Professional consensus
Veterinary, behaviour and dog-training bodies, plus kennel and dog-welfare organisations, that have published statements, codes or policies opposing aversive tools or requiring reward-based practice.
Showing 41–60 of 166. This is a working record of publicly aligned positions.
Training and behaviour organisations
Joint Standards of Practice partner training service dogs with humane, evidence-based methods.
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Behaviour education body whose practitioners work from force-free, evidence-based principles.
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Accreditation requires humane, evidence-based dog training and excludes shock and prong tools.
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Joint Standards of Practice endorser teaching force-free dog training.
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European trainers’ body supporting force-free practice and the initiative for force-free dog training.
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German professional dog-trainers’ association supporting the force-free dog training position paper.
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Austrian professional trainers’ association supporting force-free education and practice.
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Austrian dog-behaviour trainers’ association supporting humane, force-free methods.
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German professional association of animal behaviour consultants and trainers supporting welfare-centred practice.
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Independent assessed education in canine psychology that does not teach aversive tools as training methods.
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"Shock collars are one of the most unethical methods we have seen used in an attempt to control a dog's behaviour." Jo Middleton International Institute for Canine Ethics canineethics.org Independent education body teaching ethical, force-free canine practice.
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Sarah Fisher education programme teaching TTouch and force-free handling rather than pain-based tools.
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Force-free canine education provider whose courses exclude shock, prong and choke as training methods.
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Education platform on canine aggression that supports force-free practice and signed the force-free position paper.
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German trainer education and publishing house supporting the force-free dog training position paper.
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German force-free education network supporting the initiative for force-free dog training.
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Swiss trainer education centre supporting force-free, clicker-based practice.
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Science-meets-practice education body supporting the force-free dog training position paper.
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German information body on dog behaviour supporting force-free methods.
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Regional force-free network opposing shock and prong equipment in training.
Read moreThis page is a reference list of publicly available position statements, codes and policies. Inclusion here means the published wording aligns with ICLAC’s aims. It does not mean that the organisation has formally endorsed ICLAC or joined ICLAC.