From a very general perspective, the dog training process is simple: you have to reward the behavior you want, and reprimand or ignore those that do not want. How can you properly reward and reprimand your dog's behavior? First you have to know something about learning theories. Classical conditioning of Pavlov's classical conditioning establishes that an animal can learn to associate a sign of your environment with a pleasant thing or situation. In other words: you can teach your dog to associate a sound or a gesture with a reward. Imagine that you have in your hand several small pieces of meat and your dog is near. If your dog can smell or see the flesh, one will be attentive to your hand as they wait to receive some food.
Also salivate and secrete digestive enzymes, although this is not what you see. Then you say "to eat" and give your dog a piece of meat. You repeat this process several times. Later, you approach your dog with no food in his hand, and say "to eat." Your dog reacts as if he were to give a piece of meat. Has partnered the command "eat" with food. Your dog has been conditioned to order "to eat." Operant Conditioning Skinner's operant conditioning establishes that an animal will tend to repeat those behaviors that have pleasant consequences. In other words: you have to reward the behavior you want to teach your dog. Imagine you are eating lunch and your dog touches your knee with your front leg.