Everyone active in dog training have different views on how dogowners should handle his dog, and which way is best. It is therefore important to think through how you want to act against your dog and what is ok to demand from your dog. There is much in dog training on “soft” and “hard” methods which I think is ridiculous when it is fairly easy as a new dogowner to think or believe that we must take a position on either one or the other. One training method does not exclude another. Only you can determine what is “hard” or “soft” for your own dog, these terms are relative. All dog training is individual and it is your task as a dogowner to ensure that the methods are suitable for your dog.