Dogs And Training

Never punish a dog when it responds to a recall command because if you do, it will assume that each time you call it, it will get a punishment and may fail to respond the next time you call it. If your dog is exhibiting an undesirable behavior, go over to it and punish it. Dogs learn by associating their actions to yours.

Dogs are non-verbal creatures while human beings are verbal creatures. Dogs basically communicate what they feel by wagging their tails, moaning, whining, barking or biting. Humans need to learn how to tell their dogs what they want through both verbal and non verbal language.

Your hands should be an integral part of training your dog. Dogs are skilled at reading body language and can easily understand any signal you send to them using your body. Non-verbal gestures are excellent dog training communication modes.

A dog has self-esteem just as humans do and can get easily hurt. Shouting at your dog when it fails to obey your commands may damage its self-esteem and render it fearful and hesitant. The self-esteem of your dog should be enhanced during dog training and not destroyed.

A dog can send out a variety of signals to its handler and it is up to the handler to receive and interpret those signals properly. Misreading the signals that your dog sends to you during its training can bungle the training up. A dog can signal non-verbally to you that it is unsure, afraid, tired or nervous.

The learning theory is a dog training premise that inculcates four basic messages; reward marker, the keep going signal, the no reward marker and the punishment marker. The dog you are handling in training needs to be clear about each message you send out for it to respond favorably.

Dont attempt to coach a dog to learn commands that you are not sure of or else there will be a lot of confusion going on. As a dog owner, your success in training your dog lies in your ability to master all dog commands. A command that is poorly given is bound to be poorly executed by a dog.

In training your dog, you should use consistent commands in order not to confuse it. Dogs that get used to a particular command in a certain context are unable to respond to the same command in a different context. You should be consistent in your tone when training your dog in order to avoid confusing it.