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	<title>Comments on: Is it too late to train my 13 year old dog?</title>
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		<title>By: Dog Harnesses</title>
		<link>http://dogcollarsandleashes.org/26/is-it-too-late-to-train-my-13-year-old-dog/#comment-15</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
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Electric bark collar!!!

If it hurts she won&#039;t bark.</description>
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<p>Electric bark collar!!!</p>
<p>If it hurts she won&#8217;t bark.</p>
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		<title>By: Dog Harnesses</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
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i have learned that you can teach an old dog new tricks...try training classes</description>
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<p>i have learned that you can teach an old dog new tricks&#8230;try training classes</p>
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		<title>By: dog+collars</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
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It&#039;s never too late.

The key is consistency. As soon as she moves to bark or go towards the door to bark, say no or shush her in a firm voice. You may need to tap her lightly on the shoulder to get her attention. 

Make her move away from the door by blocking the space with your body. 

She will get it eventually. It takes time and patience, but it is worth it.</description>
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<p>It&#8217;s never too late.</p>
<p>The key is consistency. As soon as she moves to bark or go towards the door to bark, say no or shush her in a firm voice. You may need to tap her lightly on the shoulder to get her attention. </p>
<p>Make her move away from the door by blocking the space with your body. </p>
<p>She will get it eventually. It takes time and patience, but it is worth it.</p>
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		<title>By: Fancy Dog Collars</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
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It&#039;s never too late to train a dog.  The best thing to do is hire a good trainer to help you, but a training book, dvd or website can help, too.  The same methods used with younger dogs will work.  It&#039;s all about consistency and letting the dog see that she gets a better result by being quiet and looking to you for direction than she does from barking.

It&#039;s important to determine the reason that she&#039;s barking.  Be careful about using corrective training methods without the help of a trainer, because even if your dog looks like she&#039;s being obnoxious or aggressive, she may be barking because she&#039;s fearful and unsure about what to do in those situations.  In that case, correcting her when she barks can make her more fearful of the situation, which may make the problem worse.  Obedience training will help her to feel more confident and will allow you to guide her to do something more appropriate, like sitting or going to her bed, when she&#039;s not sure what to do.

Older dogs usually love training and do really well with it, so don&#039;t let her age discourage you!</description>
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<p>It&#8217;s never too late to train a dog.  The best thing to do is hire a good trainer to help you, but a training book, dvd or website can help, too.  The same methods used with younger dogs will work.  It&#8217;s all about consistency and letting the dog see that she gets a better result by being quiet and looking to you for direction than she does from barking.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s important to determine the reason that she&#8217;s barking.  Be careful about using corrective training methods without the help of a trainer, because even if your dog looks like she&#8217;s being obnoxious or aggressive, she may be barking because she&#8217;s fearful and unsure about what to do in those situations.  In that case, correcting her when she barks can make her more fearful of the situation, which may make the problem worse.  Obedience training will help her to feel more confident and will allow you to guide her to do something more appropriate, like sitting or going to her bed, when she&#8217;s not sure what to do.</p>
<p>Older dogs usually love training and do really well with it, so don&#8217;t let her age discourage you!</p>
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		<title>By: Dog Collars And Leads</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
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all animals have the capacity for training at any age. the problem is with the onset of age comes problems with habits. the older the animal the more difficult to break them of bad habits and instill good habits in place of them. you can desensitize you dog not to bark by using repetitive training techniques. have a friend or family member go out side walk by the house and use positive reinforcement and treats to reaffirm postive behavior. praise the dog when it does what you want.  Remember its never too late to correct bad habits. Behavior good and bad happens.</description>
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<p>all animals have the capacity for training at any age. the problem is with the onset of age comes problems with habits. the older the animal the more difficult to break them of bad habits and instill good habits in place of them. you can desensitize you dog not to bark by using repetitive training techniques. have a friend or family member go out side walk by the house and use positive reinforcement and treats to reaffirm postive behavior. praise the dog when it does what you want.  Remember its never too late to correct bad habits. Behavior good and bad happens.</p>
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		<title>By: Personalized Dog Collars</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
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It is never too late to train a dog. You might want to find a trainer who can come to your home to help you with her in-house issues. Smacking a dog just makes them aggressive toward you and she will start biting you when you go to pick her up because she will be afraid that you will smack her again. Shock collars should be outlawed or used on the person who invented them!</description>
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<p>It is never too late to train a dog. You might want to find a trainer who can come to your home to help you with her in-house issues. Smacking a dog just makes them aggressive toward you and she will start biting you when you go to pick her up because she will be afraid that you will smack her again. Shock collars should be outlawed or used on the person who invented them!</p>
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		<title>By: dog+collars</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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any dog can be trained u need lots of patience and treats.NEVER&quot; smack&quot; a dog anywhere it has no idea what your doing except that its now afraid of u.a spray from bottle of water in the face when shes barking, with out her noticing its u helps.part of her problem is shes a dog and shes doing what shes supposed to protecting her family.</description>
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<p>any dog can be trained u need lots of patience and treats.NEVER&#8221; smack&#8221; a dog anywhere it has no idea what your doing except that its now afraid of u.a spray from bottle of water in the face when shes barking, with out her noticing its u helps.part of her problem is shes a dog and shes doing what shes supposed to protecting her family.</p>
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		<title>By: Dog Collars And Leashes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
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Shock collars???? for barking??  Nose smacking??  Dogs bark its their job.  They are announcing that someone is near  their territory.</description>
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<p>Shock collars???? for barking??  Nose smacking??  Dogs bark its their job.  They are announcing that someone is near  their territory.</p>
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		<title>By: Custom Dog Collars</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
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It&#039;s definitely not too late to train your dog! In fact, it&#039;ll probably be easier now that you&#039;ve had her awhile and know what she likes and doesn&#039;t like. (Bad habits will take some time to break, but it&#039;s totally possible.)

Clicker training is a fun bet, see Karen Pryor&#039;s web site below for information on breaking her of barking.</description>
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<p>It&#8217;s definitely not too late to train your dog! In fact, it&#8217;ll probably be easier now that you&#8217;ve had her awhile and know what she likes and doesn&#8217;t like. (Bad habits will take some time to break, but it&#8217;s totally possible.)</p>
<p>Clicker training is a fun bet, see Karen Pryor&#8217;s web site below for information on breaking her of barking.</p>
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		<title>By: Small Dog Harness</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
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No, it is not too late to train her.  However, at this point she has had at least 5 (if not the last 13) years to practice this bad habit and it will take some time to train her not to do it.  You may get the best results by contacting a local trainer who uses positive methods and having them show you how to do this.  Barking tends to be a self-rewarding behavior.  They bark at the mailman, or the people walking on the sidewalk, or the doorbell and often the stimulus goes away (after all, the mailman can&#039;t stop and work with every dog that barks at him on his route and people walking by on the sidewalk have places they need to be too).  Since this is usually what the dog wants, they continue barking because it works to get them what they want more often than not.</description>
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<p>No, it is not too late to train her.  However, at this point she has had at least 5 (if not the last 13) years to practice this bad habit and it will take some time to train her not to do it.  You may get the best results by contacting a local trainer who uses positive methods and having them show you how to do this.  Barking tends to be a self-rewarding behavior.  They bark at the mailman, or the people walking on the sidewalk, or the doorbell and often the stimulus goes away (after all, the mailman can&#8217;t stop and work with every dog that barks at him on his route and people walking by on the sidewalk have places they need to be too).  Since this is usually what the dog wants, they continue barking because it works to get them what they want more often than not.</p>
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