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Janet Boss wrote:
Ah yes - part of that group that wants to howl with wolves and that
stuff. It's a really good excuse for having an un-trained dog, I have
to give you that! "I don't want to ruin his spirit" (I've heard that
from conformation exhibitors). "I like his "naturalness" and a whole
lot of other BS. Covers up for a lot of laziness.

We had some neighbors like that when I was a kid. They had
a beautiful but completely untrained OES - untrained because
they thought dog training would somehow de-animalize the
dog. That was nearly 40 years ago and I haven't run into
one of those people since. It's disheartening to hear that
some people still think that.
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