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By Oliver Ringrose - Dog Smart Training & Behaviour
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Stepping into the dog training industry did something to me I wasn't expecting. I went in expecting to learn about dogs, and I did — but somewhere along the way I became just as fascinated by the humans on the other end of the lead. Dogs and humans are both animals.
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For most of our shared history, dogs weren’t simply animals we trained. They were animals we listened to.
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"Since 2005, the number of studies of the impact of nature experience on human developed has grown from a handful to nearly one thousand.
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Before I became a dog trainer, I was an automation engineer. I worked with complex control systems—essentially wiring up little artificial brains to run industrial processes.
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Let me address something immediately: I did not go through adolescence. I emerged from puppyhood essentially fully-formed — intellectually sophisticated, emotionally regulated, and already displaying the kind of behavioural elegance that others spend years attempting to achieve.
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Many people that know me also know that I really have an issue with some of today's modern dog training tools.