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has anyone used dog training discs and what are your views on them

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I am familiar with the theory of frustrative non-reward which is the basis of using discs, but I have never actually used them. I would be wary of their use to train passive avoidance with a sensitive dog and I can see that problems could arise with inexperienced owners/trainers trying to cure problems by this method.

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What are they and how are they supposed to work?!

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Yes, I tried them years ago but I didn't like them.

They are designed to distract a dog to stop it doing something you don't want it to do. They are a set of small discs held on a small fabric loop. You throw them down near the dog and they make a 'chinking' noise, which distracts the dog from what it was about to do.

In my case, I used them to try and stop my dog (Westie - gone, now, sadly) eating things he shouldn't. He was fairly bomb-proof (not nervous at all) and the discs did their job .. the problem was simply that you had to be absolutely spot on with your timing, and a fairly good shot! I forgot to take the discs with me sometimes, and once or twice I 'corrected' him for turning his nose AWAY from undesirable foods . . and then I accidentally hit him with them when I threw them. After that they went in the bin!

Now I just say "Ah!" or clap my hands - it seems to work just as well!

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Click and reward is easier to work with and much quicker and far more in tune with the general feelings these days on the best way to train a dog.

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I tried them ...and .....I may have well as just thrown the fiver on the floor