When you’re training your dog, rewards and punishments are important for getting across the messages that you’re trying to convey. You will want to reward your pet for following your commands and for doing something right and also to punish them for misbehaving and ignoring your commands.

However rewards and punishments with regards to dog training are important and need to be learned. The wrong kinds of either of these things can lead to your dog becoming unresponsive or ignoring the commands that you’re setting and this defies the point of training them in the first place.

Punishment is something that can be hard to get to grips with when dog training a new puppy. Shouting at a dog can lead them to be unresponsive to an owner and can also lead to them becoming scared of the owner as well. Shouting will especially frighten a new puppy so avoiding this at all cost is essential. After all, there are plenty of ways in which you can punish your dog for doing something wrong that doesn’t require the use of raised voices.

Ignoring your dog when they’ve done a bad action is one of the ideal ways in which you can teach your pet not to ignore your commands without having to frighten them or scare them away. A stern “NO!” is another good thing that could work but remember that having a stern voice does not necessarily mean shouting so try and keep your voice calm but stern and look at the dog while you are saying it.

There are many more options open to a pet owner with regards to rewards for dog training so this can be aTiny easier than having to punish your pet. First of all there is the clicking technique which will require a small device that makes a clicking noise when the centre is pressed. Dogs tend to likethis noise and for some reason associate it with good behaviour so this is perhaps a good starting point when looking at dog training.

This clicking device can also be matched with the dog’s favourite treat which can be given after a good action has been performed. This seems to work rather well and many professional dog trainers use this technique when partaking in dog training.

Another positive way in which you can reward your dog after they’ve done something right in the dog training program which you are following is to Speakto them in happy, friendly and welcoming tones. Saying things such as “Well done… dog’s name” and “Good girl/boy” in a friendly tone will make them happy and also allow them to recognise that what they have done is a good thing. They are then more likely tokeep doing this and therefore making the dog training prove to be useful.

Stroking, cuddling and also playing with your dog is another great form of reward after they’ve successful mastered a trick or followed a command. This not only allows for great communication and bonding between you, the owner and your pet but can also provide to be a lot of fun in the middle of what can be a rather tiresome dog training session!