03.10.09
Training Tip of the Day
I learned a good dog training tip today during my volunteer shift at Virginia Woof Dog Daycare. We had a puppy of about 4 1/2 months old who barked continually, and needed to learn that excessive barking was not appropriate. I tried using a squirt bottle to correct him, and he just looked at me and kept barking. So, I corrected him several more times in the same way, and… more barking and a wet dog. What I learned is that if a dog doesn’t react to a certain method of correction the first time, that using the same correction again will have no affect. It’s better to try other methods of correction until you find the correction that will have the desired affect on the dog. In this case, no barking.
