The Advantages Of Positive Dog Training
October 13, 2008 by Richard Cross
When training a dog it can be easy to lose your patience when faced with a dog that just won’t seem to do what you tell it no matter how you try. You’ve read every dog training book, ebook, report, forum, website and blog but none of them can tell you why your dog refuses to sit while on a walk when it does it perfectly in the house. Or why your dog just doesn’t seem to get house training. We’ve all been there, and it’s completely understandable to get frustrated. However this won’t help your training, and it can actually hinder it.
Positive Dog Training is focuses on making training fun for your dog and for you. This way you won’t get frustrated, and the dog won’t get confused by being reprimanded when it makes a mistake.
So what are the advantages of positive dog training? Well from an owners point of view it is usually much more effective than other methods, it helps to build a loving relationship between the dog and owner and is generally a lot less stressful! Using positive reinforcement can also be a lot more fun for the owner and the dog.
From the dogs point of view, positive training means that training is a much more relaxed process than before. Usually a relaxed dog in an environment where he or she feels safe is better for training, so this is a definite advantage. Dogs also have a long memory, and if punished repeatedly by owners it can damage the long term relationship.
Positive dog training concentrates on reinforcing good behaviour through various methods. This can be something simple such as praise of stroking the dog, or a tangible reward such as a treat. The idea is to use the incentives to start with to get the dog to learn, and then gradually reduce the rewards until the dog does it without needing them.
Not everyone agrees that positive dog training is an effective method. Some of its opponents state that the training works well in an enclosed environment, but the dog has no incentive to stick to the training where there are distractions and when no treat is given.
I think that if performed correctly, positive dog training can be a very effective way to train your dog. Like any training, it needs to be practiced in an enclosed and safe environment to begin with and then moved into places where there are more distractions. This site will focus almost 100% on positive training methods, so I suggest you take a look around and see what you find!
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