![]() ![]() The name for this type of behavior intervention is differential reinforcement. I can’t count the number of times I’ve seen a frustrated dog owner repeating “sit!” over and over as the dog continues to jump or bark or growl. The problem is that when this nugget is dispensed without any additional information, it often doesn’t work. (I’ve written here before about why you want to replace, rather than punish, an unwanted behavior.) In a way, it’s wonderful that this has become rote advice, because it’s at least based in good behavior science. ![]() When your dog is doing something you don’t want him to do, ask him to do something else instead. When good advice becomes rote advice, sometimes the reason it was good advice in the first place gets lost.
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