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Preventing
Fear & Mistrust In Your Dog
Dogs
become fearful when the owner's correction is too abusive. For a
correction to be effective and convey accurate information to the dog,
it must fit the transgression. A puppy that is teething and nips does
not need, and will not understand, a correction fit for the dog who has
just bitten someone because the person's hand touched his food dish.
Unnecessarily abusive corrections will inhibit the dog from developing
an outgoing, joyous, companion personality.
The owner who finds a day-old pile of feces left by the 10-week old
puppy and reacts by beating the puppy until he cowers has only taught
the animal to be very fearful and mistrusting in his owner's presence
when feces are on the floor. Beatings and physical abuse only produce
fear and mistrust. Abusive treatment of any living entity is inhumane,
cruel, and not to be tolerated for any reason. If any canine behavior,
perhaps other than a deliberate act of aggression, can elicit enough
anger in a pet owner to result in a severe beating, then ownership of a
dog should be seriously reevaluated and professional advice sought. A
trusting relationship cannot develop or flourish in an abusive
atmosphere.
Furthermore, a dog may also learn to mistrust an owner who delivers
untimely corrections or discipline. Specifically, a correction must
occur immediately following the behavior or during the enactment of an
undesirable behavior. The dog will not connect a correction with the
undesirable behavior if the correction occurs several minutes after the
event. The puppy who was beaten after the owner came home to a dried up
mess on the floor associated the punishment with the owner coming home
rather than the accident on the floor. The dog associates punishment,
and praise for that matter, with the last event or action that occurred
prior to the consequence. A correction must occur during or immediately
following the behavior for the dog to connect the punishment with the
undesirable action. On the other hand, if the owner should
unintentionally lose control of his or her temper once or twice in the
relationship, a dog is a very forgiving animal. Depending upon how
traumatic the temper tantrum was, the dog may eventually forget and
forgive.
Communication problems also develop when the owner credits the dog with
too much ability to comprehend messages. Such an owner expects the dog,
frequently without the dog receiving formal training, to automatically
know what or what not to do. When the dog does not respond as expected,
the owner becomes angry and punishes the dog. The owner who truly
believes the dog inherently knows which behaviors are wrong neglects to
teach the dog right from wrong. The dog, who in spite of the owner's
claims cannot read minds, does not know what behaviors deserve the
punishment or how to avoid a reprimand, and therefore becomes
mistrustful and confused.
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