You can easily change the way your dog behaves during your dog training behavior session with the use of certain dog training tools and techniques that your dog will find naturally unfavorable.
Also they can be used to keep your dog away from a certain place or location.
Such dog training tools and techniques are called aversive.
At times, one needs to be careful with the use of an aversive or when choosing an aversive because individual response seems different and also varies.
Choosing an aversive in most cases could be trial and error.
Therefore, the need to experiment well is important.
An aversive that is slightly unfavorable for one dog may be completely bad for another and have no serious effect on yet another.
Now, your main aim will be to apply the aversive at a level that will cause your dog to do away with the action or location without being fearful.
After you discover an aversive that discourage your dog from a particular thing, action or place/location, it is more useful when you also present a favorable and positive option to the place/location or action you need your pet to do away with.
Let me mention some of the major aversive used for modifying or changing dog's behaviors.
Textures, tastes, human-controlled aversive, surprise and remote-controlled aversive.
The use of textures as aversive.
Make sure you apply these textures to places or locations you need your dog to avoid as these textures will make his paws not comfortable.
In addition to this, you can add toys or favorable treats to appropriate places or locations to make them more attractive to your dog.
Indoors aversive that could be used includes, shelf paper and a double-sided carpet tape.
The outdoors ones includes, irregular rocks and chicken wire set firmly into dirt.
Also, the use of heavy plastic carpet runner can be used both indoors and outdoors.
The need to weigh the material very well in order to keep it in place is important.
To protect furniture from substances that are sticky, attach the aversive material to a heavy plastic and secure that with weights.
Texture aversive are good for puppies, small dogs and dogs with low confidence than for those that won't let anything obstruct them whatsoever.
Commercial varieties of texture aversive are more common and available at pets supply stores.
The use of tastes as aversive.
Most dogs do their investigative work and damage with their mouths.
Therefore, anything that is not pleasing to their taste buds will work quite okay.
However some of the following listed substances below may cause damage to furniture and floor finishes but ensure you test them in a hidden place before widespread using.
With respect to this, offer an appropriate item to your dog to chew on instead.
Examples of such substances i was referring to includes: Apple (bitter) or similar sprays and gels mainly for taste aversion, some hot sauces, cayenne pepper, Insect repellant, majorly the one that contains citrus odors, some muscle rubs and aloe gel.
On a general note, the use of aversive can be very useful in dog training behavior and they can also serve as a good dog training tools to change your dog behavior within a very short period of time.