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Should you punish your dog for not coming when called?
Tiffany Gerhold
2025-07-15 20:38:05
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They’re worried about being punished, especially if your tone of voice is even just slightly angry or annoyed. The cue word should never be said angrily, as you don’t want your dog to be afraid of it. For many owners, their instinct tells them to chase their dog. However, in your dog’s eyes, this means that you’re just joining in on the fun. Instead, the most effective strategy is to do something that grabs their attention. Whether you jump up and down while squealing or run around in circles waving your arms, do what you need to do to get your dog to focus on you.
Lavon Williamson
2025-07-09 23:30:32
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If your dog ran away 5 minutes ago, then came back 5 seconds ago, and then you punish him, he will associate the punishment with coming back to you and avoid that in the future. Running away is a self-rewarding behavior. For your dog it's so much fun that, given the choice, he always chooses running out over staying inside. By getting him back inside, you cut the fun short, which makes it a punishing behavior. To get him to come back to you reliably, you should make that more rewarding than running out. You can lure him with treats or his favorite toy, and you should always exaggerate when rewarding him for coming back. Either give him some very special treats that he likes but doesn't ever get otherwise or play excessively for a minute with him.
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Alvera Hamill
2025-06-28 13:58:55
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If they don’t understand yet, they will make a mistake at some point. When they ignore your call, it’s because you haven’t taken the time to train them right. If you then punish them when they finally do come, the next time you call, they'll likely avoid you or even run the other way. Since they don’t understand what you want, you’ll become frightening and they'll want to be anywhere BUT close to you. No dog is born with obedience skills. They must be taught to listen using patience and good planning. Dogs do what is reinforcing, so if you want your dog to come when you call them, you have to reward with very high value rewards during the training phase.
Ashley O'Keefe
2025-06-21 02:22:02
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You don’t have to have a dog for long to be able to spot the difference between a mickey-take and a genuine failure of communication. If Bertie answers to his name at feed time, you can expect him to answer to his name when he is meant to be coming back to you. It is fatuous to stand there repeatedly calling, yet it’s the most common fault. Professional trainers are exasperated by this because it is the most basic point of all in dog discipline. How will you gain your dog’s respect if he knows that he can make you stand around calling like an idiot? Don’t keep calling your dog’s name if he isn’t coming. Do something about it. His advice is the instant the dog disobeys, you must run out to him, drag him to the spot where he misbehaved and then punish him either with the voice or a shaking. If something does go wrong, especially at a moment when he cannot dash in to deliver chastisement, he will simply appear to ignore it. But in the privacy of the home training ground he will replicate the situation. If the dog misbehaves again, now is the time the appropriate telling-off can be done. Step in straight away if the dog misbehaves. If you can’t get to him fast enough, plan for the next time things go wrong.
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