| While dog training is a difficult process, it is not nearly | | | | puppy will not know instinctively how to do what |
| as hard as trying to retrain a dog that has learned | | | | you're trying to get them to do, so you have to |
| bad habits. It is very hard to undue the training | | | | show them, then positively reinforce that behavior |
| you've taught them, no matter whether it was good | | | | with treats, plenty of attention, and privileges. |
| training or bad, so it is in your best interests to train | | | | Additionally, if you are not consistent with your |
| them properly. If you are finding that your training is | | | | regimen and rules, you should not expect any |
| starting to get a little boring and cumbersome, realize | | | | progress. By changing what you expect of them, and |
| that it probably is for your dog, too. So how, then, | | | | what they expect of you, you should only expect |
| can you do it so it is not only correct, but fun and | | | | failure. Try to put yourself in their shoes... you can't |
| interesting? Glad you asked... | | | | speak the language, you're not entirely sure or |
| Too often the process of obedience (or any other) | | | | comfortable with what you're trying to be taught, |
| training your dog turns into a really mundane and | | | | and everything inside of you tells you that it is the |
| negative experience for both the owner and the dog. | | | | wrong thing. Then, as soon as you're starting to |
| Your dog will not learn that way, and it is usually a | | | | figure out what is the right thing to do, the rules |
| result of too much negative reinforcement, also | | | | change. |
| known as punishment. You have to realize that your | | | | |