Just something that may be of interest. I see it said all the time that you must use corrections/punishment to compete in certain sports. Here's a list of people that don't and the link to the Facebook post with replies listing more. More and more police trainers are moving to positive methods as well. Not looking to start a debate or anything, just putting this out there for anyone interested in trainers using +R for sports.
I didn't write this, it's a copy and paste from here -
https://www.facebook.com/speakingdogwithshana/posts/1552140038242890
"In case any one wants some fun Googling, here are some awesome +R trainers doing big things in the IPO/competitive dog sports/hobby sports world:
Corinne Wrend (Has achieved IPO 3 with multiple Mals, and is the breeder of Nando Brown’s dog, Fizz)
Denise Fenzi (AKC OTCH dogs and perfect scores in both schutzhund and Mondio Ringsport obedience, has titled dogs in obedience, tracking, schutzhund, mondioring, herding, conformation, and agility)
Kamal Fernandez
Susan Garrett (One of the most successful agility competitors of the last two decades; has won multiple Gold Medals at National or World Championship events with every dog she has ever owned over the past 20 years.)
Chad Byerly (Mondioring, titled two dogs, trial decoy, recent MR2 at Nationals)
Guy Penning
Fanny Gott (Multiple dogs titled in OTCH, FCI, Agility, Tracking, Sheepdog Herding, etc:
http://www.fannygott.com/about-me. Runs a dog training school focusing on clicker training and high level sports)
Thomas Stokke (Spouse of Fanny Gott - specializes in specific breeds and gun dogs. Also runs dog training school for high level sports)
Jo Hill (Competitive obedience and achieving titles in IPO, now teaches Crufts Obedience Championships winners, working trial champions, IPO and HWTM competitors.)
Sara Brueske (Dock diving and Disc Dog Champion; 2016 UpDog International Finals Overall Champion, 2017 and 2016 UpDog International Finals Freestyle Champion)
Alex Van der Borght
Kay Laurence (HTM and OB titled dogs)
Steve White (expert police dog handler and world renowned +R trainer for urban tracking program)
Craig Ogilvie (Mondioring, works with extremely high drive dogs and the police)
Nando Brown (Scent Detection, Search and Rescue, High Prey Drive seminars)
Shade Whitesel (“Her retired dog, Reiki vom Aegis, IPO 3, FH 1, French Ring 1, CDX, was 5th at the 2010 AWDF Championships, 7th at the 2012 AWDF Championships, 1st at the 2011 Northwest Regionals, and 2nd at the 2012 Dutch Shepherd Nationals. Reiki is now almost 11, and Shade is currently competing with his son, Ones. Ones just earned his IPO 2 with scores of 99 in tracking, 95 in obedience and 96 in protection”)
Geert De Bolster (the first man to train a champion IPO dog trained using +R and primarily a clicker)
Robert Milner (Gun Dog Trainer, Builds Search and Rescue programs. Also was a heavy compulsion trainer, now a clicker trainer. Read more:
https://www.nrafamily.org/.../dog-trainer-for-the-love.../)