Decisions about Obedience Instruction Standards are Guided by Careful Attention to the Training Process, Outcome, and Maintenance by the following priorities:

Training Process:

1. Doable by the largest amount of people. 
2. Effective on the greatest amount of dogs.
3. Lowest amount and magnitude of psychologically and physically aversive processes used to reach training goals.  Aversive processes include but are not limited to:
   1. Deprivation
   2. Frustration
   3. Physical discomfort/pain
   4. Fear
4. Lack of negative emotional states and presence of genuine positive emotional states while learning and obeying commands, by evidence of correct interpretation. For clarification:
   1. A wagging tail on an otherwise frustrated or anxious dog is not an example of an overall positive emotional state.
   2. A dog not wagging their tail with otherwise relaxed body language is not an example of a negative emotional state.
5. Least chance of physical harm to the handler and dog. 

Obedience Outcome:

1. Obedience is reliable on one command in most environments in the presence of the strongest competing motivators. 
2. Obedience is reliable without the presence of physical restraints such as leashes or physical barriers.
3. Evidence of an overall positive mental state while obeying commands.
4. In the event of disobedience, there is evidence of an overall confident mental state during and immediately after receiving a “correction” to obey.

Maintenance Plan:

1. Cynopraxic
2. Supports the freedom, pleasure, and safety interests of the dog.
3. Technologically analyzable