How do you reward calm behavior?
Margaretta Lynch
2025-07-10 07:36:24
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To reward calm behavior, make sure to always give your dog calm rewards when you want the dog to be calm. This could mean slowly delivering a treat on the bed or calmly giving it a chew to chew on and then not going into overdrive yourself which can affect the dog. You can also use this part of the model as a way of spontaneously rewarding the dog's calm behaviours. If the dog is resting on his bed or on the couch, deliver a treat that the dog barely notices. The more we can teach the dog that calm provides opportunities for positive things, the more the dog will offer calm behaviors. Rewards are everywhere and can include going out into the garden, getting scratched, greeting a guest or getting a chew. All the rewards your dog gets in everyday life can be easily linked to calm behaviour. So make sure you offer these rewards when your dog is showing calm behaviours and not excited or stressed behaviours.
Lillian Stokes
2025-06-26 03:32:26
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To begin with you may just need to reward your dog for any behaviour that doesn’t involve staring at you, pulling on the lead, or barking. Sit quietly on a chair with your dog on the lead and a blanket on the floor. Drop tiny bite-size treats to your dog as a reward for settling down on the blanket. Don’t say anything to your dog while doing this. Gradually reward more relaxed behaviours. This will vary between dogs – some will automatically start lying down so you can quickly progress to rewarding your dog only for this behaviour. Then move on to reward specific signs of relaxing like sighing, weight shifting and head resting. Some dogs will take longer and might struggle to stop pulling on the lead or staring at you, if this is the case with your dog, you’ll need to take things more slowly by rewarding behaviours such as standing quietly, disengaging from people or sniffing their blanket. Always make sure your dog is having a good time when settling, whether enjoying their toys, chews, or simply dozing and snoozing.
Daisy Yost
2025-06-26 03:25:00
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Ignoring her when she's going nuts and then reward her when she's calmer.
Except doing anything to reward her just gets her so excited, whether it's petting her or giving her a treat, that she's right back to square one and the cycle continues.
One way he said to reinforce calm behaviour is ignoring her when she's going nuts and then reward her when she's calmer.