Do dogs need to be severely punished for doing wrong things? How to solve the problem of dogs doing wrong?

 8:12am, 17 July 2025

Generally speaking, dogs are around three months to three years old, which is the most energetic period for dogs, and their destructive power is not generally strong.

For example, when dog owners return home, they often see this situation: when tissues are broken on the floor, a hole in the sofa is broken, and when they are shit and peeing on the floor, it can be an important moment for the owner to test emotional intelligence. In this case, I believe that most owners will pull the dog out and beat it up, but in fact, the effect of doing so is often not very good.

You punished it. On the surface, the dog was punished, but at the same time the information the dog got was: "It turns out that the owner would pay attention to me because I was doing sabotage." (Especially for dogs that lack the attention of dog owners for a long time)

Generally speaking, most dog owners spend very limited time with dogs, so when the dog feels that they do not get the attention of their owners, they will repeatedly destroy their behavior to gain the attention of their owners. It’s just like a child deliberately committing destruction and hoping to gain the attention of his parents. The solution is to ignore this destructive behavior directly. "Even if you have millions of 'grass-mud horses' running in your heart, you still pretend to be calm on the surface. Usually I don't make a sound and clean up the things silently." Ignore the dog's destructive behavior, don't forget to remember to reward it when the dog performs well.

Over time, the dog will only increase your happy behavior in order to get food, not destroying behavior.

In this way, it will be a big step forward to cultivating a dog into a polite and good child.