Positive Dog Training Works Best
Dec 17th, 2007 by Dog Man
Positive Dog Training Works Best
These days we seem to hear an awful lot about positive dog training and how it works best, but why is that? You might be inclined to think it’s because it’s easier to stay on track and not make errors that you might make with other methods, but that’s not really the reason why positive dog training works best.
Positive dog training works best because your dog learns to understand you and you and your dog learn to communicate better, each learning to better understand the other and what is expected of them. Your dog will learn much better in a relaxed atmosphere, rather than someone yelling at them. Forging a trusting relationship with your dog will go a long way in the training process. Your dog will respond to your commands in a happy and eager way wanting to please you.
Positive dog training works best because your dog is not under a great deal of stress, nor is he pressured to the point where he is too afraid to do anything including the right thing. When you use positive reinforcement, you are in essence training your dog to understand your language and this is the key to success.
When your dog does the correct task and he is rewarded with praise or a treat, he quickly learns to understand exactly what it is you want him to do. He will know that he did a good thing and will want to keep doing it to please you and get his treat or praise. Patience is the key. Your dog will learn what you want him to do but it takes time and it takes repetition combined with positive reinforcement.
One thing you should not do is give treats to your dog without him earning it. If you do, he will not associate the treat with doing something good and that would defeat the purpose of giving treats. Treats should only be given for a good deed.
It’s very difficult to mess up positive reinforcement training, so if you decide this is the method you are going to use to train your dog you can relax knowing that you’ve just taken care of one of the biggest mistakes made when training dogs.
Most of us have seen a dog that’s been trained using negative reinforcement, which might involve yelling or even hitting. Although these dogs may listen, they often cower when a hand is raised or a voice is loud. That’s not how you want your dog to be.
Positive dog training works best and you will be rewarded with a happy obedient dog that wants to listen out of love. Man’s best friend will be just that! Best behaved and best trained.
Positive Dog Training Works Best
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