The Principles Behind Training A Dog
Every pet owner would like their dogs to know how to behave and learn obedience so they train their dogs either with the help of a handler or just by themselves. Unfortunately, not all pet trainings canyield positive results. Most of the time a training failsbecause there are some things that may have been overlooked Let's talk about dog training and the things involved with it.
Training a dog involves employing a set of method and techniques. At first your dog will fail to act the way you expect with you as the master. Obviously, there is a big gap on the level of understanding between the pet owner and the pet, thus you expect that the results are not positive in the beginning.
So what do you do to make your pet obey?First, youmust have an idea on the principles of training your dog. What are these principles? Basically, there are three principles behind dog training and these are reinforcement, punishment and extinction.
Reinforcement refers to the dog's reaction to the trainer. To have a better understandingon what reinforcement is all about, let's categorize this into 2 types namely: positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement. Positive reinforcement isabout giving rewards or praise. If your dogshows obedience, then you reward or praise your pet. This good behaviorremains because the dog understands it will be rewarded for as long as it obeys or behaves properly. On the other hand negative reinforcement involves a procedure when the trainerremoves an unpleasant situation to make the dog obey. For instance, if you would like your dog to learn to sit, you can apply pressure on the collar and release the pressure if your dog sits down.
Another principle that is used in dog training is the punishment principle. This is can be about positive punishment or the negative punishment. Positive punishmentis where the trainer does something unpleasant and the dog's negative behaviordecreases. On the other hand, negative punishment is about taking away something that the dog really likes or enjoys and the behavior is diminished or eliminated.
The third principle dwells on how to eliminate a behavior totally. This iswhen behavior is not reinforced resulting to its extinction or elimination. For example, your dog is a constant whiner so you let your dog to roamoutside but this time you have changed your technique so even if the dog continues to whine a lot it is not allowed to go out anymore. Eventually the dog will learn that whining will do him no good so it stops.
Employing positive reinforcement is believed to be the best in training a dog from the point of view of most dog handlers. Yes, it may be for some but this might notwork for the others. So before taking on any of the principles discussed, it is still better to have an assessment of your dog's behavior prior to any training. In this way, you can determine the right approach that may produce the best result in training your dog.

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