Dogs are very intelligent creatures but we owners should not assume that they have humans ability to comprehend and to separate what is right from what is wrong. A dog will not understand the reason why it was punished and vanished to a crate by jumping on an all dolled up master when jumping and giving sloppy kisses is its usual way of greeting.
How will you go about disciplining a dog to corrects its undesirable habits of barking and chewing excessively, of raiding trash cans and eating spoiled food, of tormenting smaller pets? Dogs can easily read our facial expressions and understand the meaning or our body movements. Dogs are cunning little and not so little rascals that would know how to achieve an imploring look to get away from the wrath of the master. The repentant look of the pet is not an assurance that destruction of shoes, bags and other things will not happen again. It is not always possible for pet owners to constantly supervise the dog thus to prevent the pet from being destructive it has to be disciplined. After seeing the destruction or the mess created by the pet, the dog owner may physically punish or scream at the dog however, this will not accomplish anything more so if the destruction was done much earlier. Correcting the bad habit of the dog will never be accomplished if the punishment is given after the dog has been destructive.
It is necessary to make the dog understand that human are the leaders of the pack. Dogs being lower in rank must follow humans. Training would do a lot in preventing development of inappropriate behavior. Training would be more successful if conducted while the dog is still a puppy. In a firm and clear voice, teach the dog to obey commands that will modify a wrong behavior.
One effective way if disciplining the dog is to make the dog hate doing the destructive behavior . A spray bottle filled with cold water and Bitter Apple are effective tools that disciplines the dog not to manifest a destructive behavior.
To make the dog associate the disciplinary action with the bad behavior, reprimands must be made while the dog is doing the act. As soon as the dog is seen about to do one of its destructive acts give a STOP or NO command. Disciplining the dog would not be an easy task - one that cannot be accomplished at once but a determined owner consistently training the dog and using positive reinforcement will be able to correct a destructive behavior and have a well mannered pet.
How will you go about disciplining a dog to corrects its undesirable habits of barking and chewing excessively, of raiding trash cans and eating spoiled food, of tormenting smaller pets? Dogs can easily read our facial expressions and understand the meaning or our body movements. Dogs are cunning little and not so little rascals that would know how to achieve an imploring look to get away from the wrath of the master. The repentant look of the pet is not an assurance that destruction of shoes, bags and other things will not happen again. It is not always possible for pet owners to constantly supervise the dog thus to prevent the pet from being destructive it has to be disciplined. After seeing the destruction or the mess created by the pet, the dog owner may physically punish or scream at the dog however, this will not accomplish anything more so if the destruction was done much earlier. Correcting the bad habit of the dog will never be accomplished if the punishment is given after the dog has been destructive.
It is necessary to make the dog understand that human are the leaders of the pack. Dogs being lower in rank must follow humans. Training would do a lot in preventing development of inappropriate behavior. Training would be more successful if conducted while the dog is still a puppy. In a firm and clear voice, teach the dog to obey commands that will modify a wrong behavior.
One effective way if disciplining the dog is to make the dog hate doing the destructive behavior . A spray bottle filled with cold water and Bitter Apple are effective tools that disciplines the dog not to manifest a destructive behavior.
To make the dog associate the disciplinary action with the bad behavior, reprimands must be made while the dog is doing the act. As soon as the dog is seen about to do one of its destructive acts give a STOP or NO command. Disciplining the dog would not be an easy task - one that cannot be accomplished at once but a determined owner consistently training the dog and using positive reinforcement will be able to correct a destructive behavior and have a well mannered pet.
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