Training NO!?

Question

When training your dog "no", is it best that when he comes to you (after stopping doing whatever the "no" pertained to), that you treat him or praise him?

Answer 1

No - You do not treat them or praise them when training "No".

No means no - Plain and simple. If you say no, the dog has to understand what it really means. If you turn around and praise it when it understands no, you're inviting the behavior, meaning that if you say no and the dog stops, then turn around and praise it, the dog will get into that routine for the habit (So if it's nipping and you tell it no, then turn around and praise it for stopping, it will continue to nip because of the positive attention it's getting after you tell it no).

Answer 2

The word NO is only for his bad actions. If you call him and he does not come....you may also say bad. If he does eventually come to you, then definitely praise is warranted. If he is chewing your shoe, tell him no, and if he leaves the shoe alone then again praise him. Dogs are very smart and they really do want to please you. When your correcting with no or bad use a very stern loud voice, but do not yell and definitely don't slap him. When he responds properly, praise, scratch, pet him and every once and a while give him a treat.
Dogs pick up on their actions very quickly and realize the big difference between being corrected for doing something wrong, as opposed to the praise they earn doing the right things. Lots of love helps too!!!

Answer 3

There are LOTS of different opinions about how to train dogs, but here are my thoughts... If your dog is, for example, chewing your shoe, say "No" in a firm, normal (not yelling) voice. When the dog stops, say "Good dog!" in a happy, high-pitched voice. Treats are optional at this point.

Always praise your dog coming to you. Even if your dog has ignored your calls to come for 10 minutes, praise your dog. By creating a positive experience every time your dog comes to you, your dog will be more likely to continue doing so. Hope this helps.

Answer 4

You praise the dog when it stops what ever it was doing at the time you said NO!!
A stern No!!! Then when the dog stops praise the dog and if the dog comes to you praise it or give it a treat.

Answer 5

As long as you associate both the discipliine and the treat with a specific action on his part.

I always use terms like "good sit, good stay" I never use the term good or bad dog.

Identify the action. Dogs need clarity, not just being told no.

And yes, I always treat my dogs when they do something well, stop doing something in response to a command, or for just being the lovable cuties that they are.

Answer 6

I just wanted to comment on the use of the command "no". I don't use it. I find it confuses the dog because you use it for many different things. If the dog is doing something I don't want it to do, say chewing on the throw rug, I use the command "leave it". If the dog is barking at a cat I use the command "quiet". If it has picked up something that I don't want it to have I use the command "drop it". Using the word "no" for a variety of commands can confuse and delay training progress.

Answer 7

Actually, I never say NO. If a pup is doing something wrong, then it's my fault for taking my attention off the dog. After all, whenever my dog is out of it's cage, then it is play-training with me. If I take my eyes of it, and it ends up doing something I would rather it wasn't doing......it's MY fault, not the dog's. But to stop it, for example, chewing my best rug, I'll bang it's tuggy on the floor.....pup will come to play tuggy, with me, rather than tuggy on it's own with my rug! Whatever it was doing wrong is forgotten, and we get back to being a team, learning from each other. I *never* tell my dogs off for something that is, after all, not their fault in the first place.

Answer 8

No needs to have a definition otherwise it has absolutely no meaning to a dog.
So "NO" has to mean TO DO something. My dogs will all freeze in mid stride at the command "NO", and that is exactly what I trained the word to mean. NO means don't even wiggle an eyelid. Then the dog needs a follow up command telling it what it should be doing instead of what it was stopped from doing.

Answer 9

I almost always praise or treat my dog for coming to me, regardless of what they were doing before. It doesn't have to be a big deal either. Just a simple scratch behind the ear will do. I want my dog to like coming to me and being near me (helps with my recall training.) I also like to praise for any eye contact that he gives me. Re-direction (instead of punishment) is great--and coming to you instead of doing something naughty is a good re-direction activity.

If I tell the dog 'no' for doing something really bad (in our case, it's tormenting our 15 yr old grumpy cat) then directly afterward -- before he has a chance to come to me, I tell him to 'go to your room' (and he will go to his room and have a little time out.) If you haven't trained your dog something like 'go to your room' then you can go to him and walk him to the room or make him do a laydown or whatever. But, just be firm, not mean or harsh or angry.

Answer 10

I tell my dogs no when they are in trouble, and they know to go lay down, but I only praise when they are doing something good not when they stop the action that needed disipline.

When I punish my dog, with a no and go lay on your bed, I don't love or show compassion to my dog. This way, they know, if I do good, I get praise, if I do bad I have to go lay on my bed when everyone else is playing. My dogs tend to get along with this rule really well, they listen and act just like children!