Dog Punishment is Reactive Training teaches appropriate behavior but punishment is a response to bad behavior. You also can't control what your dog learns when you use punishment as a training technique. Punishm ent is not a good way to fix behavioral problems because it only puts an end to a bad behavior but without showing a desirable one. When the punishment is administered the undesirable action has already occurred and can't be undone anyway. When you punish your dog for something, you are conditioning them to expect something negative. For example if your dog jumps on your children and you punish him or your child punishes him he will begin to associate children with something bad. Obviously you don't want your family dog to learn this. If you are spending time training your dog to be social and friendly and then punish him for exhibiting this very trait, confusion will definitely result or worse.Timing is everything |
