Surely more than once you have been struck by the question of what to do to get him to understand that he has done something wrong; how to scold my dog in an effective way without harming you. We have all ever asked ourselves that same question, and it is likely that you have heard it said that you have to hit them with a newspaper or the like, or that you have to rub their noses with their urine so that they do not do it anymore. These techniques are very outdated, and they have not proven to be useful at all; rather the opposite: by acting in this way, the only thing we will achieve is to have a fearful dog, which will flee from us.
So, How can you scold a dog without hurting him?
In order to have an educated and happy furry companion, three things are necessary: patience, constancy y respect. When one of them is missing, educating a dog becomes a very difficult, very complicated undertaking, to the point that we could quickly lose our nerves and do things that we should not and that can be harmful to the dog. Likewise, we cannot scold him if at that given moment we feel angry, because it would not work either or, at least, not the desired one.
If we want to make him understand that he has done something wrong, we have to catch it at the moment; that is, we cannot scold them for something they did in the morning or the day before, since they simply do not have the capacity that we have to associate past situations with present reactions.
Therefore, it is highly recommended that, as soon as he misbehaves, tell him a firm NO (without yelling) and ignore him for 10 seconds, after which we can give you a prize whenever you have changed your attitude. In the event that he has urinated on the ground (or that he intends to do so), in addition, we will take him out to the garden or for a walk.
If you have destroyed a piece of furniture, shoes or clothes, no matter how little we like the situation we have to be patient and look for the cause of their behavior: Do you do little physical activity? Do you play with the family several times every day? How are you in the mood? By answering these questions we can solve the problem, thus preventing it from happening again.
Much encouragement.