Kindness. The only possible method when dealing with a living creature.
You'll get nowhere with an animal if you use terror, no matter what its
level of development may be. That I have maintained, do maintain and
always will maintain. People who think you can use terror are quite
wrong. No, no, terror is useless, whatever its colour – white, red or
even brown! Terror completely paralyses the nervous system.
~ Mikhail Bulgakov, Heart of a Dog
~ Mikhail Bulgakov, Heart of a Dog
Interest quote, and so very true. It makes me think of old horse training methods vs. the new methods. Much has changed and the best change of all, is people's attitude on training methods.
ReplyDeleteI agree. This book, The Heart of a Dog by Bulgakov, is very interesting. It's basically a fantasy in which a scientist finds a way to turn a dog into a man and it's all about the experiences that this man has and the thoughts he has about the human experiences.
DeleteI'll have to check out that book--thanks for sharing.
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