to use a balanced amount. Now, many dog trainers that are switching into a balanced field, it's very popular right now, have either come from a compulsive background or a positive reinforcement background. 00;00;48;17 - 00;01;10;13Michael AccettaWhat do I mean? By that? A compulsive background is where they mainly at verses. Okay. They're correcting dogs constantly to teach them. They're using leash pressure and then releasing that pressure when the dog does do the thing that they want. Or a trainer is coming from a purely positive mindset. This means they're training dogs with a lot of treats, and maybe they weren't seeing the results that they expected. 00;01;10;26 - 00;01;34;11Michael AccettaAnd so now they're figuring out new ways to get easier results for them. Now, balance training as a whole is not a terrible idea. I'm going to tell you very, very bluntly. It is not a terrible idea. Bounce training in theory makes a lot of sense. That's exactly how dogs learn. Things get punished and things get rewarded. Things that get punished. 00;01;34;18 - 00;02;05;10Michael AccettaDecrease in the likelihood of being present and happening and things that get rewarded. Increase in the likelihood of them happening. So if you do something and I give you $100, you're more likely to do whatever it was that got the $100. That's exactly how it works. What ends up happening? However, if a trainer came from a compulsive mindset and is moving towards a balanced training, probably not because of an inner change of heart, although it is possible. 00;02;05;25 - 00;02;29;10Michael AccettaMost likely it came from social pressure because the purely positive side says you don't need to correct your dog, ever. You can teach them everything they need to know. And if you do it correctly, if you do it right and you spend the time doing it well, then you don't have to correct your dog. So a corrective based trainer is now in a very weird predicament. 00;02;30;10 - 00;02;53;07Michael AccettaEverybody's eyes are on them. Everybody is judging them. Everyone is telling them they're doing it wrong even though they have been rewarded. Mind you, first, however long they've been doing it, trainers that have been tr