How to Punish a Dog | Dog Training Tips
how to punish a dog when your dog acts
out with bad behavior you may want to
punish them this simply means you want
to let them know that the behavior is
unacceptable instead of shouting or
hitting your dog you’ll want to use more
effective punishments like ignoring them
or withdrawing your attention since dogs
respond to positive reinforcement your
dog will quickly learn what behavior is
to avoid responding to bad behavior
correct your dog’s behavior if your dog
misbehaves give them a cure sign that
they’ve made the wrong decision you
might say think again or a similar
phrase in a cheery but corrective tone
of voice the tone should suggest are you
sure you want to do that your dog will
recognize your tone as much as the words
remove your attention if the dog
continues to do the wrong thing turn
your back or leave the room so that your
withdraw attention
dogs are sociable animals and want to be
at the center of things being left out
or ignored makes them reconsider their
actions if you catch bad behavior early
you can stop it before it’s ingrained
avoid giving attention to bad behavior
once you know how you should react to a
disobedient dog understand what
reactions reinforce bad behavior
sometimes your dog might be acting badly
just to get your attention by
acknowledging your dog or shouting at
them you’re accidentally rewarding the
behavior with attention this will make
them more likely to repeat the behavior
in the future remember that even
scolding and shouting are rewards to a
dog do not raise your voice or hit the
dog verbal or physical punishment is not
an effective way to prevent bad behavior
instead your dog will simply learn to
fear you for example hitting your dog
after the urinate in the house might
just cause them to hide where the
urinate they may become secretive and
disappear to urinate this won’t help you
since you’ll spend more time looking for
soiled areas in order to clean them up
teach bite inhibition biting is a bad
behavior that must be controlled teach
your dog that biting can hurt people do
this by giving a high-pitched Yelp and
removing your hand when your dog nips at
you take your hand away and stop playing
for a few minutes or leave the room
withdrawing the fun and attention is
punishment in terms that your dog will
understand they’ll soon associate ruff
playing with an end to the game and will
avoid the behavior preventing
bad behavior figure out what’s causing
your dogs bad behavior remember the dogs
do not misbehave out of malice if your
dog appears to misbehave such as chewing
your shoes
destroying furniture while you’re out or
growling at strangers then the dog has a
reason to do so but you haven’t figured
out what it is yet
spend some time figuring out why your
dog is acting out remove triggers for
bad behavior once you’ve figured out
what’s causing your dog’s bad behavior
try to remove the triggers maybe you
found that your dog barks when something
excites them like seeing someone walk
down the street or a car drive past to
prevent barking you might close the
curtains reward good behavior use
positive reinforcement if your dog plays
nicely responds to commands or
successfully eliminates in the right
spot offer them treats or shower them
praise like good dog and a cheerful
voice reward the behavior immediately
after the
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