What is negative punishment in dog training?
Vivianne Bosco
2025-06-23 04:13:58
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Punishment is a process where a consequence immediately follows a behavior which will decrease the future occurrence of the behavior. Similar to reinforcement it can be positive or negative. Negative punishment is when you take away a desired stimulus after a undesired behavior is performed making the behavior less likely to happen in the future. For example you are walking your dog and they start to pull, You stop walking and wait till your dog stops pulling. You are negatively punishing the behavior of pulling by taking away the stimulus of walking, so it is less likely that your dog will pull in the future. Negative punishment is when you reinforce a behavior is not correct, actually it is the opposite, it is when you take away something after the behavior.
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