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Every
behaviour the dog exhibits involves some sort of reward
for him.
Your dog is not chewing the couch every day because he is
mad at you for leaving him alone while you are at work.
His destructiveness is not to punish you for anything you
did or did not do.
Frequently behaviour such as destructiveness is a tension
releasing action. You dog may be stressed or bored.
Since dogs do not hold in their negative feelings, tension
releasing behaviour involves a reward system comparable
to our blowing off steam.
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For behaviour modification to be
successful, you must abandon the idea that your dog "knows
better".
If your dog knew better, he
would discontinue the behaviour that gets him in trouble.
Many dog owners have difficulty absorbing this concept.
They perceive the dog as "understanding every word
I say", interpreting the dog's submissive body posture
as "guilt".
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