The Key To Successful Dog Obedience Training

Article Title: The Key To Successful Dog Obedience Training
Author: Sarah Jackson

Dogs are very sociable creatures. Some of them can get to the
point of being too sociable and may get aggressive. Thus, it is
very important to train and control the behavior of your dog.

The last thing you want is to have your dog biting other
people. Some statistics show that as high as 77% of dog biting
incidents occur within the family. Yet experts say that most of
these cases could have been easily avoided with good dog
obedience training techniques.

With proper dog obedience training, bad behavioral habits can
be removed and dogs can have better control of their actions and
feelings when faced with different social and environmental
factors.

However, effective training of your dog is easier said than
done. One of the most important key element lacking in dog
obedience training to produce positive results is what experts
call "positive reinforcement". This actually refers to the
proper use of treats, incentives and praises when rewarding your
dog for showing positive behavior.

Through positive reinforcement, dogs are able to understand
that praises and treats will follow whenever it shows good
behavior. An example of positive reinforcement is when you give
your dog a treat for obeying your commands. This will cause the
dog to think that obeying commands will result in treats.

On the opposite side, if a dog does not obey your command, you
should not use punishment as a form of counter-reinforcement.
This does not help in training your dog and will only make it
worse. It will only confuse your dog and it will begin to doubt
its feelings. Thus, only "positive reinforcement" should be
employed.

Another important aspect of dog training is to avoid training
your dog to take up bad habits. Most people are unaware that
they are doing this and instances may occur that the trainer may
think he is training the dog to achieve a certain behavior but
actually giving the dog a bad habit along the way as well. They
may not realize it until the dog displays the bad habit when it
thinks the owner is asking for it.

As an example, it is very common for dogs to bark when they see
something strange or unfamiliar and this is a good thing. But
when they continue to bark when seeing a familiar person then it
becomes a problem and dogs should not be rewarded with treats
when they are doing that.

Some owners at this point may yell and shout at their dogs to
shut up. This kind of reaction from the owners will confuse them
and make them think that the reason why their owners are yelling
is because they are also enjoying the barking scene and that
they are actually "barking" together with their dogs.

The right thing to do is to actually avoid paying any attention
to them at all. After a while, they will stop and this is when
they should be rewarded.

To sum it all up, effective use of positive reinforcement is
the key to successful dog obedience training. Armed with this
knowledge, any owner can have the most obedient dog as his best
friend.

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