It is easy to lose your temper with your dog when he does a bad behavior. At first, it looks as though that is the ideal way to deal with the situation. However, yelling at your furry friend when he does something bad isn’t the best way to correct him. Whether it is going potty on the carpet or destructive chewing, yelling isn’t the solution. Here are a few reasons why you shouldn’t scold your dog.
It increases fearfulness:
Some dogs thrive regardless of how rough their handling, whereas others have more delicate constitutions & are unable to endure even a fuming look. Scolding is not a practical strategy for any dog, regardless of how tough he might appear, but sensitive dogs in particular can experience troubling training delays when yelled at, like passive urination. Some sensitive dogs become almost helpless when facing a shouting pet parent, and stop to do any behavior for fear of brining on another outburst. These dogs apprehend the vainness of action as it generally results in getting scolded, and instead shut down in fear.
It spurs bad behavior:
You might assume that scolding at your pet when he is barking is a way to impede the behavior, but your dog might take your noise as a welcome addition to his dissonance. Since your dog doesn’t speak English, yelling is not going to communicate what you think. A better approach is to understand the cause of your dog’s barking and take the right steps to treat it.
It causes training issues:
Probably your approach for dealing with a dog that jumps on guests is to scold him. Scolding your dog might temporarily hold back his reaction, but do you educate him what to do in its place. Absolutely not! Yelling at your pet might feel good for you, and might give the false impression that your pet is going to stop behaving in such a way, but the truth is the situation will possibly reoccur every time you have guests over.
To bring behavioral change, you cannot just hold back your pet’s reactions; you need to train him an alternate behavior that he can do in place of the behavior you don’t like.
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