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By (user no longer on site) OP     over a year ago

What's the best method in stoping a puppy barking?

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

take it a walk, tire it out

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By *oward1978Man  over a year ago

Rotherham

Check this out. It may help...

http://m.humanesociety.org/animals/dogs/tips/how_to_stop_barking.html

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

wrestle with him/her until you are both knackered

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Buy an alligator

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By *oward1978Man  over a year ago

Rotherham


"wrestle with him/her until you are both knackered "

I'll very happily wrestle with both of them if that helps

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By (user no longer on site) OP     over a year ago

What happened to all the serious answers!!!!

I read on line about using a spray bottle filled with water.

Thanks Howi, I can't get on it via my phone though

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

c&p from that link:

How to Get Your Dog to Stop Barking

Six ways to control your dog's barking

Alt text here

While all of these techniques can help stop your dog from barking, don't expect results overnight. iStockphoto

Here's a list of six techniques that can help stop your dog from barking. While all of them can be very successful, you shouldn't expect miraculous results overnight. The longer your dog has been practicing the barking behavior, the longer it will take for him to change his ways.

Some of these training techniques require you to have an idea as to why your dog barks. We can help you get some insight into what is behind the bark.

Always remember to keep these tips in mind while training:

Don't yell at your dog to be quiet—it just sounds like you're barking along with him.

Keep your training sessions positive and upbeat.

Be consistent so you don't confuse your dog. Everyone in your family must apply the training methods every time your dog barks inappropriately. You can't let your dog get away with inappropriate barking some times and not others.

1. Remove the motivation

Your dog gets some kind of reward when he barks. Otherwise, he wouldn't do it. Figure out what he gets out of barking and remove it. Don't give your dog the opportunity to continue the barking behavior.

Example: barking at passersby

If he barks at people or animals passing by the living room window, manage his behavior by closing the curtains or putting your dog in another room.

If he barks at passersby when he's in the yard, bring him into the house. Never leave your dog outside unsupervised all day and night.

2. Ignore the barking

Ignore your dog's barking for as long as it takes him to stop. That means don't give him any attention at all while he's barking. Your attention only rewards him for being noisy. Don't talk to him, don't touch him, and don't even look at him. When he finally quiets, even to take a breath, reward him with a treat.

To be successful with this method, you must wait as long as it takes for him to stop barking. If he barks for an hour and you finally get so frustrated that you yell at him to be quiet, the next time he'll probably bark for an hour and a half. He learns that if he just barks long enough you'll give him attention.

Example: barking when confined

When you put your dog in his crate or in a gated room, turn your back and ignore him.

Once he stops barking, turn around, praise him, and give him a treat.

As he catches on that being quiet gets him a treat, lengthen the amount of time he must remain quiet before being rewarded.

Remember to start small by rewarding him for being quiet for just a few seconds, then working up to longer periods of quiet.

Keep it fun by varying the amount of time. Sometimes reward him after 5 seconds, then 12 seconds, then 3 seconds, then 20 seconds, and so on.

You're here to help animals. So are we. Please join us. »

3. Desensitize your dog to the stimulus

Gradually get your dog accustomed to whatever is causing him to bark. Start with the stimulus (the thing that makes him bark) at a distance. It must be far enough away that he doesn't bark when he sees it. Feed him lots of good treats. Move the stimulus a little closer (perhaps as little as a few inches or a few feet to start) and feed treats. If the stimulus moves out of sight, stop giving your dog treats. You want your dog to learn that the appearance of the stimulus leads to good things (treats!).

Example: barking at dogs

Have a friend with a dog stand out of sight or far enough away so your dog won't bark at the other dog.

As your friend and her dog come into view, start feeding your dog lots of very yummy treats.

Stop feeding treats as soon as your friend and her dog disappear from view.

Repeat the process multiple times

Remember not to try to progress too quickly as it may take days or weeks before your dog can pay attention to you and the treats without barking at the other dog.

4. Teach your dog the "quiet" command

It may sound nonsensical, but the first step of this technique is to teach your dog to bark on command. Give your dog the command to "speak," wait for him to bark two or three times, and then stick a tasty treat in front of his nose. When he stops barking to sniff the treat, praise him and give him the treat. Repeat until he starts barking as soon as you say "speak."

Once your dog can reliably bark on command, teach him the "quiet" command. In a calm environment with no distractions, tell him to "speak." When he starts barking, say "quiet" and stick a treat in front of his nose. Praise him for being quiet and give him the treat.

Example: someone at the door

When the doorbell rings, your dog alerts you to the presence of an "intruder" by barking wildly.

Once you've taught your dog the "quiet" command in a calm environment, practice in increasingly distracting situations until your dog can immediately stop barking when asked to, even when that "intruder" arrives at the door.

5. Ask your dog for an incompatible behavior

When your dog starts barking, ask him to do something that's incompatible with barking. Teaching your dog to react to barking stimuli with something that inhibits him from barking, such as lying down in his bed.

Example: someone at the door

Toss a treat on his mat and tell him to "go to your place."

When he's reliably going to his mat to earn a treat, up the ante by opening the door while he's on his mat. If he gets up, close the door immediately.

Repeat until he stays on his mat while the door opens.

Then increase the difficulty by having someone ring the doorbell while your dog is on his mat. Reward him if he stays in place.

6. Keep your dog tired

Make sure your dog is getting sufficient physical and mental exercise every day. A tired dog is a good dog and one who is less likely to bark from boredom or frustration. Depending on his breed, age, and health, your dog may require several long walks as well as a good game of chasing the ball and playing with some interactive toys.

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By *entleman JackMan  over a year ago

Loughborough

Place a small piece of lead between his ears......

With a shotgun!

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"What happened to all the serious answers!!!!

I read on line about using a spray bottle filled with water.

Thanks Howi, I can't get on it via my phone though "

I was being serious, play until the little thing is knackered, we used to do it with the fully grown male boxer dog in work, he was very bouncy in the morning running around everywhere, 30 mins of wrestling and he was out for the count and just lay under the desk for the rest of the day haha

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"What happened to all the serious answers!!!!

I read on line about using a spray bottle filled with water.

Thanks Howi, I can't get on it via my phone though "

my answer was serious, take it a walk,tire it out,simples

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By (user no longer on site) OP     over a year ago


"c&p from that link:

How to Get Your Dog to Stop Barking

Six ways to control your dog's barking

Alt text here

While all of these techniques can help stop your dog from barking, don't expect results overnight. iStockphoto

Here's a list of six techniques that can help stop your dog from barking. While all of them can be very successful, you shouldn't expect miraculous results overnight. The longer your dog has been practicing the barking behavior, the longer it will take for him to change his ways.

Some of these training techniques require you to have an idea as to why your dog barks. We can help you get some insight into what is behind the bark.

Always remember to keep these tips in mind while training:

Don't yell at your dog to be quiet—it just sounds like you're barking along with him.

Keep your training sessions positive and upbeat.

Be consistent so you don't confuse your dog. Everyone in your family must apply the training methods every time your dog barks inappropriately. You can't let your dog get away with inappropriate barking some times and not others.

1. Remove the motivation

Your dog gets some kind of reward when he barks. Otherwise, he wouldn't do it. Figure out what he gets out of barking and remove it. Don't give your dog the opportunity to continue the barking behavior.

Example: barking at passersby

If he barks at people or animals passing by the living room window, manage his behavior by closing the curtains or putting your dog in another room.

If he barks at passersby when he's in the yard, bring him into the house. Never leave your dog outside unsupervised all day and night.

2. Ignore the barking

Ignore your dog's barking for as long as it takes him to stop. That means don't give him any attention at all while he's barking. Your attention only rewards him for being noisy. Don't talk to him, don't touch him, and don't even look at him. When he finally quiets, even to take a breath, reward him with a treat.

To be successful with this method, you must wait as long as it takes for him to stop barking. If he barks for an hour and you finally get so frustrated that you yell at him to be quiet, the next time he'll probably bark for an hour and a half. He learns that if he just barks long enough you'll give him attention.

Example: barking when confined

When you put your dog in his crate or in a gated room, turn your back and ignore him.

Once he stops barking, turn around, praise him, and give him a treat.

As he catches on that being quiet gets him a treat, lengthen the amount of time he must remain quiet before being rewarded.

Remember to start small by rewarding him for being quiet for just a few seconds, then working up to longer periods of quiet.

Keep it fun by varying the amount of time. Sometimes reward him after 5 seconds, then 12 seconds, then 3 seconds, then 20 seconds, and so on.

You're here to help animals. So are we. Please join us. »

3. Desensitize your dog to the stimulus

Gradually get your dog accustomed to whatever is causing him to bark. Start with the stimulus (the thing that makes him bark) at a distance. It must be far enough away that he doesn't bark when he sees it. Feed him lots of good treats. Move the stimulus a little closer (perhaps as little as a few inches or a few feet to start) and feed treats. If the stimulus moves out of sight, stop giving your dog treats. You want your dog to learn that the appearance of the stimulus leads to good things (treats!).

Example: barking at dogs

Have a friend with a dog stand out of sight or far enough away so your dog won't bark at the other dog.

As your friend and her dog come into view, start feeding your dog lots of very yummy treats.

Stop feeding treats as soon as your friend and her dog disappear from view.

Repeat the process multiple times

Remember not to try to progress too quickly as it may take days or weeks before your dog can pay attention to you and the treats without barking at the other dog.

4. Teach your dog the "quiet" command

It may sound nonsensical, but the first step of this technique is to teach your dog to bark on command. Give your dog the command to "speak," wait for him to bark two or three times, and then stick a tasty treat in front of his nose. When he stops barking to sniff the treat, praise him and give him the treat. Repeat until he starts barking as soon as you say "speak."

Once your dog can reliably bark on command, teach him the "quiet" command. In a calm environment with no distractions, tell him to "speak." When he starts barking, say "quiet" and stick a treat in front of his nose. Praise him for being quiet and give him the treat.

Example: someone at the door

When the doorbell rings, your dog alerts you to the presence of an "intruder" by barking wildly.

Once you've taught your dog the "quiet" command in a calm environment, practice in increasingly distracting situations until your dog can immediately stop barking when asked to, even when that "intruder" arrives at the door.

5. Ask your dog for an incompatible behavior

When your dog starts barking, ask him to do something that's incompatible with barking. Teaching your dog to react to barking stimuli with something that inhibits him from barking, such as lying down in his bed.

Example: someone at the door

Toss a treat on his mat and tell him to "go to your place."

When he's reliably going to his mat to earn a treat, up the ante by opening the door while he's on his mat. If he gets up, close the door immediately.

Repeat until he stays on his mat while the door opens.

Then increase the difficulty by having someone ring the doorbell while your dog is on his mat. Reward him if he stays in place.

6. Keep your dog tired

Make sure your dog is getting sufficient physical and mental exercise every day. A tired dog is a good dog and one who is less likely to bark from boredom or frustration. Depending on his breed, age, and health, your dog may require several long walks as well as a good game of chasing the ball and playing with some interactive toys."

Thank you

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By (user no longer on site) OP     over a year ago

They bark when out on the secure balcony at passers by and if the door bell goes or of someone enters the house.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"What's the best method in stoping a puppy barking?

"

May seem obvious but with silence.

I have two mutts, huskies and boy can huskies get out of control lol

Vets advice.

No words or anger!

Spare room,

Each and every time it barks in it goes,

Chain in garden.

Each and every time it barks, on it goes.

Leave for 5 minutes or until silent, if sooner, release treat with toy or food.

It takes patience and you must repeat the above each and every time until it stops.

May take a week or two but it works.

They have now learnt that they can only bark if there are people at the fences, which is their job. They stop barking now with a single glance from me when out.

If you meant barking when left alone, that's a different problem entirely.

The chain/room method works just as well when the buggers teething.

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By (user no longer on site) OP     over a year ago


"What's the best method in stoping a puppy barking?

May seem obvious but with silence.

I have two mutts, huskies and boy can huskies get out of control lol

Vets advice.

No words or anger!

Spare room,

Each and every time it barks in it goes,

Chain in garden.

Each and every time it barks, on it goes.

Leave for 5 minutes or until silent, if sooner, release treat with toy or food.

It takes patience and you must repeat the above each and every time until it stops.

May take a week or two but it works.

They have now learnt that they can only bark if there are people at the fences, which is their job. They stop barking now with a single glance from me when out.

If you meant barking when left alone, that's a different problem entirely.

The chain/room method works just as well when the buggers teething."

I could try the spare room one

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"What's the best method in stoping a puppy barking?

May seem obvious but with silence.

I have two mutts, huskies and boy can huskies get out of control lol

Vets advice.

No words or anger!

Spare room,

Each and every time it barks in it goes,

Chain in garden.

Each and every time it barks, on it goes.

Leave for 5 minutes or until silent, if sooner, release treat with toy or food.

It takes patience and you must repeat the above each and every time until it stops.

May take a week or two but it works.

They have now learnt that they can only bark if there are people at the fences, which is their job. They stop barking now with a single glance from me when out.

If you meant barking when left alone, that's a different problem entirely.

The chain/room method works just as well when the buggers teething. I could try the spare room one "

That was a little misleading,

Let it out after 5 minutes whether silent or not, if he was not silent when released, don't treat, only treat the silence. He/ she will get the silent idea eventually as he goes in for barking and treated for silence.

Its not a good idea using the spare room if that's the room he sleeps in at night.

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By (user no longer on site) OP     over a year ago


"What's the best method in stoping a puppy barking?

May seem obvious but with silence.

I have two mutts, huskies and boy can huskies get out of control lol

Vets advice.

No words or anger!

Spare room,

Each and every time it barks in it goes,

Chain in garden.

Each and every time it barks, on it goes.

Leave for 5 minutes or until silent, if sooner, release treat with toy or food.

It takes patience and you must repeat the above each and every time until it stops.

May take a week or two but it works.

They have now learnt that they can only bark if there are people at the fences, which is their job. They stop barking now with a single glance from me when out.

If you meant barking when left alone, that's a different problem entirely.

The chain/room method works just as well when the buggers teething. I could try the spare room one

That was a little misleading,

Let it out after 5 minutes whether silent or not, if he was not silent when released, don't treat, only treat the silence. He/ she will get the silent idea eventually as he goes in for barking and treated for silence.

Its not a good idea using the spare room if that's the room he sleeps in at night."

They don't sleep in it so that's fine

So when they bark put them in the spare room for 5 mins, let them out and give a treat if silent. They don't bark indoors if shit in a room anyway. They are puppies and have just started the barking.

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman  over a year ago

evesham


"They bark when out on the secure balcony at passers by and if the door bell goes or of someone enters the house. "

become their pack leader and dominate them. The Dog Whisperer is a great programme to watch to see how easy it is to control dogs with the right attitude

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

You're welcome.

I actually let my dog (bitch) bark if anyone came to the door, because i often didn't hear it and she made a good doorbell lol. She didn't jump up or get over excited and that so i felt it was ok to let her bark then.

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By (user no longer on site) OP     over a year ago


"They bark when out on the secure balcony at passers by and if the door bell goes or of someone enters the house.

become their pack leader and dominate them. The Dog Whisperer is a great programme to watch to see how easy it is to control dogs with the right attitude"

Iv caught a couple of his dhows but always at the end .. Will def try and catch some

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By (user no longer on site) OP     over a year ago


"You're welcome.

I actually let my dog (bitch) bark if anyone came to the door, because i often didn't hear it and she made a good doorbell lol. She didn't jump up or get over excited and that so i felt it was ok to let her bark then."

I want to nip the jumping up in the bud too... It's only excitement, but I lnow a lot of people don't like it.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


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become their pack leader and dominate them. The Dog Whisperer is a great programme to watch to see how easy it is to control dogs with the right attitude"

The only thing cesar milan is good for is teaching you how to ruin your relationship with your dog. Dogs are not wolves, and they have a sneaking suspicion you are not either. Pack theory as he describes it has been proven wrong time and time again. It does not even apply to wolves. The advice about calmly putting them in a time out is the one to go for. The spray bottle will only teach your dog that sometimes, you can be mean.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

if you want to follow a celebrity trainer i suggest Victoria, mainly because she doesnt use shock collars to get the results she wants.

positively.com/dog-training/positive-training/

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By (user no longer on site) OP     over a year ago


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become their pack leader and dominate them. The Dog Whisperer is a great programme to watch to see how easy it is to control dogs with the right attitude

The only thing cesar milan is good for is teaching you how to ruin your relationship with your dog. Dogs are not wolves, and they have a sneaking suspicion you are not either. Pack theory as he describes it has been proven wrong time and time again. It does not even apply to wolves. The advice about calmly putting them in a time out is the one to go for. The spray bottle will only teach your dog that sometimes, you can be mean."

Ok I will stop the spray bottle.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"You're welcome.

I actually let my dog (bitch) bark if anyone came to the door, because i often didn't hear it and she made a good doorbell lol. She didn't jump up or get over excited and that so i felt it was ok to let her bark then.

I want to nip the jumping up in the bud too... It's only excitement, but I lnow a lot of people don't like it. "

I don't like it myself, and come from a big family full of little kids (at the time) so yeah wasn't a good idea to let her jump up and knock them over.

Train them to lie down, or get in their bed, then tell them to do that before you go to the door.

It'll happen eventually, intelligent dogs can take only a few days to learn something new and most dogs are intelligent. Couple of weeks to enforce what you teach them and it should go well. Just train them one or two things at a time and don't overwhelm the with too many commands to learn at once.

Once they've learned all the basics of expected behaviour it gets more fun as you teach them the fun things like beg, roll over and that.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


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become their pack leader and dominate them. The Dog Whisperer is a great programme to watch to see how easy it is to control dogs with the right attitude

The only thing cesar milan is good for is teaching you how to ruin your relationship with your dog. Dogs are not wolves, and they have a sneaking suspicion you are not either. Pack theory as he describes it has been proven wrong time and time again. It does not even apply to wolves. The advice about calmly putting them in a time out is the one to go for. The spray bottle will only teach your dog that sometimes, you can be mean.

Ok I will stop the spray bottle. "

Good to hear! it could be worse, i tried that on my collie a long time ago before i got involved in dog rescue and positive training. Now he just thinks its the best game ever. I cant hose the car or lawn without him getting giddy.

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By (user no longer on site) OP     over a year ago


"You're welcome.

I actually let my dog (bitch) bark if anyone came to the door, because i often didn't hear it and she made a good doorbell lol. She didn't jump up or get over excited and that so i felt it was ok to let her bark then.

I want to nip the jumping up in the bud too... It's only excitement, but I lnow a lot of people don't like it.

I don't like it myself, and come from a big family full of little kids (at the time) so yeah wasn't a good idea to let her jump up and knock them over.

Train them to lie down, or get in their bed, then tell them to do that before you go to the door.

It'll happen eventually, intelligent dogs can take only a few days to learn something new and most dogs are intelligent. Couple of weeks to enforce what you teach them and it should go well. Just train them one or two things at a time and don't overwhelm the with too many commands to learn at once.

Once they've learned all the basics of expected behaviour it gets more fun as you teach them the fun things like beg, roll over and that. "

They can sit and paw at the moment and one of them has just learnt to lie down

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By (user no longer on site) OP     over a year ago


"You're welcome.

I actually let my dog (bitch) bark if anyone came to the door, because i often didn't hear it and she made a good doorbell lol. She didn't jump up or get over excited and that so i felt it was ok to let her bark then.

I want to nip the jumping up in the bud too... It's only excitement, but I lnow a lot of people don't like it.

I don't like it myself, and come from a big family full of little kids (at the time) so yeah wasn't a good idea to let her jump up and knock them over.

Train them to lie down, or get in their bed, then tell them to do that before you go to the door.

It'll happen eventually, intelligent dogs can take only a few days to learn something new and most dogs are intelligent. Couple of weeks to enforce what you teach them and it should go well. Just train them one or two things at a time and don't overwhelm the with too many commands to learn at once.

Once they've learned all the basics of expected behaviour it gets more fun as you teach them the fun things like beg, roll over and that. "

They can sit and paw at the moment and one of them has just learnt to lie down

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"You're welcome.

I actually let my dog (bitch) bark if anyone came to the door, because i often didn't hear it and she made a good doorbell lol. She didn't jump up or get over excited and that so i felt it was ok to let her bark then.

I want to nip the jumping up in the bud too... It's only excitement, but I lnow a lot of people don't like it.

I don't like it myself, and come from a big family full of little kids (at the time) so yeah wasn't a good idea to let her jump up and knock them over.

Train them to lie down, or get in their bed, then tell them to do that before you go to the door.

It'll happen eventually, intelligent dogs can take only a few days to learn something new and most dogs are intelligent. Couple of weeks to enforce what you teach them and it should go well. Just train them one or two things at a time and don't overwhelm the with too many commands to learn at once.

Once they've learned all the basics of expected behaviour it gets more fun as you teach them the fun things like beg, roll over and that.

They can sit and paw at the moment and one of them has just learnt to lie down "

Aw.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"take it a walk, tire it out"

That's the worst thing you can do.

A puppy will see that as a reward.

I have 2 alsatians.

Zeus I've had since a puppy.

He was always reasonably quiet. Unless the door knocks.

Then they both go mental.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"They bark when out on the secure balcony at passers by and if the door bell goes or of someone enters the house. "

That's normal.

He's saying "this is my house".

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"take it a walk, tire it out

That's the worst thing you can do.

A puppy will see that as a reward.

I have 2 alsatians.

Zeus I've had since a puppy.

He was always reasonably quiet. Unless the door knocks.

Then they both go mental. "

Same with our dachshund if the door goes he goes nuts....

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By *B4everCouple  over a year ago

Erdington

Our boy used to be quite a barker, but after researching n trying different suggestions, the thing that worked for us was simply ignoring the unwanted behaviour. So we basically ignored him until his barking frenzy would stop, and then once he was quiet we would reward him with a treat n our attention. He soon learnt that barking got him the complete opposite of what he wanted, n our boy does not like to be ignored lol HTH

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By (user no longer on site) OP     over a year ago


"Our boy used to be quite a barker, but after researching n trying different suggestions, the thing that worked for us was simply ignoring the unwanted behaviour. So we basically ignored him until his barking frenzy would stop, and then once he was quiet we would reward him with a treat n our attention. He soon learnt that barking got him the complete opposite of what he wanted, n our boy does not like to be ignored lol HTH "

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Take them to dog training. More socialisation and they will learn not to bark at passers by. That's usually one of the first things they learn at doggy training.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"Take them to dog training. More socialisation and they will learn not to bark at passers by. That's usually one of the first things they learn at doggy training. "

What do you know about doggy? ...

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"Take them to dog training. More socialisation and they will learn not to bark at passers by. That's usually one of the first things they learn at doggy training.

What do you know about doggy? ... "

Hehehe well.... Socialisation really I s key

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By *imiUKMan  over a year ago

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"They bark when out on the secure balcony at passers by and if the door bell goes or of someone enters the house. "

My dogs bark when anyone comes to the house.....

I don't see this as a bad thing. I know as soon as someone comes to the top of my driveway.

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By (user no longer on site) OP     over a year ago

They don't bark when I walk them it's just in the house or balcony or garden.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"Take them to dog training. More socialisation and they will learn not to bark at passers by. That's usually one of the first things they learn at doggy training.

What do you know about doggy? ...

Hehehe well.... Socialisation really I s key "

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By (user no longer on site) OP     over a year ago


"They bark when out on the secure balcony at passers by and if the door bell goes or of someone enters the house.

My dogs bark when anyone comes to the house.....

I don't see this as a bad thing. I know as soon as someone comes to the top of my driveway. "

My parents dog barks at cats, birds noises in the garden, we moan about it, however, someone tried getting into parents house twice! If it weren't for him barking they wouldn't have known.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"They bark when out on the secure balcony at passers by and if the door bell goes or of someone enters the house.

My dogs bark when anyone comes to the house.....

I don't see this as a bad thing. I know as soon as someone comes to the top of my driveway.

My parents dog barks at cats, birds noises in the garden, we moan about it, however, someone tried getting into parents house twice! If it weren't for him barking they wouldn't have known. "

Yep, that's one of their jobs.

Its why mine are allowed to bark at people over the fences

A dog needs a job, even if that job is fetching a ball lol

My dogs job is running and pulling me behind them, its what they were bred for.

Look into what your dog was bred to do and try including its natural behaviour into its training and daily routine.

If I toss a ball in my garden for them to fetch, they look at me like I'm an idiot, and after throwing the bloody ball a 1000 times, it turned out thay they were right. They got it maybe 12 times lol

But strap them into a harness, tether them to a bike with all the gear and they will run all day. Incredible animals!

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By (user no longer on site) OP     over a year ago


"They bark when out on the secure balcony at passers by and if the door bell goes or of someone enters the house.

My dogs bark when anyone comes to the house.....

I don't see this as a bad thing. I know as soon as someone comes to the top of my driveway.

My parents dog barks at cats, birds noises in the garden, we moan about it, however, someone tried getting into parents house twice! If it weren't for him barking they wouldn't have known.

Yep, that's one of their jobs.

Its why mine are allowed to bark at people over the fences

A dog needs a job, even if that job is fetching a ball lol

My dogs job is running and pulling me behind them, its what they were bred for.

Look into what your dog was bred to do and try including its natural behaviour into its training and daily routine.

If I toss a ball in my garden for them to fetch, they look at me like I'm an idiot, and after throwing the bloody ball a 1000 times, it turned out thay they were right. They got it maybe 12 times lol

But strap them into a harness, tether them to a bike with all the gear and they will run all day. Incredible animals!"

One is a jack x chiuawaha and the other is pure chiuawaha.

The pure chi barks more.

My parents dog is jack x patterdale, you could throw the ball for him all bloody day!

Yes I like the fact they bark of they hear someone coming in the front door. I want to stop the barking in the garden or on the balcony.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Please don't use adverse methods. And don't start shouting at him, he will think you are joining in.

Positive training all the way. Ignore the bad praise good. Wait until he stops barking, after a few seconds praise and treat. Repeat, be consistent. Start using Shhh.

My GSD is a barker, birds, the telly, even the gsd he see's in the mirror. This method has worked with him. He barks, I say shhh he stops.

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By (user no longer on site) OP     over a year ago


"Please don't use adverse methods. And don't start shouting at him, he will think you are joining in.

Positive training all the way. Ignore the bad praise good. Wait until he stops barking, after a few seconds praise and treat. Repeat, be consistent. Start using Shhh.

My GSD is a barker, birds, the telly, even the gsd he see's in the mirror. This method has worked with him. He barks, I say shhh he stops.

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Iv started using shhh

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By (user no longer on site) OP     over a year ago

Iv already started the spare room method too

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"They bark when out on the secure balcony at passers by and if the door bell goes or of someone enters the house. "

To be honest I'd leave them you don't want to train your dog not to bark when strangers are around your home

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"They bark when out on the secure balcony at passers by and if the door bell goes or of someone enters the house.

To be honest I'd leave them you don't want to train your dog not to bark when strangers are around your home "

That depends. You don't want your dog thinking every stranger to your house is a potential threat. But you want them to follow your lead. Dogs read emotions, thoughts and feelings much better than they can understand language, so can tell by how you behave around people as to whether the stranger is ok or not.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"Please don't use adverse methods. And don't start shouting at him, he will think you are joining in.

Positive training all the way. Ignore the bad praise good. Wait until he stops barking, after a few seconds praise and treat. Repeat, be consistent. Start using Shhh.

My GSD is a barker, birds, the telly, even the gsd he see's in the mirror. This method has worked with him. He barks, I say shhh he stops.

Iv started using shhh "

Great!

What dog do you have? Be aware that if he is a guard breed then barking will be a trait, you don't want to curb natural behaviour but control it.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"They bark when out on the secure balcony at passers by and if the door bell goes or of someone enters the house.

To be honest I'd leave them you don't want to train your dog not to bark when strangers are around your home

That depends. You don't want your dog thinking every stranger to your house is a potential threat. But you want them to follow your lead. Dogs read emotions, thoughts and feelings much better than they can understand language, so can tell by how you behave around people as to whether the stranger is ok or not."

My dogs as thick as shit if anyone attacked me he'd expect me to protect him

He's a noisy sod though, if anyone comes down my path he goes mental, up the door banging and barking, up the window, he jumps up the door barking makes a right racket, most people get half way down the path and turn back, funny thing is if anyone was daft enough to come into my house, even if they had never been before I lay my life in the line he wouldn't harm them if they robbed me he'd hold the door open for them in the way out but people don't know that and I don't tell them he's harmless as he's no protection at all so I don't want folks knowing he's a noisy softy, so I've always just left him to get on with his racket

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By (user no longer on site) OP     over a year ago


"Please don't use adverse methods. And don't start shouting at him, he will think you are joining in.

Positive training all the way. Ignore the bad praise good. Wait until he stops barking, after a few seconds praise and treat. Repeat, be consistent. Start using Shhh.

My GSD is a barker, birds, the telly, even the gsd he see's in the mirror. This method has worked with him. He barks, I say shhh he stops.

Iv started using shhh

Great!

What dog do you have? Be aware that if he is a guard breed then barking will be a trait, you don't want to curb natural behaviour but control it. "

One is jack x chiuawaha the other is

Pure chiuawaha.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"They bark when out on the secure balcony at passers by and if the door bell goes or of someone enters the house.

To be honest I'd leave them you don't want to train your dog not to bark when strangers are around your home

That depends. You don't want your dog thinking every stranger to your house is a potential threat. But you want them to follow your lead. Dogs read emotions, thoughts and feelings much better than they can understand language, so can tell by how you behave around people as to whether the stranger is ok or not.

My dogs as thick as shit if anyone attacked me he'd expect me to protect him

He's a noisy sod though, if anyone comes down my path he goes mental, up the door banging and barking, up the window, he jumps up the door barking makes a right racket, most people get half way down the path and turn back, funny thing is if anyone was daft enough to come into my house, even if they had never been before I lay my life in the line he wouldn't harm them if they robbed me he'd hold the door open for them in the way out but people don't know that and I don't tell them he's harmless as he's no protection at all so I don't want folks knowing he's a noisy softy, so I've always just left him to get on with his racket "

Haha fair enough my dog yaps and cries when the door goes. He can't wait to see who is there, just gets excited...

My last GSD used to sit silently and wait for the door to open. When it did he would sit inbetween me and whoever was on the step. Was told more than once that that was freakier than a dog who barked his tits off large gsd is enough of a deterrent with out him barking x

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"Please don't use adverse methods. And don't start shouting at him, he will think you are joining in.

Positive training all the way. Ignore the bad praise good. Wait until he stops barking, after a few seconds praise and treat. Repeat, be consistent. Start using Shhh.

My GSD is a barker, birds, the telly, even the gsd he see's in the mirror. This method has worked with him. He barks, I say shhh he stops.

Iv started using shhh

Great!

What dog do you have? Be aware that if he is a guard breed then barking will be a trait, you don't want to curb natural behaviour but control it.

One is jack x chiuawaha the other is

Pure chiuawaha."

Aw nice. My friend has a chihuahua. Same age as my 'puppy' but they are like little and large lol. I have a 7 month old German Shepherd, he's a good 40kg already, my vet said he should grow to 50 kg easy. Hence all the training etc. He needs to be the best he can, people can have such negative views of GSD's, I want mine to be the perfect gentleman. We are getting there lol

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By (user no longer on site) OP     over a year ago


"Please don't use adverse methods. And don't start shouting at him, he will think you are joining in.

Positive training all the way. Ignore the bad praise good. Wait until he stops barking, after a few seconds praise and treat. Repeat, be consistent. Start using Shhh.

My GSD is a barker, birds, the telly, even the gsd he see's in the mirror. This method has worked with him. He barks, I say shhh he stops.

Iv started using shhh

Great!

What dog do you have? Be aware that if he is a guard breed then barking will be a trait, you don't want to curb natural behaviour but control it.

One is jack x chiuawaha the other is

Pure chiuawaha.

Aw nice. My friend has a chihuahua. Same age as my 'puppy' but they are like little and large lol. I have a 7 month old German Shepherd, he's a good 40kg already, my vet said he should grow to 50 kg easy. Hence all the training etc. He needs to be the best he can, people can have such negative views of GSD's, I want mine to be the perfect gentleman. We are getting there lol"

My mate had a GSD she was so lovely!!!

Mine won't get any bigger than 4kg... My girl (the jack x chi) is so placid around me. If people want to stroke her she will go up to them and then run off (this is in the garden) she loves other dogs and becomes very submissive around them my boy the chi is a mummy's boy he is the one that barks more. More shy too. They've not barked once yet this morning.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

I taught a dog to play the trumpet on the tube. Went from Barking to Tooting in an hour...

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Speak to a dog trainer...free advice may be free, but if you have paid for it you will get the correct advice for YOUR puppy...not "what I did was...."

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"They've not barked once yet this morning. "

That was quick, well done.

Sound like really intelligent dogs you have there, i'd be training them to do the housework next.

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