Monday, July 19, 2010

The Way To Effectively Teach Your Baby Dog

By Don Bradly

Training a puppy takes plenty of time and patience. This is not something that you can achieve in a matter of days or weeks - it will take months. The trick to getting the most effective results from your little pup is to be firm with it but not deal out any physical punishment.

That is not how you should be training your dog and studies have shown that physical punishment is not an effective training method when it comes to any type of animal.

Since puppies are not any different to human babies, smacking your dog will not help much because it is still in its infancy and does not understand the difference between right and wrong. All you are really doing is scaring the poor animal and causing it to distance itself from you.

The reason for this is that dogs when young, do not know how to associate pain with bad behavior, unlike adult dogs. Remember that puppies that have just come into the world are curious and are discovering new things everyday. They also start their teething period and may have very sensitive teeth and so they chew your things. As it is already confused enough, by hitting and terrorizing it, you are just adding to the confusion.

Owners who smack their puppies constantly end up with adult dogs who are rebellious and unfriendly. Not only that but the dogs tend to not trust their masters either, keeping their distance whenever possible. This is not the kind of relationship you want to start off with.

Yelling at it is the next thing you should avoid doing as well. While yelling doesn't inflict pain, it does instill fear (if you shout loud enough) which is scary enough for a baby dog.

Rather than being vocally loud, a more effective training method you should employ would be to speak to your dog in a very firm tone to get it to cease doing what it was doing. Then pick up your pup and give it a huge to give it reassurance and some love.

Teaching your puppy should be no different from teaching a child. Control your frustrations and never shout, instead be gentle and give it time to learn the difference between right and wrong. This is the only way to develop a fantastic relationship with your dog

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