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Some of the methods are as follows: Operant conditioning. Operant conditioning includes two types of reinforcement.  Positive reinforcement - Most trainers who use positive reinforcement also use "negative punishment", which means they take away something the dog wants to reduce behavior that the trainer doesn't want (for example turning away from a dog who is jumping up for attention). Negative reinforcement - works by rewarding the dog by removing something aversive (like stopping shock, or loosening a tightened choke chain).  This is a hard one...think it over. Different animals need different types of reward/acknowledgment. Some ways that you can consider:  Hand signals Small flashlight (not a laser light, this is potentially damaging to your animal's eyes). For the purposes of this article, hand signals will be used, but whatever method you select can be used in its place.

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Choose a training method. Know that the most important part of the training is consistency. With your deaf animal, using operant conditioning, you will need to decide on a signal to signify 'success' or 'yes'.