In case you are thinking about buying a puppy and taking it home to become your new best friend, don't expect your dog to obey all your instructions from day one. You will need to teach it slowly and avoid any form of physical abuse when doing so.

This kind of punishment is inappropriate and it has proven to have a lesser effect compared to showing a pet heaps of love and affection.

Because 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 psychology behind this is that dog when young, do not make the distinction between the pain it receives when you hit it, and the reason that you are having it punished. If it was biting on your shoe and you gave it a smack, all you did was to instill fearfulness and distress into the poor puppy, without it knowing what it had done wrong. It might be a different case for adult dogs.

You might think that hitting your dog with a light smack is fine. It might not hurt so much but it will terrify the life out of the infant dog and if you continue to do this, it will eventually learn to steer clear of you whenever it sees you, and you'll never form a close bond with it.

To bring up a puppy into a trusting family pet, an important relationship needs to be formed between owner and pet. Screaming your head off at a pup is another way you could damage your relationship with the dog.

Instead of yelling at the top of your lungs, a better way of dealing with badly behaved puppies is to be firm with your puppy and tell it to stop in an authoritative tone of voice.

Hopefully this guide has helped you understand your new best friend a little better. The best way to deal with misbehaved puppies is through non-physical authority, and a lot of persistence and patience.

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