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Ignoring is the best technique with crate training. Also make sure she has toys in there to keep her amused if she isn't tired. If you correct her it will encourage the barking at night as she will realise that barking gets her attention.
And i think that ignoring her until she calm is the best technique with her getting over excited when you get home too as this is obviously working with your dog. Correcting is a form of attention, which encourages bad behaviour, so looks like you're doing very well with training her!
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- It's best to ingore her for both. If you give her attention, she'll just learn that if she repeats the behavior, she'll get more attention.
- Barking in the crate should be corrected, or re-directed. Try clicker training to compliment the crate training. In fact, do clicker training anyway - it's a wonderfully effective way to help your dog learn what you expect.
Over-excited behavior should either be redirected, or pointedly ignored - That's one of the things crate training is great for; if she's gone bonkers on you, send her to her crate to calm down a bit. - if by correcting her, you mean giving her a verbal correction, this will only serve to give her attention (which is reinforcing). ignore both. she will learn.
- FROM MY EXPERIENCE I WOULD IGNOR BECAUSE THE SLIGHTEST REACTION THEY GET OUT OF YOU IS ENJOYABLE TO THEM EVEN IF YOU ARE SCOLDING THEM. ITS TAKE A WHILE FOR DOG TO UNDERSTAND THAT BARKING LIKE THAT WILL NOT GET A REACTION. BE CONSISTANT AND HANG IN THERE
- Ignore her. The more you pay attention to bad behavior, the more it reinforces it. Our pup did that at first, but now he goes into his crate on his own.
Same thing with the losing control when overly excited. She wants your attention, good or bad, so ignoring her bad behavior teaches her that it won't get her what she wants. Just make sure to praise her for good behavior to reinforce the difference.
Good luck! - I have found that ignoring it is the best way to go. When my rottie was small, she would freak out when I came home. I would ignore her until she settled down. Negative attention is still attention, and reinforcing the behavior.
Just my 2 cents... - Ok bottom line need to reward for good behavior. So with that being said when you walk in the door do not great the dog walk by and when the dog relaxes and sits for you then you reward the dog for this good behavior. same goes for the crate when the dog clams down then let her out.
- Depends on the age and temperament of the dog.
I ignore excited behavior, but will reward a sit or down with a quiet "nice".
A young dog I simply ignore barking in the crate. However, with a b*tch in season in my house this past week I have a male Sam who thought it might be ok to sing the entire time... we did have a "discussion" about that.. which was slight scruff shaking and growled "SHUT THE F*CK UP!!". Its been 3 days and he hasn't tried it again. Of course, since I rarely am negative towards my dogs it makes a huge impression when I am.
Generally, I've found that excitable dogs respond better AFTER some rigorous exercise. So I pay no real attention to the dogs when I get home but just snap on a leash and start out the door for some exercise. - Dogs bark for a lot of reasons. Make sure you've been fair to your dog: she's gotten lots of exercise during the day, she's been out to pee, etc. Is her crate in your bedroom? that's where I think dogs need to sleep. If you've done all that, then her barking is something you should correct. I prefer to do this using a bark collar, but you can start with saying Ssssh or Quiet in a stern tone. Sometimes a rap on the top of the crate works.
When you come home and she goes crazy, wait at least five whole minutes. You should never let her out of her crate first thing. Wait until she calms herself down, and then let her out. (take the time to do this, make an approach to the crate. If she goes crazy, turn away or back up. When she calms down, try again. She'll learn that SHE can manipulate YOU by being calm. When she's calm, let her out, but teach her to sit as soon as she comes out of her crate, so that you don't get the craziness.
Good luck. - Depending on the dog, either can work for you. For the barking in the crate, I would try to make sure that the dog was happy ther (I crate train also). A good knuckle bone, or chew toy might help. Also keeping the dog close at night, so it doesn't feel isolated can help. Letting it sleep with a t-shirt you wore that day in the crate can also help. Then ignore away. Correction-wise, IF I choose to use this, I use a low gutteral tone "no" trying to simulate the sound the mother makes when nipping to correct a puppy. Just a short, deep "no". Not angry or yelling. Also tipping the crate a small bit, and setting it back down can stop them from being agitated in the crate at night (with the "no).
Avoid yelling and giving lots of negative attention, or you might fall into the trap that bad attention is better than no attention, and train your dog to bark so that you respond. Your response should be short and concise.
As for losing control...you mean emotionally, excited...not bladder? I would require the dog to be calm, then give attention and praise when I get home. No jumping, etc. They can be happy to see you, but not freaking out. If you mean bladder-wise, take her outside quickly, then demand the calm when returning home. Approach the crate calmly, and do not talk to her ("how's my little puppy, did you miss mommy/daddy?" is not a good idea) - any unwanted behavior should be ignored. When you get home dont greet the dog or act excited, calmly w/o a word to to the crate and let the dog out. we did this and it ended those accidents. Good luck
- It looks as well that your dog has not enough exercice or activity... if she is tired she'll be less excited and won't bark at night... the best is to ignore her... if she goes on doing it... just use once your voice... loud and strong.... you should have control over her.. when you tell something she listen... some dogs always want to have the last word... so it can be that you tell her no very loud and then she still does once or twice a small bark... At night it can be as well that she is still not feeling 100% secure at home, so you can just have a physical contact with her... don't exagerate, but just touch her.. don't talk to her... just have your hand on her pa or on the back... it helps the dog to relax, to know you are here.... if the dog sleeps in your room of course.. which is the best for a start. When you go home just ignore her.. you can just touch her once but then ignore, talk normal and not excited to her.
Good luck! - The barking in the crate is an ideal opportunity to get in some free training. So why would you want to pass it up. All that should be necessary is tapping on the top of the crate with your fingers along with a quiet command.
As a dogs training progresses you want the dog to learn that you don't pay any attention until it SITS. So first work on the sit command, depending on what you do with your dogs you may or may not want to teach an automatic sit. As the dog learns to sit then "chain" getting attention to the behavior of sitting.
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