The Puget Sound Positive Trainers’ (PSPT) group is open to professional dog trainers in Seattle, Bellevue, Tacoma, and the rest of the greater Puget Sound area of Washington who strive to meet the Association of Pet Dog Trainers’ definition of “dog-friendly” in their training methods. Although each of us has our own interpretation, the APDT's definition is the following:

"Dog-friendly training is training that utilizes primarily positive reinforcement; secondarily negative punishment, and only occasionally, rarely, and/or as a last resort includes positive punishment and/or negative reinforcement." 

That is, we mostly use reinforcement in the form of praise, treats, toys, freedom, etc. and punish by way of taking those things away.