The Koehler Method

I keep reading about the Koehler Method. Mostly in a negative tone like it's the way people used to do it in the stone ages.

Well, the more I read about people's misbehaving dogs, the more sense I get that these new methods aren't any more effective (or even possibly less effective) than these old-school methods (which use both positive and negative reinforcement).

The idea these days is that negative reinforcement should never be used. In other words, yes you should spare the rod.

FWIW, here's a lecture on the method.

At quick glance, it sounds kind of like what Brad Pattison uses.