| No one imagines their lovable little puppy might grow | | | | behavior. Correcting bad behavior does NOT mean |
| into an untrained house-wrecking monster. But face it | | | | punishing the dog. |
| - untrained dogs do behave like opportunistic | | | | For example - correcting your puppy's mouthing and |
| members of a wolf pack. Most of the time, that's | | | | biting involves startling the pup into stopping the |
| NOT the way we humans want them to behave. | | | | behavior and then giving him something that's |
| We train dogs to live as pets who must conform to | | | | appropriate to bite/chew. |
| our rules like eliminating outdoors instead of on the | | | | Obedience Training |
| kitchen floor or chewing dog toys instead of | | | | Aside from house training, obedience training in the |
| expensive furniture. | | | | form of commands such as Sit, Down, Come, Stay |
| How To Encourage Desired Behaviors | | | | and Drop It as well as leash training, must be positive |
| The BEST way to get a dog to conform to human | | | | dog training. In general, dog obedience training |
| rules is positive dog training. The majority of dog | | | | including punishment is ineffective and time-consuming. |
| behaviorists agree that rewarding positive puppy | | | | Learn How To Obedience Train Your Dog Using The |
| behavior works. Punishing bad behavior does not. | | | | Most Effective Method |
| Correcting Dog Behavior Problems | | | | If you do not want to spend money on obedience |
| And here's a fine distinction - CORRECTING bad | | | | classes or a personal dog trainer, learn positive dog |
| behavior requires stopping the behavior and then | | | | training using a dog training DVD. |
| leading the animal to an alternate, more desirable | | | | |