Won’t My Dog Hate The Kennel If I Correct Him In There? What You Need To Know About Negative Associations.
Are you worried about inadvertently creating negative associations if you correct your dog? You’re not alone. We hear this a lot. Especially around fussing in the kennel, but there are hundreds of contexts this can be a concern, and luckily, they are all mostly handled the same way.
It’s really important that your dog understands that consequences are in fact tied to their behavior, and not random or tied to only to a “thing” in the environment. This means you should know exactly how to show your dog which behavior leads to the correction, and what kind of behavior results in the absence of a correction.
Your dog needs to see a clear pattern. If you are consistent, over time the pattern should only become more and more clear. So time is your best friend (in conjunction with consistency).
Over the years I have dealt with many dogs that didn’t like the kennel, and I’ve never had one decide the kennel was bad because we corrected them while they were inside of it—never. That’s a pretty good record. And again, you can apply this logic to any context, not just the crate, but that is a very common concern.
The other good news is, even if you do somehow manage to accidentally create a negative association that you didn’t want to, it’s usually super fixable by simply digging in and showing your dog a new pattern. Seeing is believing, and new experiences create new associations, easily.
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Minute-by-Minute Breakdown
- 00:00-00:59 – Welcome to Off Leash and Unfiltered Trigger Warning.
- 01:00-01:59 – that’s just Joyce.
- 02:00-02:59 – Um, so good stuff.
- 03:00-03:59 – was one of the things we talked about <laugh>, when she came to drop her off.
- 04:00-04:59 – their dog will develop a negative association with them or with the room they’re in, or with the kennel they’re in, or you know, you name it, right?
- 05:00-05:59 – so you should know how to cleanly create the associations that you wanna create.
- 06:00-06:59 – there should be a marker.
- 07:00-07:59 – behavior is occurring or is about to occur, that’s actually even better.
- 08:00-08:59 – sequence, is not to stop the behavior.
- 09:00-09:59 – And the example I used the other day when I was talking about this was the doorbell.
- 10:00-10:59 – you will start ignoring it.
- 11:00-11:59 – it won’t even work in the moment anymore.
- 12:00-12:59 – reactive, aggressive behaviors, and we’re informing people they need to start using more structure in the home.
- 13:00-13:59 – of their name and every, that’s what they say, right?
- 14:00-14:59 – guess what?
- 15:00-15:59 – and all the details.
- 16:00-16:59 – And it’s all just bullshit.
- 17:00-17:59 – that’s a joke.
- 18:00-18:59 – No correction that you give your dog should ever be random guys.
- 19:00-19:59 – are directly a result of the dog’s behavior.
- 20:00-20:59 – okay?
- 21:00-21:59 – such that they’re just wired on a whole other level, and it takes longer.
- 22:00-22:59 – time.
- 23:00-23:59 – Your dog will discover that pattern.
- 24:00-24:59 – unless you are actively thinking about it and trying.
- 25:00-25:59 – right?
- 26:00-26:59 – So that’s evidence enough.
- 27:00-27:59 – gets to see nothing bad is happening, happening, right?
- 28:00-28:59 – patterns start out unsure, right?
- 29:00-29:59 – a genius, I assure you.
- 30:00-30:59 – Um, so yeah, no, that, that will not happen.
- 31:00-31:59 – have to give ’em the eco, of course, we’re not gonna do that.
- 32:00-32:59 – whatever you want.
- 33:00-33:59 – you more.
- 34:00-34:59 – they have a behavior, right?
- 35:00-35:59 – punishment.
- 36:00-36:59 – And that’s how you fix it.
- 37:00-37:59 – will happen after there’s been, um, some time away.
- 38:00-38:59 – oh, I’m Such a good eco trainer.
- 39:00-39:59 – really uncomfortable and was always random and not necessarily tied to a behavior.
- 40:00-40:59 – and, and things of that nature.
- 41:00-41:59 – hope you enjoyed the show.