Positive training methods teach your puppy what to do and increase their desire to keep doing it. In addition, you will learn how to encourage your puppy to repeat those desirable behaviours instead of engaging in undesired behaviours.
We use reward-based methods during training to provide your puppy with something they want when they have showed the desired behaviour. Not only does it encourage your puppy to repeat a behaviour, but it also encourages positive interaction and a puppy who is eager to learn and do things with you.
Negative training methods are based on punishment and aversive tools, including water spray bottles, shouting at them, and rubbing their noses in a soiled area of the house, through to lead corrections, choke chains and prong collars. While punishment may stop your puppy from showing any behaviour by making it afraid of the consequences, it does not teach them what to do.
The outcome of using punishment is a feeling of fear and anxiety which leads to your puppy not wanting to be near you in the future and may lead to aggression because through these techniques you cause pain and discomfort to your puppy. In addition to causing fear and anxiety, punishment does not teach your puppy what to do.
Langford Vets are against the use of any negative training methods because there is ample research proving that these methods are not efficient in addressing undesired behaviours and damage the owner-pet relationship.