I do a lot of training with my dogs and I don't use "No" a lot when I train. I use the word "wrong". Because "No" can be overused and it doesn't give the dog any specific instruction. I'll try to explain it.
"No" is used to correct a NEGATIVE behavior (No = BAD DOG). For example, you would say "No" when your dog pees/poops in the house, when your dog is barking at someone when you don't want them too, tries to bites someone, and other things like that.
But when you are training your dog and you tell your dog to “sit” and he lies down then “No” would be inappropriate because your dog didn’t do anything bad or is trying to be bad. He just made a wrong choice. Lot of the time the dog will make the wrong choice because he doesn’t understand what you want. He hasn't figure it out yet. So is he a BAD DOG just because because he hasn't figure out the meaning of the command?
I hope you could kind of see the difference. |