Rewarding Positive Behaviors in your Dog

• Training for Desired Behaviors
  
  While playing and having fun with your new puppy or dog is certainly important, it is also important to teach your canine companion just what is expected – which behaviors are acceptable and which behaviors are not acceptable.
• Rewards and Positive Reinforcement
  
  Positive reinforcement training is extremely effective because it uses rewards to teach the dog what is expected of him. When the dog performs the desired behavior, he is provided with a reward, most often in the form of a food treat, but it could be an appreciative word, scratch behind the ears, a rub under the chin or a pat on the head as well.
• Reward Training
  
  Reward training is often seen as the most modern method of training a dog, but reward training is probably much older than other methods of dog training. It is possible that reward training for dogs has been around as long as there have been dogs to train.