My dog won't stop barking at cars, bikes..everything really. It's becoming a bit of a nuisance for us and our neighbours.
Can anyone recommend a good dog training manual, guide or offer some suggestions themselves.
Someone recommended this dog training course by Daniel Stevens;
http://www.trade-secrets.org/stopdogbark…
Has anyone used it and is it any good? I'm always a bit skeptical of all those great testimonials...even with the pictures.
Cheers.
Dog Training DVD, A Great Investment in Your Dog
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It sounds as if your dog is bored.
The citronella anti bark collars work for a short while until the dog figures out that when he barks he just moves his head away from the spray. As far as I know the electric shock ones are banned here in Australia.
Before you hand out all that precious money on training go to your local pet store and find him/her some toys to play with. There is something called a Kong where you put food inside of this toy and it takes them hours to get what's inside out.
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- As a positive reinforcment trainer I would highly recommend the book "dont shoot the dog" or "dont shoot the dolphin" by Karen Pryor. Its a great book and fabulous resource. In addition to this you may want to keep in mind...if you arn't training your dog your dog is training you! The key is being attentive to your dog, it is time consuming but it pays off. When you see a possible temptation arising i.e: car, cat, etc. etc. (if your dog knows basic commands) tell them to sit, have them give eye contact (if they don't know this it is simple.....show them the treat bring it towards your face and practice having them give eye contact and reinforce with a treat) and praise them for the eye contact. Basically keeping them focused on something more productive....remember dogs are ALWAYS thinking "whats in it for me". You may also want to try (although they are not the best) PetSmart or Petco your best bet is looking for a Positive Reinforcment trainer in your area try going to WWW.APDT.COM to search for a good trainer they are a fabulous resource for very good trainers. Well I hoped this helped feel free to contact me if you want more detailed training advice.
- bark collar, shock kind not the citronella as they learn to move their head to not get sprayed. The shock is not severe just enough to get their attention, make it go off and hold it, i've done it, it doenst hurt just startles you. Then once you have that on work on training, distractions so he doesnt pay attention to those things he barks at, then he wont need the bark collar.
- if it is a young dog he is just getting use to his area . try leaving a radio on to get him use to noise and when he is guite reward him , he should get over it guite soon ,
- I don't know but I do know that I ahve had no sleep becaus eof the neighbours dog. At 4am I considered shooting the dog, throwing a brick at it etc etc. Its nice to know that some people actually care about the bother that their dog can cause, so although I do not know, GOOD LUCK
- What we do is we give depressants, like cough/cold medicines. This will solve the barking momentarily and this might give you some time to recover from the barrage of your dog's barking.
Also, one suggestion is to put her out more often. This will lessen his/her annoyance/interest to Small things/ anything it sees.
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Woof ! Woof ! - Electric-shock collar. Each time it barks it gets a shock. It will figure out the best choice on itself.
- dont let it to be hangry
- electric no bark collar
- If the dog continues to bark, you can always take it to the vet and be de-barked.
- I used to show dogs. At a dog show there are anywhere from 500 to 1000 dogs, if you spend the night you will not hear one sound from them. If you pay good money to visit a campsite the only dog there will bark non stop all night until some irate person grabs him by the throat and tells him, one more sound mutt and it's all over for you. Then the owners will let him into their sleeping bags and he's so happy he shuts up. There is a moral to this.
There is a reason for the barking, find out what it is. You may have to take him away from whatever is causing the barking.
Introduce him slowly to speaking on command. You actually ask him to bark and treat him for it. If he barks out of turn you sternly say no, and he gets no treat. He learns there is a time for barking and a time not to. You may have to crate him for everyone's sanity until he learns though.
I have a dog who is afraid of the dark, he won't shut up unless he has company. Cats will do, he needs something live to keep him calm.
Find out why he barks. It sounds like he's bored. Play frisbee or ball with him. - This is a dominance issue that you need to resolve by becoming the "pack leader". Watch some episodes of Cesar Millan.
Angelmousesarah - I feel for you...I have the same problem - unfortunately, its my own Border Collie! She only barks at night - I swear, at the leaves moving! I solved it by a soft "muzzle". She's more embarrased than anything, and she doesn't make a peep the rest of the night! - I have a pom/spitz and he use to bark all of the time it made me crazy and I was talking to someone about the electric collars but did not like that they shock the dog so I was against using them. So I went out and bought a muzzle. You have to allow him to bark sometimes that is his job as a dog. But when you want to train him not to bark do it at certain times like he really does not need to bark at bikes riding by so when a bike rides by tell him not to bark and when he still does it put the muzzle on him and tell him no and make him wear it for about 5 mins and it will not take long for him to stop. I know mine hated the muzzle and he use to bark really bad when friends came into the house and when I walked to the store I have to leave him outside on leash while I am in store and he would bark the whole time so once I started using the muzzle about a week later he stopped. Every now and then he starts again and I have to remind him of when he is not allowed to bark and put it on him for only about 2 mins or sometimes if he just sees it he remembers and stops. Good Luck in training him hope it works for you like it did for me.
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