![]() ![]() This used to be the way dog training was taught ( by people like Cesar Milan and Barbara Woodhouse), but is no longer advocated by modern dog trainers. Pulling or forcing a dog into position, swatting them on the nose, and negative speech aren’t the way forward. This isn’t necessary as you run a bigger risk of mentally scarring or physically hurting the dog. Some dog owners prefer to use a negative form of correction to force their animal into the desired behaviour. This is where the method differs from negative reinforcement which focuses on Or, you might get on well with clicker training. But, you need to be careful not to offer too much too often, especially with breeds prone to over-eating. Food based rewards are common as they give your pet a tasty treat. ![]() These rewards can vary depending on the personality of the dog. Rewards give the dog additional incentives to act in the way that you desire. They thrive on this sort of positive interaction which may be because of that innate desire to please their owners, a concept that science has not yet been able to prove one way or the other. Praising your dog is vital for them to understand that they have done a good job. There are two fundamental factors in positive reinforcement Remember, your dog only understands a sharp word or praise as being attached to the last behavior that he has performed.How to use positive reinforcement to train your dog ![]() Then ask your dog to come to you, and praise him for that behavior. When your dog is misbehaving (barking, digging, chewing, licking, etc.), say “no!” sharply, try to make eye contact with your dog, and make a fist in front of the center of your chest. The hand signal for no is the making of a fist. Hold your hands around torso level, elbows in toward your body and hands at a 45-degree angle, fingers apart, and wave your hands back and forth as you say “OK” or “free,” or whatever verbal release cue you’ve chosen. ![]() Over the years, I’ve used a variety of different hand signals, but I’ve settled on “jazz hands” as my favorite. The release cue ensures that your dog will only break the sit, down, and stay when you ask. Sit, down, and stay are useless without a release command. Don’t ask your dog to hold the stay position for very long at first - just a couple of seconds - and then use a release word and hand signal (see below) and call him to you. Stay is a tough command to learn, since it involves inaction rather than action. Start with your dog in a sit position and ask him to stay, holding your palm away from your body, facing your dog. This hand signal is typically taught in conjunction with the command, so most dogs have seen it before, but it’s a good one to reinforce. The hand signal for stay is a raised palm facing toward your dog. Woman giving the down command by Shutterstock. This hand signal tends to be easy to learn because most people training down initially train by luring the dog’s nose to the ground with a treat, so there’s sort of a hand signal already associated with this command. Again, you can hold a treat between your fingers to gather his attention onto your hand. With your palm down, move your elbow from about chest level to mid-thigh (depending on your dog’s height - lower for shorter dogs). The hand signal for down is the opposite of the sit signal. ![]()
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