2)
You inadvertently reward the behavior.
With each of these types of behaviors, it is important to analyze your behavior as well to determine if you are
inadvertently rewarding the behavior in a way.
Not exact matches
Pet owners often have to be trained to not
inadvertently reward and encourage bad
behavior in pet birds.
Remember that if your dog pulls on the leash and you continue to walk him anyway, you are
inadvertently rewarding that unwanted
behavior.
Inappropriate training happens when cat owners want to train cats to respond in a particular way, yet
inadvertently reward the wrong
behavior.
On the flip side of things, if you soothe your dog with baby talk, reassurance, or petting when they are being reactive around people you could be feeding into their anxiety and
inadvertently rewarding them for aggressive
behavior.
You will
inadvertently reward whatever
behavior happens right before you pay attention or produce a toy - so decide how you'd like him to ask.
Since dogs do everything for some kind of
reward, and attention from us being a great
reward for most, by giving any attention to these
behaviors, even negative («no» «stop» «get off me» «ssshhh») we are
inadvertently encouraging them.
Your job is to making peeing outside more
rewarding than peeing inside AND preventing the accidents inside because each time that happens, your puppy is being
inadvertently rewarded for that
behavior.
Don't ignore an unwanted
behavior one day and
inadvertently reward it on another.
Often puppy separation anxiety puts roots because dog owners
inadvertently reward anxious
behaviors.
Rewards can
inadvertently reinforce inappropriate
behavior as well.
If an owner yells at a bird in response to being bitten, the owner has
inadvertently taught the parrot to bite by
rewarding the
behavior with attention that the bird may want.
Inappropriate training happens when dog owners want to train dogs to respond in a particular way but
inadvertently reward the wrong
behavior.
«What many parents may not realize is that they could actually be reinforcing the
behavior they are seeking to reduce, because they are
inadvertently rewarding that
behavior.»