Whilst Reddit can be a source of good information due to the sheer amount of users in each topic, be careful of what the general consensus of each sub is. Even in small subreddits.

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[–]outra_pessoa 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

/r/dogtraining forbids any mention of dominance theory even though it is the most traditional dog training method adopted by many trainers worldwide. Any theory that is not positive training will be straight up banned.

[–]Jesus-Christ[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yea, most Redditors are suckers for letting their dogs walk all over them. You'll often see that in r/aww. People speaking in light of situations where their pets disobeyed and destroyed things, and they make it come across as something that's supposed to be "normal". Like no, mate. You just didn't bother to train your dog properly. It's not a "cute" thing when it misbehaves lol

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I tried positive reinforcement when I adopted my two previous cats but it did not work. They were problem animals, their owner had harassed them so much (not intentionally, but doing stupid shit) they decided to piss and shit over everything.

Breaking them of that habit was brutal. I don't mention it because people flip out. But it was either stop them from anger pooping or put them down.

But it worked, and they both lived long and happy lives as well trained cats.

My current cat I let get away with too much, but his major transressions, like the few times he thought swiping at my face or hissing at me was a good idea, just get him timeout in the cage. He's a needy fucker so he hates that, he likes to be able to get to me at all times.