Discipline for Your Dog | Teacher's Pet With Victoria Stilwell

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Victoria explains the most effective strategies for discipline and punishment in dog training, including the science behind dog behavior and why being "alpha" is the exact wrong approach.

In Teacher's Pet, Victoria Stilwell shows you how to employ her Positively Method to train your dog the right way, growing your level of communication to strengthen the bond between you and your pet.

Have a question for Victoria? She'll be checking in regularly, so be sure to leave your comments and questions below.

Victoria Stilwell is widely known as a dog trainer, author, and television presenter. Stilwell served as a judge on the CBS show Greatest American Dog and is best known as the host of the Animal Planet dog training TV show It's Me or the Dog, where she counsels families with problem pets and solves their dogs' behavior problems. In 2010, she launched Positively, the world's first global network of hand-picked world-class dog trainers dedicated to providing the public a brand name they can trust in humane, force-free training.

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[Nikki VanMeter]

Dogs aren't out for world domination, cats are.

[DeLinda McKinney]

If you just stand there and watch the GSD chew on the table, then you're the one with the problem. Try removing the dog from the table, and give him something else to chew on. Refocus the GSD to something positive, and stop allowing that behavior. Oh, and guess who I learned that from? Victoria Stilwell, lol.

[ElRancholo2]

lol, sounds like an excuse.

[Sunny van Zijst]

Yea.. That was a Cockerspaniel with Red cocker syndrome.. That is a medical condition, not a behaviour problem..

[ElRancholo2]

Then end result is a frustrated and confused dog.

It inevidably gets to the point that you have to heep praise on the dog EVERY TIME he does anything good (usually things he should be doing anyways without a special treat).

When you stop praising the dog, the ABSENCE of the snack or praise becomes "negative punishment" and the dog believes the good thing he just did was actually BAD because he didn't get the snack he was used to.

[ElRancholo2]

One of the many major flaws of PURELY POSITIVE, is that not giving positive reinforcement becomes exactly the same as punishing the dog.

IE, a dog is given praise or a snack for doing something good (positive reinforcment)

A dog is WITHHELD praise/snack for doing something bad (negative punishment)

When you stop giving the dog a snack/praise every time he does something good, the dog sees it as the snack being withheld and becomes confused. Not constantly showering the dog becomes punishment

[ElRancholo2]

Victoria Stillwell has dogs put to sleep when she can't fix them.

[wickedyes07]

That is really great advice! thank you! They were abandoned by there family so we found them in a cardboard box near a friends house but they had all of their baby teeth when found so we assume they were about 8 weeks old. The trainer has us sit in separate sections when in class so they aren't distracted by each other and I try to train on at a time as well. I've been holding a hand full of treats infront of them and teaching them off will that work too if she gets too rough?

[Mia Aguirre]

ps if you need help i can give you my email...

[Mia Aguirre]

sometimes when a dog bites to hard it could mean that the dog was taking away from the litter to early. teaching her leave it when she starts to get to rough with the other dog. Try tempting her with a treat and bring her to your side so that she is distracted from what she is doing, this will help her learn proper play.. two puppy's at the same time may be a little frustrating, try separating then and teach one on. also do a separate class for her. the other dogs will help her to learn.