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Cherish Your Dog Like You Did Before He Developed Behavior Problems5 Important Tips for Understanding Dog Behavior
Things to Know About Dog Behavior
Similar to the last important tip, because dogs appear so smart, many people start to believe that their dogs “think” before they act. This is rarely the case. Dog’s are almost entirely behavioral creates, and the dog behaviors you see are an immediate response to a stimulus, rather than a thoughtful, calculated response that came from deliberation.
Dogs do have long term memories. They will remember your smell for years and years. But in general, dogs do not remember the thing they did before their current task. If your dog was licking your face, and then goes and plays with another dog in the park, it has already forgotten that it was just licking your face. This is extremely important for
understanding dog behavior
Giving your dog treats and praise is always more effective for getting good dog behavior than punishment. Your dog is far more likely to understand that good behaviors get rewarded than it is bad dog behavior gets punished. If you punish your dog, chances are they will still exhibit the behavior, and simply try harder not to get caught.
A tired dog is far more likely to control
its instincts and remember its training. Dogs with too much energy have
a very hard time keeping their primal instincts in check, because they
are too overwhelmed with their feelings of energy. If you want your dog
to exhibit more calm and good dog behavior, you need to make sure your
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When
you introduce a dog to your home,
especially if you have never had a dog before, some of their behaviors
can seem both odd and frustrating. Dogs are smart animals, but they
exhibit behaviors that for some dog owners are irritating and possibly
even destructive. Understanding dog behavior is the most important step
towards training your dog effectively and being a good dog owner. 
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Remember, your dog only remembers the last
thing it did (or, more accurately, the behavior it is currently doing).
If you come home and find that your dog has ripped apart your shoe, or
pooped on your couch, it is already too late to punish it. Your dog has
forgotten it did either of those things, because it is excited that you
have come home. If you punish your dog, your dog is going to associate
the punishment with you coming home, and not with the mistake that it
made while you were gone. Rubbing your dog’s face in its mistake is
only going to confuse your dog and scare it – it will not teach them a
lesson.