{"id":10195,"date":"2023-09-20T19:09:26","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T16:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happyandnaturaldogs.com\/?page_id=10195"},"modified":"2026-05-12T09:34:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T06:34:37","slug":"why-positive-methods","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/happyandnaturaldogs.com\/en\/why-positive-methods\/","title":{"rendered":"Why positive methods?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Old-school versus positive reinforcement <\/strong><strong>in modern day dog training<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Old-fashioned dog training is mostly based on forcing the dog physically;<br \/>controlling the dog by a lead and a collar, even a choke collar. Little<br \/>emphasis is given on the natural behaviour of the dog. Dogs are often<br \/>punished for unwanted behaviour. Many dogs develop neck problems<br \/>caused by the collar and pulling on the lead.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/happyandnaturaldogs.com\/why-positive-methods\/pauliina-koirien-kanssa\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-156\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-156 size-medium\" title=\"Pauliina koirien kanssa\" src=\"https:\/\/happyandnaturaldogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pauliina-koirien-kanssa-300x277.jpg\" alt=\"Pauliina\" width=\"300\" height=\"277\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When dogs are taught using positive reinforcement it means that learning<br \/>happens through positive experiences and rewarding. The teaching<br \/>includes no physical force; dogs are rewarded for learning and not punished.<br \/>Punishing slows down the learning process and dogs when punished<br \/>easily learn wrong things, for example fear of the owner \/ current situation.<br \/>Learning by positive reinforcement doesn\u2019t involve stress. By positive reinforcement\u00a0<br \/>dogs learn and perform faster, and also build a trusting relationship with<br \/>their owner.<\/p>\n<p>There is plenty of new scientific information on dog behaviour. Positive<br \/>reinforcement take into account the wide range of communicative signals<br \/>dogs have and this way the so-called dominance becomes less and<br \/>less of importance.<\/p>\n<p>Pauliina Laurila offers consultation and problem solving using modern dog<br \/>training methods based on current scientific studies and years of<br \/>practical experience with dogs.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Old-school versus positive reinforcement in modern day dog training Old-fashioned dog training is mostly based on forcing the dog physically;controlling the dog by a lead and a collar, even a choke collar. Littleemphasis is given on the natural behaviour of the dog. Dogs are oftenpunished for unwanted behaviour. Many dogs develop neck problemscaused by the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<strong>Old-school versus positive methods<\/strong> <strong>in modern day dog training<\/strong>\r\n\r\nOld-fashioned dog training is mostly based on forcing the dog physically;\r\ncontrolling the dog by a lead and a collar, even a choke collar. Little\r\nemphasis is given on the natural behaviour of the dog. Dogs are often\r\npunished for unwanted behaviour. Many dogs develop neck problems\r\ncaused by the collar and pulling on the lead.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/happyandnaturaldogs.com\/why-positive-methods\/pauliina-koirien-kanssa\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-156\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-156 size-medium\" title=\"Pauliina koirien kanssa\" src=\"https:\/\/happyandnaturaldogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pauliina-koirien-kanssa-300x277.jpg\" alt=\"Pauliina\" width=\"300\" height=\"277\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nWhen dogs are taught using positive methods it means that learning\r\nhappens through positive experiences and rewarding. The teaching\r\nincludes no physical force; dogs are rewarded for learning and not punished.\r\nPunishing slows down the learning process and dogs when punished\r\neasily learn wrong things, for example fear of the owner \/ current situation.\r\nLearning by positive methods doesn\u2019t involve stress. By positive methods\r\ndogs learn and perform faster, and also build a trusting relationship with\r\ntheir owner.\r\n\r\nThere is plenty of new scientific information on dog behaviour. Positive\r\nmethods take into account the wide range of communicative signals\r\ndogs have and this way the so-called dominance becomes less and\r\nless of importance.\r\n\r\nPauliina Laurila offers consultation and problem solving using modern dog\r\ntraining methods based on current scientific studies and years of\r\npractical experience with dogs.","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10195","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why positive methods? - Happy and Natural dogs - Ongelmakoirakouluttaja<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/happyandnaturaldogs.com\/en\/why-positive-methods\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why positive methods? - Happy and Natural dogs - Ongelmakoirakouluttaja\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Old-school versus positive reinforcement in modern day dog training Old-fashioned dog training is mostly based on forcing the dog physically;controlling the dog by a lead and a collar, even a choke collar. 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