How important is Timing in Dog Training
For punishment to be effective at all, it must be administered when the undesirable behavior commences. Most pet owners just aren't able to do this. Even if you were able to punish at the correct time, your dog is usually over stimulated at that moment and therefore unable to process and understand the reason for his punishment. Which means that he simply becomes confused and misreads your actions.Also the moment your dog ceased his inappropriate action you would then need to reward him. It is the correct action, which you want him to perform after all, and for him to learn this he must be taught. To train a dog it is necessary to repeat, repeat, and repeat. If your dog has a bad habit then it is that much more important for you to reinforce the new action that you want him to perform. Overall if you don't offer him an alternative to his bad behavior he will misunderstand the reason for the correction and draw his own conclusion as to what it is you want him to do.
