Many fortunate dog owners can live their lives without ever having to discipline, punish or reprimand their beloved, well-behaved bowwow. Sadly, the majority of puppy parents aren't so lucky, and spend the majority of their dog's infancy trying to figure out the quickest and most efficient techniques that successfully teach Man's Best Friend how to improve their behavior. Discipline should never relate to the concept of over-correcting or physically abusing the dog in the quest for a well-behaved mutt.
Training dogs is an immeasurable task and numerous debates amongst the hound-loving community continue over the most effective ways to educate their barking canines how to act more appropriately. Specifically, the contention centers around corrective teaching and punishment. A pup should never be chastised or penalized for doing things that you do not like, and instead should be corrected so that they do not repeated the offending actions again.
Correcting is when you immediately give your pooch a verbal command of authority that displays dissatisfaction or disapproval when the deed is done (or about to be done). A punishment, on the other hand, is anything after that. Excessively punishing a dog is not fair, because they do not possess the same reasoning faculties as us, and therefore do not set out to logically plan what to do like humans do. Additionally, while a dog may sense that you are angry with its behavior if, for example, it jumps up onto your bed or chews a pillow from your couch, it will still fail to understand the underlying reason behind why you were initially mad.
The most valuable way to dissuade your dog from doing something wrong is to catch them in the act. After all, punishing them afterwards can lead to both uncertainty and confusion that simply exacerbates the problem. Dogs will forever live in the moment, and your trusty tail-wagger will require a concise rectification instead of a quick, cruel chastisement that does nothing to help the situation.
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