Dog Health Questions: Dog Training?

What's the best way to discipline a stubborn dog? I know hitting is a big NO-NO, but what other ways are there? I don't want the correction to be too harsh but at the same time want to get my point across to the dog.

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What kind of dog, how old and what problem specifically?

If it is refusing to obey a command, you need to be sure the dog understands and knows how to perform the command. The command may not be clear to the dog. Many times people teach a command but when the dog doesn't do it when told they repeat the command 2 or 3 times so what the dog really learned was to do it on the 3rd time it was told. If he knows the command and refuses to obey than I would say to put a prong on him and give him a small pop when he refuses to obey as soon as he does praise lavishly.
You should join an obedience class with your dog, it will help you train your dog and you will learn how to apply corrections when necessary.

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• you can swat them.... try using a thin rolled up newspaper.... and anytime they do something just swat em alittle bit.... not hard.... just to make em realize you don't appreciate the behavior.


• This is totally dependant on the behavior. Teaching the correct behavior and rewarding him for getting it right is usually far more effective than punishing him when he gets it wrong. Do you even know for sure that he knows what he is supposed to be doing?


• yell no in a big, loud voice to scare it


• i like coins in a can..you see him do whatever it is you don't like..you shake the can a few times and then say "NO"..usually they hate the loud sound..just be persistent


• Instead of focusing on all the bad things your dog is doing, focus on the good things.


• I have a very stubborn Jack Russell Terrier and used to have the same problem. (OK, I still do occasionally but he's a lot better now LOL) What I've done with him is pick him up by the scruff of the neck (sometimes completely off the ground, sometimes not) and tell him in an authoritative voice "No!". He's just a little guy and very tough so it may sound cruel but it is the only thing that works for him.
  
  I'd try researching some on the web or even talking to several reputable dog trainers. Not all use the same techniques and not all techniques will work with every dog. That's the challenging part. I tried taking my guy to obedience training without success but then I found another trainer and her techniques worked for me and my dog.


• is it that he refuses to sit when told the first time? something like this woul require lots of praise and yummy treats. Probably retraining him that sit said once means now and not after i repeat it 100 times. Even using a gentle leader or hulti, those things that others outside the dog world think are muzzles that are NOT). THey direct the dog by forcing them to react to the pull. No having to choke them either.
  
  If it is stealing, natural consequences like the use of a mouse trap works wonders. for this place the set traps, watch your fingers, on the counter or where he is stealing, even the trash. once they go off if he turns away praise him an treats with a different yummy.
  
  would need more info to give more ideas.


• Bring it 2 dog obedience classes! It worked reallly good 4 my chuhuhua, now he acts like a pampered poodle. and hes only 10 months old.