3 Things to understand before beginning dog training
Before you begin to train a pup we here at BestDealsforPets.com think it's important to understand how your dog thinks, and why he does what he does! Here are some basic things we have learned. Three consequences of behavior Every time your dog does anything at all the outcome can be placed in one of three categories Things get better for him Things get worse for him Nothing changes Dogs repeat actions that are rewarded If the immediate consequence was a pleasant one, that is sufficient to ‘reinforce’ the dog’s behavior so that it will be more likely to occur again in the future. Sambina the beagle has learned to bark for her dinner in just the same way. She barks while dinner is being prepared, and immediately after barking, her dinner is placed on the floor for her. Rewards can build bad habits as well as good ones You can see how bad habits can easily be formed with this kind of reinforcement, even though it is not in any way deliberat