Why use rewards instead of punishment to train dogs

1. Punishment leads to distrust, fear, harm and attack. Physical punishment made the dog even more reluctant to take a bath, the electric fence made it afraid to go out, the throat on its neck was injured, and the back and neck were wrong.

2. Punishment tends to escalate. Dogs like their owner's touch. If you use corporal punishment, but if the power of touch becomes greater and becomes corporal punishment for beating, the result will be counterproductive.

3. Punishment limits creativity. When asked to sit down, if your dog is punished for lying down, he will be confused and scared when he hears lying down.

4. Punishment has side effects. If he sees another dog every time he sees his neck tight, he may not understand that it is caused by his pull or the other dog. This is why some dogs attack others.

5. Punishment will destroy your relationship with your dog. The bad habit of getting used to looking for a dog will automatically put you and the dog in hostility.

6. Punishment training requires a lot of skills. Most people don't have this ability. If the timing is not properly scheduled or used too much, it will cause harm to the pet's physical and mental health. Learn to train dogs with reward skills. At the beginning you can walk slowly, and then you will slowly learn to use this technique to train your dog and then improve your skills.

7. Punishment Let the dog focus on avoiding punishment rather than changing behavior, your pet will become sneaky or lazy to avoid punishment.

8. Your dog will not consider training to be a pleasant experience. There is too much coercion for punishment. Your dog doesn't want to participate. Use reward training to teach your dog to receive rewards, toys, play, pets and other things your dog likes according to the owner’s instructions.

If your dog is doing something you don't like, teach him to do different things instead of punishment, reward positive guidance and enjoy training the dog!