Problems with dog training

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Problems with dog training?
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Many dogs have inadvertently learned
incorrect behaviour from their owners and
require to be educated in how to behave
correctly. It would be very unusual for a dog to
be simply "bad" or "untrainable", in the vast
majority of cases the dog has simply learned bad
behaviour - or not learned "good" behaviour!
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The first step is to remain calm and in control,
shouting, smacking and screaming are not as
effective as consistent positive training
(i.e. rewarding the dog for good behaviour -
with treats initially and then just with
attention, cuddles etc - and ignoring them when
they behave inappropriately).
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Secondly make sure the dog realises that you are
the "pack leader" and not the other way around,
many owners try to spoil their dogs in the vain
hope of an easy life - this is far from the case,
once your dog realises that it can get the
attention/treats/rewards it desires by repeating
patterns of (bad) behaviour, essentially the dog
will be training you! This is why many people
have barking problems with their dogs. Most dogs
dont realise whether barking is a good thing or a
bad thing.
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Sometimes when the dog barks, it is ignored.
Other times, the dog is praised (warding off
possible intruders). And yet other times, the dog
is shouted at (owner has a headache/is tired/is
on the telephone etc). People are consistently
inconsistent, especially when it comes to their
pets!
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When it comes to housetraining, remember
that your dog is an instinctively clean
animal. If the dog can avoid it, it would rather
not soil itself or her usual eating and sleeping
area. All the dog needs is positive encouragement
when it eliminates in correct places.
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A popular, modern method for dog training and
obedience is "Clicker training", this is a slang
term used to describe a way of training
dogs that has become increasingly popular in
the last decade due to its gentle and effective
methods. The scientific term for it is operant
conditioning. Simply put simply put, an dog tends
to repeat an action that has a positive
consequence and tends not to repeat one
that has a negative consequence. The problem
with other types of conditioning is that
it is difficult to reinforce good behaviour
at a distance, the clicker allows you to
mark with great precision the good behaviour
for which the dog is being reinforced, even if it
the dog is some distance from you.
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The clicker is a simple cheap and
effective device, basically it's just a
metal strip encased in a plastic box that when
pressed makes a unique sharp clicking noise that
the dog can distinguish easily from background
noises. If you are having any problems training
your dog this should be the first product on your
shopping list.
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