![]() ![]() I got put in the crate but there are delicious and fun things in here so that’s not so bad (reward/positive association)ĭo you see where I’m going with this? People get so hung up on “never use the crate for punishment” that they fail to ever, ever utilize the crate for simple time-outs.I got put in the crate because I was being annoying, and I lost the opportunity to be with my human (negative punishment). ![]() In that moment, your puppy is going to learn two things: Being removed from you is a punisher (negative punishment), but simply placing him calmly in the crate at that point with something else to do is far from scary. Yet, what if you simply take the puppy and place it in the crate with a bully stick, frozen kong, food puzzle or another enrichment item during the times when you’ve simply hit your limit of what you can deal with? Is it really such a bad punishment then? Scientifically speaking, it’s still a punishment because the puppy was removed from you at the moment he was biting, nipping, or barking to get your attention. In that scenario, the dog is likely frightened and will soon make the association that the crate is a scary place to be! This is because he’s pairing being in the crate with bad things you just did to him (positive punishment). Your puppy pees on the floor, so you scream at the puppy, scare him, and then shuffle him angrily into the crate. When you hear someone or a trainer tell you that you can never use the crate as punishment, what they’re trying to tell you is that you cannot use the crate via a positive punishment modality. Yet there are two types of punishments - ones where you add something in to punish behavior (positive punishment), and another where you take something away to punish behavior (negative punishment). Punishment is defined as an aversive stimulus that decreases the likelihood of a behavior occurring again. So why is it that you always hear, and always find on the internet that you can never, never use your dog’s crate as punishment? Here’s why: I let them in on a dog training secret that the crate can be used for punishment! Yes, you heard me correctly. I recently hosted an online live course for puppy problem solving where I talked to Miami puppy parents about how to stop unwanted biting, nipping, chewing, and attention-seeking behaviors. ![]()
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