11/11/2023 0 Comments Dog time out punishment![]() Go about your business as usual.īe prepared to give many, many time-outs the first day you institute your new rule. Wait until your pup has been quiet for 30 seconds (sing the Alphabet Song in your head), and then let her out. When barking doesn’t work, barking will cease. However long it takes (it will seem like an eternity), trust in the power of extinction. It may take 5 or 10 or 30 minutes for your pup to calm down. You must not reinforce (by letting her out) behavior that you don’t like (barking). If you let your dog out of time-out while she is barking, she’ll learn that the way to get out of time-out is to bark. ![]() This step can be difficult for owners with vocal pups and soft hearts (or impatient neighbors), but it is absolutely vital. If your dog barks, whines, scratches at the door or otherwise communicates her unhappiness during her time-out, do not let her out of jail until she’s been quiet for 30 seconds. As with all dog training, learning happens with repetition. You, fortified with the success of your last time-out, will calmly say “Time-out” and guide Rover back to lock-down. The very best thing that could happen to you is that he jumps up again. If your dog is quiet after 30 seconds, let him out and go back to doing whatever you were doing when he jumped up. The very next time your dog jumps up, say “Time-out” in a firm, matter-of-fact (but not angry) voice, and escort your canine cad to jail. After you’ve identified your puppy’s lock-down area, you can get started. ![]() Make sure there’s nothing in the time-out area that your pup could amuse herself with during her time-out, like toilet paper rolls or an easily accessible trash can. A small uninteresting room like a bathroom or laundry room work well, as does your dog’s crate. Once you’ve agreed what the punishable behavior looks like, you’ll need to decide on the time-out location. You want your dog to stop jumping up on you and your guests, but do you count a no-contact jump as a jump? What about a half-jump? Do you want to teach your dog not to jump in your presence at all, or just not to jump on you? Make sure everyone is on the same page so that you can be consistent. To institute a time-out policy for one of your dog’s behaviors, first have everyone in the household agree exactly what earns your pup her time-out.
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