How can I stop my dog from barking too much?
Monday, June 8th, 2009 at
Allie C asked:
My dog, who is a little over a year old, barks ALL the time. Whenever we let her out of the house in the morning, she goes to a spot in our garden and barks towards our neighbor's yard.
Recently we received complaint from one of our neighbors.
We got her a barking collar, but it didn't work. I tell her, "NO BARK!" but she doesn't respond. The only solution is to keep her inside the house.
How can I stop her from barking too much?!
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Filed under: Dog Training
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go outside with her. keep her on leash if you have to. when she starts to bark tell her no and make her come sit. once she’s calm let her roam around again and if the barking starts again, repeat the same correction.
how often are you exercising her? she sounds bored. make sure you are taking her on twice daily walks. if she’s well exercised she might not feel like going outside to just bark. take her over to the spot where she’s barking and correct her everytime she barks. do not let an instance occur where you can’t correct her until it’s under control.
get her in an obedience class and work with her. that way you will learn how to train her to listen to you better.
good luck.
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give it a bone…dumb dumb
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lmfao ELECTRIC COLLAR!!!
ahhahaha
i know it sounds harsh but yeah.
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i agree, probably bored.. or easily excited. try staying near her and saying “shhh” while petting her, if she stays quiet for a little while give her a treat. she probably doesnt speak english so i dont suggest NO BARK! haha, and definitely dont yell at her.
good luck! and id definitely fix this right away before she gets older!
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Teach her ASL
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you have to feed it
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Most bark collars work, check why it is not working. Give him large bone from market to chew on Walk with him around and when he barks immediastly scold him and make him sit. And place hand over muzzel if he barks again. He has to relate the bark is wrong. If barking is not evening and night hours most code wont ticket. You may have to kennel at night or bring inside.
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You have already been given some fair advice, but the most important thing here I feel I could add is that there is no need to go to extremes before at least trying a positive reinforcement for the RIGHT behavior. Before putting on a collar and all this other stuff, have you tried (and you may have) simply rewarding her for being quiet and reinforcing by saying the word “quiet” in a pleasant tone and giving a mini-treat? Do this inside and outside all around the yard, NOT YET in the spot she typically barks in. When she has “quiet” mastered nicely in other areas, you can then bring her to her other spot and give her the newly learned direction “quiet.”
A lot of “barking collars” are actually shock collars, which are basically an effective…but ideally LAST resort option and not a first resort. Real training is the first choice, as punitive, negative consequences are typically a last choice in behavior modification for anyone…canine or human.
Consider first and foremost that your dog may not have any clue or idea what she should be doing instead of barking because all she knows is what “NOT” to do. Teaching her a new skill that she gets praised for like “sit” and “quiet” is often very beneficial.
Keep in mind she is going to a spot and barking at the neighbor’s house, so there is probably something there she is barking AT that is of interest to her. Is there a dog, cat, or other animal she senses over there? I have a dog who barks a lot, but the truth is, he’s not barking arbitrarily…he’s barking when something catches his attention…which happens to be often, LOL!
I hope this helps. This is certainly not a blanket solution but maybe it can help lead to a good solution overall!
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dogs bark they have no other way of communicating if you dont like it go out with her and figure out what she is barking at if she goes to the same spot something is probubly back there