![]() If the owner chooses to be harsh and heavy-handed, the puppy will remember this and adapt his own behavior. The same goes for the relationship between a puppy and his owner. ![]() If your new puppy on the other hand learned that a dog is always friendly and sweet, he himself will be much more gentle and docile around that nice dog. If your puppy has for example experienced that one dog at the dog park can be bold and rude, he might be stand-offish around him and snap when this dog comes too close. I disagree with that strongly.ĭogs have very intricate social structures and they learn to treat other like they are being treated. The argument often comes up that dogs also – at times harshly – correct each other and that it is therefore ok to discipline your dog. The puppy won’t associate the discipline with something he did – rather he will associate the discipline with you as an owner and learn to not trust you. It is impossible for him to comprehend what went wrong when you use yelling, time-outs or even smacking as a consequence for his behaviors. Your puppy most likely has no idea what you are punishing him for if you discipline him. The most important thing during a puppy’s first months of life is to teach him that you are his friend and protector and that you are reliable, predictable and fun. Let’s dive into the topic of puppy discipline! Is it ever ok to use physical punishment or scold your dog for bad behavior? How to stop a puppy from biting? And can you teach everything your puppy needs to know through positive reinforcement? Whenever I teach local classes on how to puppy train, I get asked about discipline. ![]() Did you recently add a puppy to your family and now he is driving you sheer crazy? Maybe biting, barking, chewing everything up and generally not doing what you had in mind?
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