Every species on the planet is corrected in some form throughout its life. Those corrections don't harm the species. Adults correct the young. Physical obstacles are always out there to correct mistakes, often painfully. Others in their species, as well as encounters with other species, will involve corrections. Those corrections assist proper learning for the survival of that species. Even amoeba avoid some stimuli in various concentrations (pH, gravity, heat, cold, vibration, electricity, sound, etc.), and if they don't avoid those stimuli, they might perish and not reproduce. It isn't abuse for an animal to live in the real world. Our job as dog owners might be, at times, providing substitute corrections to prevent the dog from experiencing the real thing, thus saving their lives.
There is a cult of internet dog warrior trolls who are all into saying that dogs never need corrections in order to be trained. They also don't prepare their dogs for the real world. The weird thing about cults... they all seem to feel entitled to correct YOU if you don't join up. Hmm... What's that all about? This is especially an important topic when it comes to rescuing dogs in shelters. This cult has infected these institutions, and it has become accepted that it is better to kill a dog with problems rather than properly correcting those problems instead. Is that humane?
Plan accordingly.
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