Many parents feel sorry for their dogs when they keep dogs, even if they do something wrong, they are reluctant to scold them, let alone punish them. No, when we raise dogs, we should be punished if they make mistakes, so that the dog will have a long memory. Of course, we should also praise and reward the good things that the dog has done. .

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

Traditional punishments are usually imposed long after the dog has made a mistake, according to the owner's mood. These old-fashioned forms of punishment are not so much training as revenge for the dog's disobedience. People who train puppies with full positive rewards are quite respectable, but those who know how to use punishment correctly and achieve their training goals are even rarer.

In the frustration of failing to train, most owners resort to old-fashioned punishments such as spanking the dog. Ironically, while the social climate has changed and traditional punishments are no longer used, examples of animal cruelty continue unabated.

Breaking this paradox requires rethinking our ethics of punishment and how to properly use this powerful training tool.

We generally think that a person of good morals would never inflict pain on his puppy. But this argument is good in theory, but impossible in practice.

Take the example of taking a puppy to the veterinarian: we have the vet give the puppy injections, blood draws, rude groping; when the puppy is old enough, maybe even a knife , do ligation surgery. It would be hypocrisy if we still insist on no puppy suffering. We make dogs uncomfortable or even miserable for health reasons. But they are not willing to punish the puppy for training requirements.

To change this prejudice, we must revise our morals to do no harm to dogs rather than hypocritically insisting to do no pain to dogs.