Many parents deplore their dogs when they raise them. They are reluctant to scold the dog if it does something wrong, let alone punish the dog. In fact, it is wrong to pamper the dog too much. We should do this when raising dogs. We should have the spirit of punishing dogs when they make mistakes, so that dogs will have a long memory. Of course, we should also praise and reward dogs for what they do well, so that we can be both kind and powerful.

When training a puppy, you must establish the concept that "punishment is used to correct inappropriate behavior." Over the past few years, “punishment” has become almost taboo. Many people mistakenly believe that punishment is cruel or even a useless training tool. In fact, as long as punishment is applied in the correct way and at the right time, it is quite effective when it is used to prohibit a puppy from doing a certain behavior.

Traditional punishments are usually given long after the dog has made a mistake, and then at will according to the owner's mood. These old-fashioned punishment methods are not so much training as retaliation for the dog's disobedience. People who train puppies with completely positive rewards are certainly very respectable, but there are even fewer people who know how to use punishment correctly and achieve training goals.

In a state of frustration about failed training, most owners will resort to old-fashioned punishment, such as spanking their dog. Ironically, although social climate has changed and traditional punishment methods are no longer used, examples of animal cruelty continue unabated.

To resolve this contradiction, we must rethink our moral outlook on “punishment” and how to correctly use this powerful training tool.

We usually think that people with high moral standards will never inflict pain on their puppies. But this argument is good in theory, but impossible in practice.

Let’s take the puppy to the veterinarian as an example: we let the veterinarian give the puppy injections, draw blood, and touch it roughly; when the puppy is old enough, we may even have to have it stabbed and sterilized. It would be hypocrisy if we still insist on "no puppy suffering". We make our dogs uncomfortable or even painful for health reasons. But he is unwilling to punish the puppy for training requirements.

To change this prejudice, we must revise our moral values ​​and adopt the principle of "doing no harm to dogs" instead of hypocritically insisting on "doing no pain to dogs."