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Originally Posted by JoeyP  You're gonna get MUCH better results with positive training rather than negative training
Just correcting him and telling him no ... no matter how loud or sternly you say it isn't going to do much
in fact he's going to think... HEY Mom makes noise and does this funny jumping up thing when I do this 
Maybe I oughta do it some more
Instead calmly say no
and when he does what you want him to .... pet him and praise him and tell him what a good boy he is  |
I agree completely..i feel there is NEVER a reason to hit a dog. All the experts will tell you that positive reward is a much better way to train dogs.
i seem to have mentioned Jan Fennel a lot lately, but her book and DVD called 'the dog listener' is the only training book i have needed. My first rescue dog was very disturbed after a life of beatings. After following Jans methods, my little dogs life was transformed.