Dog Training Mistake I’ve Seen So Many Times
Nine times out of ten if your dog is Doing something wrong you've Accidentally rewarded and reinforced That behavior now I know that sounds Counter-intuitive and you'd never do That on purpose but that is the reality New owners make the mistake of Accidentally reinforcing bad behaviors All the time let's take a look at an Obvious example dog sees another dog Starts lunging and barking towards the Other dog you go down and say it's okay It's just another dog it's okay you Don't have to worry you think you're Reassuring the dog what you're actually Doing is reinforcing the dog and you're Going to see that behavior happen more Frequently in the future the same thing Happens when somebody comes to the door And they start barking at the door when The doorbell goes off it's okay boo boo It's just mummy it's just mummy bathroom Work you're not reassuring the dog You're reinforcing the dog stop Accidentally rewarding your dog for bad Behaviors and reward them for good Behaviors instead