Every dog owner out there wants a dog, which is well-trained. But many dog owners have underestimated the amount of effort as well as the time which goes with training a dog properly. That is the reason why a number of totally avoidable mistakes occur which could have been done away with in the 1st place.

Dogs should not be considered furry children. Even though the typical dog has the psychological development of a two year old child, there are more differences than similarities. While dogs are incredible at processing language, they are unable to deliberate as people do. They can't put together cause and effect the way people do.

That is the reason why people get frustrated when they repeat the same command a number of times and the dog does not seem to comprehend it. In 98% of the cases the dog does not understand it, and that is why it is not necessarily ignoring that particular command. One should understand that, because it is possible that they responded to that command before but not on this particular occasion.

Many times, humans are surprised at dogs acting stubbornly. But their pet may have failed to associate yesterday's rewards for obeying the call, "come" with today's "come" because he did not connect the two in his mind. Some possible reasons and explanations based on how dogs learn have been suggested.

Physical retaliation and venting your frustration upon a dog is definitely not a good response. It is going to make the dog afraid of you instead of correcting its behavior. Physical punishment should only be kept for meting out in extreme circumstances. A dog does not understand why he is being punished physically. This punishment is going to make your dog fear instead of trust you.

A dog is going to endure its punishment without understanding the reason behind it. And that is just one important reason why physical punishment must not be used for training dogs.

This is how not to train your dog: -Treating and talking to your dog like it is a human, and able to reason like you. -Thinking that your dog can connect cause and effect, and events across different circumstances and time and reach the same conclusions as a human being. -Getting impatient with the dog, as well as frustrated, just because they are not behaving in the manner you want them to behave, and then punishing them for something they cannot understand.

Follow these totally ineffective methods and you'll end up with a unstable dog and you will be an unhappy owner. But if these aren't the results you are looking for, be prepared to change YOUR behavior, before you try to change the behavior of the dog.

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