Why shouldn't you shout at your puppy?
Stanley Hessel
2025-11-02 09:43:32
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It triggers the body’s stress response Just like when your boss tells you off, or you receive a complaint at work; when a dog gets yelled at, it triggers the release of stress hormones. No one ever performed better due to being yelled at. 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. We know that behaviour is emotion driven, so the last thing we want to do is add more emotion to any unwanted behaviour. When your dog is already doing something unwanted, more emotion can only make the behaviour you are trying to stop, get worse. You could scare your dog. Yelling might feel effective in that moment.
Ona Lakin
2025-10-25 12:50:35
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Because when you shout at your dog it does nothing to fix the issue, yelling only works as a temporary solution. Most puppies think of their owners as other dogs. And when you start yelling at your pet, it only increases how excited he is about the situation. You also cause your dog to create a negative association between yelling and how he feels around you. He will soon start to connect yelling with the idea that he is disliked or unwanted, and will not have the ability to know that he is actually breaking a rule that you are trying to establish. Yes your dog may stop doing a certain activity temporarily after yelling at him, but he will only return to whatever behavior he was displaying which made you angry in the first place.
Jeremie VonRueden
2025-10-19 21:16:45
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However much you want to, however, new research suggests that you should never yell at or otherwise punish a mischievous mutt. Our results show that companion dogs trained with aversive-based methods experienced poorer welfare during training sessions than dogs trained with reward-based methods. Additionally, dogs trained with higher proportions of aversive-based methods experienced poorer welfare outside the training context than dogs trained with reward-based methods. The dogs in the aversive training classes showed elevated stress behaviours, particularly yawning and lip-licking. Their saliva also had significantly increased levels of cortisol compared to when they were relaxing at home. Critically, our study points to the fact that the welfare of companion dogs trained with aversive-based methods is at risk, especially if these are used in high proportions. The more aversive training a dog had received, the more slowly it approached the bowl. Overall, though, the results seem to imply that aversive training doesn't necessarily have an edge over reward training, and that reward training is much better for your dog's happiness.
Keith Little
2025-10-12 04:36:51
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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. You need to keep in mind your dog doesn’t perform bad behaviors to spite you or show defiance.
Sebastian Rath
2025-10-02 04:11:57
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You shouldn't yell at your puppy because they don’t understand your words doesn’t mean your rage doesn’t deeply impact them. The study was conducted by a team from the University of Porto and it reveals the negative consequences of yelling at your dog. The dogs trained with aversive training had higher levels of stress than the positive reinforcement group. The dogs that had been yelled at continued to show elevated levels of cortisol a full month after the study began. Our results show that companion dogs that have been trained using harsher methods have poorer welfare than companion dogs trained using reward-based methods, both in the short-term and in the long-term. The way you treat your four-legged friend today has lasting implications for their health and mood far into the future.
Brenna Frami
2025-10-02 03:53:03
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It hurts your dog.
And it hurts the bond of trust that you want to have with your dog.
It doesn’t help.
It doesn’t work.
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.
They absorb your angry energy and it only makes them nervous and more likely to do something else you don’t like.
You’re scary when you do it; they don’t deserve it; and you only do harm to your relationship.
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