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My research into positive reinforcement turned out to be a very complex and involved trip into canine psychology. I found out a great deal and I hope that by sharing this knowledge with you, it will manifest a tighter kinship between you and your dog. Reward based training is actually a variant of rectification and takes the form of both a punishment AND reward at the same time. An representation of this is to consider a commonplace situation using the six basic behaviors as an instance.

The Six Primary Conducts of Dog Training:

Sit

Down

Stay

Come

Close

Heel

When your puppy receives a vocal or non oral command to perform a behavior (Sit) and performs that behavior right, a toy or a doggie treat is utilized (accompanied by an affirmative keyword) to emphatically reinforce the conduct as desired. Practice this enough times, and your pet will connect the conduct to a reward or praise.

If the dogs conduct is not what was anticipated, we would then use positive punishment to diminish the conduct. And example of positive punishment would be to make a loud, sharp noise. Again, repetition will produce the connection with the conduct and kind of support.

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As with most things affiliated to education, repetition, consistency, and patience are key.
Here are the other kinds of corrective you may want to research further. (*Note: positive refers to addition, and negative refers to subtraction...)

"Positive reinforcement: occurs when a conduct is followed by a stimulus that is appetitive or rewarding, increasing the frequency of that behavior."

"Negative reinforcement: occurs when a conduct is followed by the displacement of an aversive stimulus, thereby increasing that conduct's frequency."

"Positive correction: happens when a behavior is followed by a stimulus, such as introducing a shock or loud noise, resulting in a reduction in that behavior."

"Negative correction: happens when a conduct is followed by the expulsion of a stimulus, such as taking away a child's toy following an unwanted behavior, resulting in a decrease in that behavior."

"Avoidance learning is a type of instruction in which a certain conduct results in the cessation of an aversive stimulus."

"Extinction happens when a behavior that had previously been strengthened is no longer efficient."

"Non-contingent reinforcement refers to delivery of rewarding stimuli no matter the conduct. The idea is that the target behavior lessens because it is no longer requisite to encounter the reinforcement. This typically means time-based delivery of stimuli described as keeping atypical conduct, which serves to decrease the rate of the target conduct."

"Shaping is a form of operant disciplining in which the progressively accurate estimations of a desired response are strengthened."

"Chaining is an instructional process which necessitates rewarding individual responses taking place in a succession to form a intricate behavior."

The best dog training advice I can give is to be tolerant, consistent, establish yourself as the ALPHA, employ 10 minute training sessions, use correct reward based puppy training techniques, and HAVE FUN. These are the techniques I used to train my dog, and I am willing to wager that you will meet success when training your dog as well. Take these puppy training tips, get out there and have some fun!

References:
Tucker, M., Sigafoos, J., & Bushell, H. (1998). Use of non-contingent reinforcement in the treatment of challenging behavior. behavior Modification, 22, 529–547.Poling, A., & Normand, M. (1999). Non-contingent reinforcement: an inappropriate description of time-based schedules that reduce behavior. Journal of Applied behavior Analysis, 32, 237–238.Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia - Reinforcement. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinforcement

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