Getting loud may get your dog’s attention, just as it would get the attention of students in a classroom, but what message does yelling convey about you? Yelling makes you look scary and out of control. It might get your dog’s attention, but it doesn’t make you look like a calm, collected leader, and it doesn’t model the behavior that you’d like to see from him. It can make your dog worse in the short run and cause him to lose faith in you in the long run.
