"If you can teach a whale to pee in a cup, you can train your dog without punishment" - Ted Turner (Behaviorist & Exotic Animal Trainer)

If we can communicate with wild animals and teach them new behaviors without dominating them, why do we need to do this with dogs?  With this poster, my goal is to inspire pet owners to use humane, force-free training methods that are already being implemented successfully around the world in progressive zoos, on important life-saving missions, and wildlife conservation.

The old-school training paradigm that promotes "breaking" or "dominating" an animal into "calm submission" to get them to do what we want (e.g., using correction collars on dogs, scaring horses, throwing birds, scruffing cats, hissing at iguanas, etc.) is unnecessary, dangerous, and unkind.  Our animal companions deserve much better, and we are capable of doing better. 

This poster was created with the help of Sarah Owings, Mary Hunter, Sara Reusche, Irith Bloom, and Laura Monaco Torelli.