Most of owners believe that when their dogs behave badly they do this only from their bitchiness. They regard themselves an absolute authority in the field of what dog needs to be happy. After all, "I feed you, I walk with you, I pay veterinarians when you fall ill, and all I ask in return is not to chew my shoes!" Unfortunately the sense of gratitude is alien to dogs and they don't understand human language.
When a dog barks, chews different things, digs ground or is at some other dubious activity, he gets pleasure out of the occupation itself. A dog won't stay awake at night, thinking of how to vex you - he just seeks and finds his pleasure. For example, barking, chewing and digging are usually evoked by boredom and loneliness. A dog does this because such occupation helps him switch to something else and don't feel like being left. Perhaps, in this way he tries to attract your attention. A dog can't live alone - a punishment would be better than absence of master's attention. Your dog doesn't need you as a permanent source of entertainment, but too long periods of being alone will turn your friend into a neurasthenic. The easiest way to break the dog of bad behavior is to fight not the expressions but motives that cause this behavior. Punishment causes fear to a dog and completely undermines a good relationship that you are trying to establish.
Usually the so-called problems of behavior are not spontaneous. They result from some other circumstances. Find a motive and you'll crack the problem. The lack of physical activity, isolation and stagnation in mind, problems with feeding and health, as well as incorrect methods of fostering, occur to be the motives that most often cause reprehensible behavior. In other words, the dog will behave himself good if he has:
1. Appreciable physical loading,
2. Love and attention,
3. Good health,
4. Correct feeding,
5. Correct training.