Sentences with phrase «aversive techniques on»

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Puppies often respond best to reward - based training or positive reinforcement, although sometimes aversive training techniques can be used depending on the situation.

Whether it's hitting, tapping, or bopping a dog on the nose as means of discipline, this aversive technique still falls short of the success found with using reward - based or positive training.

Fortunately, scientists have started to shed some light on the effectiveness and humaneness of popular training approaches, in particular, how dogs trained with reward - based methods differ from dogs trained using aversive training techniques.

Some dog owners believe in the value of aversive canine training techniques, putting emphasis on punishment supposedly as a means of instilling discipline.

We do not recommend, endorse, or use any training techniques that are aversive to your dog, or that rely on pain, force, startle, or coercion to change your dog's behaviors.

For example, use of a shock collar, hitting the dog, pinning the dog, using a choke or prong collar, bark collars, and sharp tugs on the leash («leash corrections») are all aversive techniques.

Aversive training techniques, which have been seen to be used by Cesar Millan (The Dog Whisperer) are based on the principle of applying an unpleasant stimulus to inhibit behaviour.

In contrast to traditional approaches of behaviour modification that used aversive techniques to limit problem behaviours, PBS focuses on building socially appropriate skills and supporting individuals» use of «positive» behaviours (Durand and Carr 1985; Meyer and Evans 1989).