Dog Behavior Training is neither a contest to see who is most powerful, nor an ego-boosting exercise. It is never necessary to use violence. The most important aspect of training your dog is having fun!

Dogs are similar to humans in some ways. They need companionship, as well as mental simulation, in order to achieve their potential. They respond to rewards and develop nasty habits when they are bored. They are always learning, whether they are being trained or not. Every dog has its own personality, intelligence, tolerance, and trainability vary with each individual dog. The canine species is our best animal friend because dogs are so willing to live with humans and respond to our commands.

Dog Training has become a very important aspect of having a dog as a pet. One thing about dog training, it is all too easy for training sessions to become boring for both handler and dog. A bored dog will not be receptive to learning, just as a bored handler will not be a good teacher. It is important, therefore, to always incorporate fun things and play into every training session. Incorporating a few minutes of play time before the lesson begins can do wonders for the attitude of dog and human alike.

By associating something pleasant with a certain action or behavior, we will ensure that that action will be repeated again. So if we reward a dog every time your puppy does something we like, the dog will do it again.

Positive reinforcement means applying a pleasant consequence after a desired behavior. A good Dog behavior school will teach you this!

The dog experiments with his environment and learns that certain actions have certain consequences. If it is pleasant, the action will occur again, and if the result is not pleasant, that action is less likely to happen again.

For example, the dog learns that every time he tips over the garbage bin, nice things appear for him to chew. So, whenever he gets the opportunity, he will repeat the action because it initially had pleasant consequences for him.

Dog punishment is only effective if the timing is correct, consistent and if the intensity is correct. This means that punishment needs to happen within 1-2 seconds of the unwanted action. It should be applied each time the unwanted behavior is performed and the intensity should be neither too light nor too harsh.

It should also preferably not be directly associated with the person applying it, otherwise the dog simply learns not to do the punished action in the person's presence.