Establishing new Dog Behavioral Patterns

As we have mentioned before, you can substitute the inappropriate action for a better one. Teaching your dog any new behavior takes time and planning. Much more so if you are also having to undo past problems or bad habits.
Repetition: As you are teaching your dog a new pattern of behavior you want to also limit his opportunities to fall back into his old habit. By limiting his ability to perform the old action, and by constantly reinforcing only the new action he will be able to learn quicker. Dogs respond to rewards and if only one action (the right one) is rewarded then he will more readily forsake the other (the wrong one).

An ounce of prevention