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By the time you finish reading this article, you will be equipped with the knowledge on how you can train your pet dog to be more obedient. I am sure you have thought of hiring a trainer for your dog, due to unsuccessful attempt of training it before but I am sure after reading this article you can train your pet dog successfully. So, what are you waiting for? Let’s proceed.

I am sure you have tried and tested a lot of methods and techniques to train you pet dog. However, you have to remember one thing. You cannot expect your dog to listen to you the first time you command it. Why? well, you need to understand and know your pet dog. In other words, you need to have an understanding with your dog. That way, you can train it properly.

So what are the first steps? Simple. For starters, you have to remember these three principles. They are: reinforcement, punishment and extinction. By mastering these three simple principles, you will be on your way to training your pet dog to be more obedient.

What exaclty is reinforcement? Reinforcement is the dog’s behavior towards the trainer. There are only two outcomes: the dog either behaves better or worse. Let us disect reinforcement into 2 categories. They are: positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement.

Positive reinforcement can be done by giving your dog praises and rewards. By doing this, your dog can understand that it will be rewarded as long as it listens to or behaves itself. Therefore, it will try it’s best to listen to you. Next, we shall move on to negative reinforcement.

Negative reinforcement is where the trainer removes an unpleasant situation to make the dog obey. Let’s take teaching a dog how to sit for example. If you want to teach a dog how to sit, you put pressure on the collar and release the pressure once the dog obeys you.

Another principle that is used in dog training is the punishment principle. This is can be about positive punishment or the negative punishment. Positive punishment is where the trainer does something unpleasant and the dog’s negative behavior decreases. While 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 is about total elimination of a behavior. This is when behavior is not reinforced resulting to its extinction or elimination. For example, your pet dog is a constant whiner so you allow it to go outside 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.

For most dog owners, they believe that positive reinforcement is the best way to train a dog. Yes, it may be for some but this might not work 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 will know which of the principles would give you the best chance of success when it comes to training your dog.