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Does shouting no at a dog work?
Salvador Shanahan
2025-09-08 05:02:00
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No one ever performed better due to being yelled at. When your dog is already doing something unwanted, more emotion can only make the behaviour you are trying to stop, get worse. It triggers the body’s stress response, this enables the dog to be even more reactive to scary and stressful situations. Our dogs don’t know how to count to 10, or take deep breaths, they can only react to how they are feeling at that moment. This means your dog is likely to become more defensive, display avoidance behaviours, or they might become more anxious. Yelling might feel effective in that moment, but the only reason it works is because it’s scary. If it wasn’t scary there would be no reason for your dog to try to avoid it.
Eunice Sawayn
2025-08-29 14:56:56
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They don't know why you're shouting, they emptied your kitchen bin four hours ago, didn't think they were doing anything wrong and have forgotten all about it. All you have is a confused and scared dog that will continue with the behaviour they did because at no point did you convey to them, in a way they understand, why it was bad or to not do it. When you arrive home to discover unwanted behaviour, yelling won't work because your dog has already forgotten what they did. They did it ages ago and their brain has moved on. When you are present while they perform an unwanted behaviour, they will be able to notice that your yelling is linked to their action but what they're missing is the why, which again will lead to them cowering, confused, in their bed. The yelling will possibly be enough of a deterrent to stop them raiding the bin when you're about but if you leave them unattended with it, the behaviour will most likely return. Again, you've made them scared of your reaction, you've not actually conveyed to them what behaviour you want and don't want to see. I don't yell or scream because I'm not trying to scare them, I'm trying to teach and guide them. Ultimately, every unwanted behaviour your dog is displaying will have a root cause and a training and management method that will fix it, but shouting isn't it.
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Trevor Harber
2025-08-22 00:27:45
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Yelling is a form of punishment, and punishment for dogs works similarly. If you see your dog in the trash, yelling "No!" notifies your dog that they're doing something wrong - that they're doing something their owner, who they love, doesn't like. But what happens next is key. If you follow up that "No!" with a "good girl" and praise, then what they learn is the following: I did this thing, I heard a yell that I didn't like, I stopped doing the thing, I got praise. If I do that thing I get yelled at but if I stop I do not, I will not do that thing. Dogs learn best when they have a point of contrast. In the first example, the yell plus praising the dog helped them realize what was wanted. If you do find yourself with a yell, follow it up with some praise, it will help your dog learn and prevent other challenges in the future.
Genoveva Predovic
2025-08-17 20:40:47
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When you yell at your dog to get them to obey, you are teaching them that when you Yell, they must obey. By doing this you are also inadvertently teaching your dog through association and conditioning that if you are NOT yelling, you do not really expect or require them to obey. We teach to use the same tone with your voice whenever you speak to your dog. A command should have the same inflection as if you were just talking to your dog. We want to train dogs to listen and listen ALL the time, not just when we raise our voice. Now this does require teaching your dog how to listen and how to manage and control their impulses otherwise you will get frustrated when they do not listen especially around distractions. We want our voice to always mean something to our dog, not just when we raise it and because of this, we teach you and your dog how to communicate so you do not need to.
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Cleora Langosh
2025-08-14 01:51:42
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Research says definitely no. Punishing a dog for a behavior, jumping up, barking, or resource guarding might change behavior in the immediate term, but the change rarely lasts and can cause long-term stress. The punishment must be applied immediately, within a few seconds, for a dog to connect her action to being punished. Otherwise, she’ll think she’s being punished for something else. Hypothetically, if you could instantaneously punish a dog for a transgression over a long period every time it happens, it might lead to behavior change, but at a cost. You end up with a stressed and fearful dog. So no to yelling at a dog or using a choke or shock collar. Punishment and fear-based training is antiquated and doesn’t work over the long term.
Jeremy Gottlieb
2025-08-04 00:38:23
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Shouting at your dog when he does something bad is not an effective way to correct him. Scolding is something that humans have become accustomed to by experiencing it with other people. However, dogs don’t have the ability to reason, which is something that people have a tendency to forget so scolding will not have the same effect on them. If your dog goes potty on the carpet and you shout at him, the only thing he will take from the experience is to fear eliminating in front of you. He simply needs to be taught to act in a way that pleases you because making you happy is what makes him happy. The best way to get results is to redirect your pet to an acceptable or wanted behavior.
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Lucas Kirlin
2025-07-23 22:36:37
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It doesn’t help. It doesn’t work. It hurts your dog. And it hurts the bond of trust that you want to have with your dog. All our dogs destroy or ruin something at some point in time. But yelling at your dog isn’t going to make anything better. It’s likely to make your dog anxious and fearful of you, and more likely – not less – that they’ll tear up your socks to deal with that anxiety. Who the heck wants to come to a crazy woman yelling at you for not coming when you know that you’re in trouble when you get there? Answer: nobody. Including your dog. They absorb your angry energy and it only makes them nervous and more likely to do something else you don’t like.