Find Your Moment of Yes
Lili Chin
From a series of infographics I illustrated for Beth Mullen, of Dog Latin Dog Training.
So often people try to “train away” unwanted behaviors after the behavior has already been reinforced a million times. (Law of Effect) Usually people make the mistake of waiting for their dog to do the thing they don’t want them to do, and then try to fix it with punishment…. a pattern which is ineffective and unfair to the dog. Instead, we could be using Positive Reinforcement: noticing and rewarding all the WANTED “good” BEHAVIORS that our dogs do.
Find out what your dog likes best - Food? Play? Praise? Use this as the reinforcer. Catch your dog doing something good and reward this behavior ASAP! Timing is key. Do it frequently and the wanted behavior will stick.
Find Your Moment of Yes (and other resources) can be downloaded from www.decompressforsuccess.com
