Good Housekeeping

Motivate With Positivity

f your dog jumps on visitors, chews your shoes instead of their toys or noses through the trash, resist the urge to scold or grab them, say experts. “You might feel better by yelling at the dog or doing something to stop that behavior that you dislike, but stopping a behavior does not show what you want your learner to do instead,” explains professional dog trainer and author Melissa McCue-McGrath. “Punishment only suits the punisher.” Instead,

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