Dog Behaviour Training - Mistakes While Training Your Dog's Obedience
Dog training is usually much tougher in practice than it is in books. The usual process of dog
training is based on the psychological process of conditioning the behavior of the dog, as per its master's command. Hence if you are conditioning the dog by identifying the word 'Hello' or 'Handshake' while making it shake its paw in your hand then the dog will always raise its paw and give it in the hand of the person who says 'hello'. But if you associate the word 'ham' with the action of shaking hands then the dog will associate the word with the same action.Hence it is essential that while training your dog or conditioning it to your commands; you should try and use the correct words or actions. Dogs can be easily trained but their obedience levels differ because it is not always possible for the dog to get the command that its master or trainer is trying to teach. One of the most common mistakes that people make while training their dogs is punishing them or yelling at them. The dog would be unable to understand the reason of your yelling and would get excited due to this sudden raise of volume in your voice.
Dogs should not be trained on the basis of punishment but they should be rewarded for every right or obedient action they do. For example, if you have trained your dog for commands like sit or stand, then try and reward your dog every time it obeys your command. The reward is a stimulating factor for the dog and it would repeat the actions obediently every time because it is aware that it would be rewarded for the same.
You should remember that the dog does not understand any language. You have to make it understand your commands through conditioning and rewards system. Once it starts to identify words with actions or things, then the dog would be able to understand the command given. But talking to the dog or yelling at it will not help you to get any more obedient actions from the dog.
Obedient dogs can also be disobedient at times. These are not related to your training mistakes but often due to reasons like the dog being sick or unwell due to some kind of discomfort it is experiencing. At such times you should not punish the dog but try and understand the reasons due to which it is not obeying you.
One of the biggest problems that dog owners face while training their dogs is the inability to make them obedient. This happens due to various factors like pampering the dog too much or not being able to train the dog properly. In such instances it is best to get the help of a dog trainer. They are able to train dogs professionally and often prove to be an ideal solution to train dogs when their masters are unable to do so. Punishment with dogs should also be conditioned; else they feel rejected and scared.
By Rikard Ingvarsson
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