How To Discipline A Dog
In spite of the renowned canine intelligence, dog’s understanding is not at par with what humans have. A pet that usually greets its master by jumping will be puzzled if the owner suddenly raised the voice and reprimanded the dog for jumping while she is all dressed up for a party.
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. A dog that had destroyed your favorite $500 bag will slink under the table when it sees the anger in your face. 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. Screaming at the dog or inflicting physical punishment would never be a good idea more so if the punishment was given after the destructive deed was done. Dogs are intelligent animals but the it would be beyond their ability to associate the punishment to the slip-up they have done.
Dogs are pack animals and humans should be the leader of the pack. Dogs being lower in rank must follow humans. Training would do a lot in preventing development of inappropriate behavior. Any kind of dog training is best started when the dog is still young. Dogs have the tendency to obey commands given in an authoritative voice.
To discipline the dog, you can use methods that will discourage the dog from being destructive . Bitter apple discourages the dog from chewing things and a spray of cold water stops the dog’s excessive barking.
It would be best to reprimand and correct the dog while the destructive act is being committed. Commands such as Stop, No and Leave it will prevent the dog from doing its destructive act. 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.
Learn more about how to discipline a dog and dog first aid at Sarah’s Dogs.
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