Dogs are one of the intelligent animals but owners should never make the mistake of expecting the pet to have right and wrong values. A dog that is allowed to jump on a master wearing old shirt and jeans will not understand why its usual way of greeting is not be appreciated by the female master wearing stockings and a deceptively simple but very expensive designer dress.

What disciplinary methods can you use to manage a dog’s undesirable destructive chewing and excessive barking behaviors and control its tendency to chase and torment other pets and to eat spoiled food from the trash cans? Dogs can easily read our facial expressions and understand the meaning or our body movements. A dog that had destroyed your favorite $500 bag will slink under the table when it sees the anger in your face. The repentant look of the pet is not an assurance that destruction of shoes, bags and other things will not happen again. It is not always possible for pet owners to constantly supervise the dog thus to prevent the pet from being destructive it has to be disciplined. After seeing the destruction or the mess created by the pet, the dog owner may physically punish or scream at the dog however, this will not accomplish anything more so if the destruction was done much earlier. Dogs are intelligent animals but the it would be beyond their ability to associate the punishment to the slip-up they have done.

Dogs are pack animals and humans should be the leader of the pack. Dogs must be trained to follow the commands of humans. Training would do a lot in preventing development of inappropriate behavior. Any kind of dog training is best started when the dog is still young. Dogs have the tendency to obey commands given in an authoritative voice.

One effective way if disciplining the dog is to make the dog hate doing the destructive behavior . A spray bottle filled with cold water and Bitter Apple are effective tools that disciplines the dog not to manifest a destructive behavior.

It would be best to reprimand and correct the dog while the destructive act is being committed. As soon as the dog is seen about to do one of its destructive acts give a STOP or NO command. Disciplining the dog cannot be accomplished at once but consistent training that is reinforced with lots of praise and treats will eventually modify the dogs unwanted behavior.

Learn more about how to discipline a dog and dog first aid at Sarah’s Dogs.

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