If you hit your dog how long will it remember you hit it?

How Long Does A Dog's Brain Retain The Memory After You Hit It?

• You never hit your dog! Your dog looks up to you as the pack leader and trusts you. When you hit your dog they are so loyal and loving that they will forgive far better than humans will. If you are hitting your dog stop! If you can't stop then give your dog to someone else who will give it love and attention. Respect your dog as you would like to be respected and you will have the best friend in the world.

• Depends on the severity. Beating an animal is never OK, though hitting in certain situations is fine. A dog would be bitten and physically dominated by the pack's alpha if it stepped out of line in the wild. 1 or 2 smacks to the hind-quarters isn't going to do your dog any harm and it may even respect you more for it. Beating however, is different. If you have even hit your dog with a stick or other kind of weapon, it will remember. If you threw it down the stairs etc, it will remember. You should not do anything more than moderately smack your dog in its least sensitive areas (thighs are the best place), and only rarely.

• Hitting a dog is not acceptable even on the butt! Any trainer will tell the owner never to hit their dog. The closest one should come to reprimanding a dog is two fingers with a sturdy knock on the nose (without hurt) while training and to always praise your dog when it does well. Hitting a dog only instill fear because the dog wants to please their owner.

• Dogs need corrections. Any corrections should be applied to the scruff area either with a correction collar, or by the hand. This method is the closest to a dogs natural ingrained understanding of when it's behaviour is deemed acceptable or not acceptable. Remember, dogs tend to repeat that which is pleasant, and avoid that which is not. Timing for corrections is critical, the correction should be applied as the dog is behaving incorrectly, and praise applied as soon as the dog stops the bad behavior. This is the type of behaviour a pack animal understands and responds to. For an example, if a young dog or puppy living with a pack was to attempt to approach a snake, or other dangerous situation, his mother would not smack him in the butt, of across the nose, she would take him by the scruff, growl, perhaps a little shake, and the puppy would associate what he was doing as not being acceptable behaviour. If a young dog, again in a pack scenario, ( remember your dog is part of your pack )was to pester, annoy, or attempt to dominate another dog that is higher up in the pack order, the other dog doesn't smack it on the nose or butt, but will attempt to grab it by the scruff, and growl to show it's displeasure. Even in a severe fight, the scruff is always the target.

• Memory Span Of A Dog: Each dog has a different memory and like people they have different personalities. For instance if you shout at some breeds of dogs they will slink and hide, while other dogs appear to have hurt feelings from being hit by their owner, but can shake it off very shortly. However, it's still very wrong to hit a dog! There is no reason for it and good training is consistency, gentle handling, specific commands, patience and good rewards towards your pet if they deserve it along with some fun. It is noted by trainers that dogs learn far quicker and retain memory to commands during play time than an hour of constant commands and no play. Dogs can remember being hit for quite a long while and some dogs will become mean and aggressive because of it because that's what they have been taught; 'don't trust a human or you'll get hit.' Although not as smart as humans a dogs brain does retain pain and shame if it's constantly being hit or beaten.