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    Dexter Sim
    Dash  ·  
    Jun 29, 2020

    Fix the 5 most common dog training mistakes

    in Common Puppy Issues

    Fix the 5 most common dog training mistakes

    Learn how your pet-rearing techniques may actually be backfiring. Dog

    behaviourist Tamar Geller shares some new teaching methods


    Today show

    Updated: 11:22 a.m. ET March 17, 2006

    Training your dog has a lot to do with understanding how they think.

    Dog behaviourist Tamar Geller offers insight into your dog's mind and

    shares some training tips.


    Dog training mistakes are really human mistakes. Don't be so

    surprised! Many dog owners make mistakes unbeknownst to them — due

    to bad advice, reading something somewhere, because that's how they

    did it with the family dog when they were growing up, or even as

    the behaviour they're not even aware they're doing. Then frustration sets

    in when puppies "have accidents" in the house, or grown dogs won't

    come when called or jump on people for attention, but these and other

    problems are not the fault of the dog. Regardless of which specific

    the dog training program you choose to adopt, here are a few common

    pitfalls that, if avoided, will make the training process far more

    effective, enjoyable and fun for both of you!


    Calling your dog and then, when he comes to you, "punishing" him or

    doing something he doesn't like. Your dog is having tons of fun in

    the dog park — you call and he comes to you — and you reward his

    behaviour by putting him on a leash and taking him home. Or he's in

    the yard having fun, you call him to come in and when he does, you

    start to clean his ears, cut his nails or brush his teeth. Is it any

    wonder your dog no longer comes when called?


    While your dog is having fun playing, periodically call him to you,

    give him "refreshments" and then say, "Go play!" Remember that in the

    teaching phase, you're building trust with your dog. By doing this a

    few times, your dog will learn to love to come to you when he hears

    his name and won't be worried that the fun is ending.


    Sticking your dog's nose in his messes to correct his

    housebreaking "mistakes." Bad move. You don't actually have a problem

    with your dog "going," you just have a problem with the location.

    Sticking his nose in it or hitting him with a rolled-up newspaper

    will only confuse your dog and may actually teach him to hide his

    bodily functions from you — soon you'll find his "presents" in the

    closet or behind the couch. Or you may find that he will not go to

    the bathroom in front of you, even when it's the right location. Or

    your dog may drink his urine or eat his excrement (coprophagia) from

    fear of your reaction.


    Never correct a dog eliminating in the wrong place after the fact.

    Correct them only if you catch them in the act, and not by hitting

    them, but by yelling NO! or OUTSIDE!, and immediately taking your dog

    out. Once outside, stay with him to praise the heck out of him for

    doing it there.


    Ignoring bad behaviours such as jumping, chewing and aggression,

    thinking your dog will "grow out of it." The longer your dog is

    allowed to continue inappropriate behaviour, the more certain he will

    become that it is acceptable. Jumping, chewing and aggression are not

    stages of a dog's development, but unacceptable behaviour. Teach your

    dog that this is unwanted behaviour by teaching him what to do

    instead.


    Hitting your dog or using the pain in the learning process. Personally,

    I'm against using intimidating training techniques. Prong and choke

    collars are even outlawed in some places, such as Rome and Torino,

    Italy. Today we have products available to keep dogs from pulling on

    the leash, not to mention years of research about modifying behaviour

    by positive and negative reinforcement through humane methods that

    don't involve pain — such as the Sporn and Gentle Leader products —

    that there's simply no need to use "Spanish Inquisition" methods on

    our best friends!


    Taking your dog back in the house immediately after he eliminates.

    Your dog takes forever to go to the bathroom — he takes as much time

    as he can to find just the right spot and read all the p-mail in the

    neighbourhood. Why? Because the minute he eliminates, his time outside

    is all over and you hustle him back into the house. So in order to

    stay outside longer, he simply delays going to the bathroom.


    The solution? Teach your dog to go to the bathroom on cue and, once

    he does, reward him by starting the walk then!

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