How much praise you should give your dog to reinforce and reward good behavior is a delicate balance.
When you are giving praise to reward good behavior you want to use your higher pitch "happy" tone. The amount of praise completely depends on the dog and what you are trying to accomplish. When you are training you want to reinforce the good behavior, without elevating the dog's arousal. If you go to far the dog will become over-excited. If you are in the middle of a training session you will diminish that calm focus they are giving you. Also, when you are in the house, you want to be mindful of always offering positive reinforcement for the behavior that you want (hopefully calmness lol).
When we train a Belgian Malinois, our level of praise will most likely be very short, just a simple "good girl" or "good dog"; when we train with a dog that is difficult to arouse we usually praise with more intensity because we try to keep him / her in a more motivated "working" state of mind.
Be mindful of how your praise affects your dog when you are working with them and you should have better results with your dog's ability to learn.
- Good vibes everyone
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