http://www.humansfordogs.com/2009/11/7-ways-to-discipline-your-dog.html Everything humans need to know to understand dogs Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:47:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.humansfordogs.com/2009/11/7-ways-to-discipline-your-dog.html/comment-page-1#comment-3 stormy Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:07:24 +0000 http://www.humansfordogs.com/http:/humansfordogs.com/2009/11/7-ways-to-discipline-your-dog.html#comment-3 Hi Mary, I like your points. I particularly like "If you're having to constantly punish a dog, then you're doing something wrong, not the dog!" About dogs or wolves never forcefully rolling over other animals ... they might not. But they do rough house quite a bit and growl at each other, sniff and posture and do a lot of other things we don't naturally do. Hi Mary,
I like your points. I particularly like “If you’re having to constantly punish a dog, then you’re doing something wrong, not the dog!”
About dogs or wolves never forcefully rolling over other animals … they might not. But they do rough house quite a bit and growl at each other, sniff and posture and do a lot of other things we don’t naturally do.

]]> http://www.humansfordogs.com/2009/11/7-ways-to-discipline-your-dog.html/comment-page-1#comment-2 Mary Hunter Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:34:59 +0000 http://www.humansfordogs.com/http:/humansfordogs.com/2009/11/7-ways-to-discipline-your-dog.html#comment-2 "Scruff-Shake. Grab the fur under his ear on his neck and shake - a "brief but brisk shake". This works best if you catch them in the act and the scruff-shake is a surprise. Put-Down. Push the puppy over (quickly but gently) either on to his side or onto his back and lean over him. This reinforces that you are dominant" Physical punishment such as this often results in an aggressive response from the dog. The U Penn vet school did a recent study on this, I wrote about some of the results here: <a href="http://stalecheerios.com/blog/2009/03/aggressive-training-methods-and-aggressive-dogs/" rel="nofollow">http://stalecheerios.com/blog/2009/03/aggressive-training-methods-and-aggressive-dogs/</a> Humans are pretty bad about knowing how much punishment to use and when to use it. Honestly, most common behavioral problems can be dealt with using management and then positive training. If you're having to constantly punish a dog, then you're doing something wrong, not the dog! Common example -- a dog who constantly goes digging through the trashcan. Basically, unless you dog's an angel, you are setting up the dog to fail! Move the trash to a closet or cabinet or buy a lid for the trashcan, rather than continuing to yell at the dog every time he tips over the garbage can. Regarding rolling over the dog, check out this article: <a href="http://www.clickersolutions.com/articles/2001/dominance.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.clickersolutions.com/articles/2001/dominance.htm</a> A dog (or wolf) would never forcefully roll over another animal in the pack. A submissive animal would offer this behavior. Mary “Scruff-Shake. Grab the fur under his ear on his neck and shake – a “brief but brisk shake”. This works best if you catch them in the act and the scruff-shake is a surprise.
Put-Down. Push the puppy over (quickly but gently) either on to his side or onto his back and lean over him. This reinforces that you are dominant”
Physical punishment such as this often results in an aggressive response from the dog. The U Penn vet school did a recent study on this, I wrote about some of the results here:
http://stalecheerios.com/blog/2009/03/aggressive-training-methods-and-aggressive-dogs/
Humans are pretty bad about knowing how much punishment to use and when to use it.
Honestly, most common behavioral problems can be dealt with using management and then positive training. If you’re having to constantly punish a dog, then you’re doing something wrong, not the dog!
Common example — a dog who constantly goes digging through the trashcan. Basically, unless you dog’s an angel, you are setting up the dog to fail! Move the trash to a closet or cabinet or buy a lid for the trashcan, rather than continuing to yell at the dog every time he tips over the garbage can.
Regarding rolling over the dog, check out this article:
http://www.clickersolutions.com/articles/2001/dominance.htm
A dog (or wolf) would never forcefully roll over another animal in the pack. A submissive animal would offer this behavior.
Mary

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