Hello Everyone: New to the forum.
I will say that the Louisville dog community is a buzz about the conversations that have been going on about Mr. Richling.
I have been an active member with animal organizations in Louisville for over 20 years. Mr. Richling is considered a controversial figure in the animal community in Louisville, and has been ever since he started training in Louisville.
Mr. Richling has the reputation of being a brash, arrogant, abrasive, know it all, who is a complete lunatic. Reading thru these forums, I see that his reputation procedes him.
I will say for every positive comment you find about Mr. Richling you will find at least 10 people that have something negative to say. Does his training methods work? Maybe & Maybe not !! I guess it depends upon your definition of working. I do know that alot of people have quit his classes because they can't handle him as a person.
I think if you have to use a stave under any circumstances no matter how soft or hard you use it on an dog and call it training, then yes you are going to have a lot of people raise a lot of questions. This is extremely old school
I see that Mr. Richling keeps asking his methods might be controversial but do they work? If you have to hit a dog with a stave or give a dog a hard correction with a prong collar in order to get to the promise land of having your dog trained then it excessively too much.
I ask this question, if the high road & low road both lead to the same destination which one would you take?