It is the ambition of every dog owner to have a well-trained dog. However, many dog owners do not take into account the amount of effort and time which is needed to train a dog properly. That is the reason why a number of mistakes are made which could be easily avoided with a little bit of common sense and effort.
Dogs are definitely not furry babies and children. Even though an average dog has an IQ of a 2-year-old human child, there are fewer similarities and more differences between dogs and humans. A dog does not understand reasoning, cause and effect, and processing language systematically.
That is why plenty of new dog trainers are extremely frustrated when they suppose the dog is ignoring their command, which is being repeated again and again. Many owners consider a dog to be stubborn on one day when he obeyed his master's commands the previous day. But the owners do not take into consideration that the dog does not understand the command so he does not know how to respond.
Many times, humans are surprised at dogs acting stubbornly. But their pet may have failed to associate yesterday's rewards for obeying the call, "come" with today's "come" because he did not connect the two in his mind. Some possible reasons and explanations based on how dogs learn have been suggested.
A dog trainer is going to need a lot of patience. You will need to repeat those commands continuously and again and again. Be ready not to get 100% results every time. Many dogs need more than 2 years of training to get past the simple basic and easy to understand commands.
Don't forget that patience means that you restrain your temper when what you really want is to smack or yell at your dog. It's common to think about taking the easy route of physical punishment as the first option for altering the dog's behavior. However, this should be reserved for only the most severe situations. The dog doesn't really understand why they're being swatted. This will not result in confidence, but to the contrary fear.
Dogs, like humans, are more ready to follow people whom they like and trust instead of people whom they fear. It is only when they have no choice that they follow a person whom they fear. A dog is going to endure its punishment without understanding the reason behind it. And that is just one important reason why physical punishment should not be used for training dogs.
Here's how NOT to Instruct your dog: - Fail to remember that your dog has a nature different from yours and speak to them like they were people. - Believe that a dog can connect events across time and circumstances and come to the same conclusion as you. - Get angry and irritable when they don't behave as you expect them to. Swat them for not behaving the way you want.
These methods are completely useless and are going to result in a frustrated dog owner and an unstable and fearful pet. So, to make sure that you do not get these results, change YOUR behavior before you try changing your dog's behavior.
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