Dogs are many people's favorite pets, they give us joy, love and company at any time. But when this new member arrives in the family and we want to share time with him, we cannot leave aside his teaching, something that often seems like a headache. There are multiple methods to train our pets , but very few offer good results, while being considerate of the dog's well-being. From there, positive reinforcement was born along with the use of the clicker . It is a canine teaching technique based on the use of a button that emits a “click” to attract the dog's attention at a certain time, followed by a reward after each behavior considered good or relevant. 
The process takes some time, but it definitely brings great rewards. First of all you need to help your pet identify the meaning of the “click” and associate it with rewards. For this it is necessary to start with a click immediately followed by a reward. This is done a series of times until the dog associates the sound. From there, we must click every time we identify a positive action in the dog, which he will interpret as his reward and begin the process of associating the actions with the click. Positive reinforcement even works when the dog is away from us, as long as he can hear the clicker sound. Rewards or prizes can be made from treats, favorite foods, walks, praise, petting, games or any other activity that the canine loves. Using this training method with our dogs has excellent advantages that we will explain below.
1. It will promote a special bond with your pet
What we look for most when teaching our dogs is a method that includes not only learning, but also creates close bonds of friendship between us, that we can teach without making them hate us or fear us because of the way they are. teaching is done.
Positive reinforcement is undoubtedly indicated for this. Canines will be happy to comply with our requests and modify their behavior, improving, if that means unlimited petting and praise, treats, or great walks. In addition, it allows us to give all the love and attention that we want so much, being an excellent method that will foster a closer and more special relationship with our best friends.
2. You don't need to be an expert to do it
This teaching method can be done by anyone , whether or not they have enough experience to do so. It just requires a lot of patience and time availability, as well as applying it regularly, being consistent so that the dog can modify its behavior. This is an excellent addition to prevent you from spending money on trainers, who we often do not trust and who can make our canines uncomfortable.3. You can use it in different situations
When we look for some learning methods, we must take into account what we want to teach and what our pet's regular behavior is. Positive reinforcement can be used when we want to teach dogs from puppies and get them used to following fairly simple commands or rules at home, such as not urinating inside the home, not biting furniture, waiting for mealtime, among many others. Likewise, we can use it to teach simple or difficult tricks to adult dogs, it can even be used for our older pets.
On the other hand, the different personalities of our canines do not always get along well with some learning methods. Scolding and punishing a dog with an aggressive or "overprotective" personality will increase this type of attitude towards us, even representing a danger. Likewise, when we have a skittish dog, these methods will keep him away from us and make him unhappy in the home. This is something that does not happen with positive reinforcement, since it is a method focused on reinforcing good actions , and not punishing bad ones. Rewards for good actions will help the dog modify its attitudes by identifying which ones its owner wants and therefore generate rewards.
4. Your dog will better understand what he should and should not do
Yelling, scolding or hitting our pets does not leave a clear lesson that allows the dog to differentiate what is okay or what is not, increasing moments of stress and disasters. That is, if we want to teach him that he should not bite the furniture and we do it by scolding him or hitting him with newspapers, our dog can understand different things, such as: that he can do it but that it is wrong to do it in front of us. For this reason, it is very common that, when we leave him alone and return to the room, we find that he made a big mess, resorting to shouting and hitting again, creating a circle from which he will never get out.
Through positive reinforcement , our dogs will learn little by little and in the best way, what they should do in order to receive their favorite reward and stay happy, learning at the same time what they should avoid because, when performing this type of behavior, they will not receive no prize.
5. Positive reinforcement can be fun
Both our pets and we can have fun moments in positive reinforcement sessions. If we have small training sessions where we are rewarding our dogs every time they do a good deed, they will end up identifying these sessions as play times. Therefore, they will eagerly wait for it to arrive and will want to repeat it every time possible to be able to share with their owners and receive all the love from us.
Reading all the advantages we understand that our best friends will learn, be happy and have better health when we teach them with love, patience and a reward system by putting positive reinforcement into practice . Without a doubt, it is the best learning method that we can use for any occasion, it will give us excellent results in a very short time, maintaining your freedom, confidence and fidelity. What are you waiting for to put positive reinforcement into practice with your pet?
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