Avoid These Common Dog Training Mistakes
09 Jun 2010
Dog training is no doubt difficult, as it is a long and complicated process. Things you teach them today might not be retained and as such you might be surprised to learn that some dogs will take up to months to even learn a new trick. While your teaching method will largely determine the outcome, there are some common mistakes that first time owner might commit and as such you want to avoid them at all cost to improve your chance of getting your dog trained successfully.
This article will talk about some of these common mistakes that you should be avoiding when training your dog.
Before we lose sight of it, dog training should actually be a positive and fun filled experience, this is one mistake that many owners have committed that is either due to impatience or frustration. When you forget just how much your dog is trying to comply with what you want from them and how much they really want your affection and love, its easier to lash out and punish them for whatever they didn’t do.
Constantly punishing your dog will usually not bear any good results, especially when you’re trying to get them to learn new things. So the next time that happens, why not reward your dog for doing the right thing rather than punishing them for not doing it right? This way you can positively reinforce the desired behavior and they’ll quickly learn the connection between the action and positive reward and outcome for them.
Another mistake owner usually commit when training their dog is that they fail to realise just how short a dog’s memory attention span is. There is really no point in punishing your dog for their wrong doing if you did not catch them in the act, this is because your punishment will not be well received as they probably do not remember what they did wrong and what they have done to garner the punishments.
Your dog also does not speak your language, therefore loud shouting and yelling will never help in terms of correcting their mistakes. The better way to do so is to actually catch their wrong doing and instantly correct their mistakes. Training a dog requires a lot of patience; as such you should definitely aim to have that if you want to be successful in your dog obedience training.
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