When you hear the word “time out”, you probably imagine a child being sent to his room for a few minutes as punishment for doing something sinister.

why?

It is a safe, gentle and effective training method that helps children understand and calm down when their behavior is less than desirable.

While this method of discipline is known to work wonders for children, today I am here to share with you a simple secret.

Intervals work well for dogs! Pretty cool, isn’t it?

Believe it or not, I’ve avoided unwanted canine behavior with this simple tool more than any other approach. And the best part…this disciplinary action is calm, gentle, and gentle – I think three things are very important when training a dog.

I have been so successful with the punishment method that I wrote an entire chapter on the topic in my book  What Dogs Teach You About Parenting.

If you are familiar with my dog ​​training techniques, you know that the methods I use are gentle and gentle and that I encourage all dog owners to take a gentle approach to limiting their dogs behaviour.

So, in an effort to help you and countless others around the world equip themselves with gentle training techniques, I want to give you a free audio chapter from my book  Learn Dogs About Being a Dad that  explains how to use dogs’ time. efficiently and effectively.

The chapter is titled  Time Out A Beautiful Thing. And I really think it was one of the most useful and useful tools for raising all four of my children and my dog.

Listen to the sound and you will find…

• Why intervals are powerful as a dog training tool.
• Why it doesn’t work to tell your dog to go outside more often.
• How to implement the timeout so that it has the maximum effect.
• The power of calm and silence when given a time limit.
• Runtime has benefits for you and your dog.

Whether it’s raising our kids, training dogs, or preventing chickens from pooping all over our new concrete driveway, it has become very clear to me that the best and most effective methods of training are gentle and gentle.

While I strongly believe that dogs and children also need clear boundaries and that they often need to be reinforced with consequences, I don’t think these consequences should include fighting, yelling, or punching.

For this reason, my motto is that we need to use calm and consistent consequences with our dogs (and children!).

Of course, it goes without saying that I always encourage dog owners to reward desired behaviors with some positive reinforcement, whether that be a bet, a pat or a reward like a ball game.

So what happens if the timeout doesn’t work and your dog goes out and repeats the bad behavior?

Easy…

Repeat the dog positioning process for the time period.

What if you repeat the process a few times and it doesn’t really work and you seem to get nowhere?

If it doesn’t work out, I would suggest it because your dog thinks he’s in charge and you don’t really have the right to give him a break!

Let me explain!

Think of it as a kid trying to temporarily put their parents away because they did something the kid didn’t like.

Do you think the father would accept this and change his behavior? Think again.

The person at the top of the hierarchy sets the rules and controls. So if you are really struggling with your dog’s behaviour, they are probably at the very top of the hierarchy and you need to look at a complete training program and reconsider how your dog displays their position in the pack.

Honestly, no one wants to yell at their dog all the time, and there’s nothing more annoying than having to repeat what you asked over and over. This is why keeping your voice away when using a break and having another way to reinforce what you asked is so powerful and one of the most effective ways to train dogs.

So when I work with dogs or my kids, I use the following words to keep myself in the right territory…

Calm and clarity.. firm and fair. Or in the words of a great man.