Train your Dog to Stop Barking
Posted by GuestP on Nov 5, 2008 in Dogs • No commentsWarning: touch() [function.touch]: Unable to create file /home/latentse/public_html/mypetkingdom.info/carp/autocache/93e2618a16b0e19fe8ef104e87286c4c because No such file or directory in /home/latentse/public_html/mypetkingdom.info/carp/carpinc.php on line 853
Warning: fopen(/home/latentse/public_html/mypetkingdom.info/carp/autocache/93e2618a16b0e19fe8ef104e87286c4c) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/latentse/public_html/mypetkingdom.info/carp/carpinc.php on line 854
Warning: touch() [function.touch]: Unable to create file /home/latentse/public_html/mypetkingdom.info/carp/autocache/93e2618a16b0e19fe8ef104e87286c4c because No such file or directory in /home/latentse/public_html/mypetkingdom.info/carp/carp.php on line 710
Warning: fopen(/home/latentse/public_html/mypetkingdom.info/carp/autocache/93e2618a16b0e19fe8ef104e87286c4c) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/latentse/public_html/mypetkingdom.info/carp/carpinc.php on line 786
Image via Wikipedia
Dog to Stop Barking
For some people it is an offence to have a barking dog around them, they think that dogs should be seen and not heard. This is slightly unfair given that the bark is a dog’s voice and like yourself it uses it to communicate. Do you understand the pysche behind training your Dog to Stop Barking?
Perhaps you enjoy your dog barking, this is probably the case, but if not you need to investigate some dog behavior training to stop the annoyance. In most cases your dog is just trying to talk to you, perhaps he is just happy about something, dog obedience training will help you to find this out for sure.
The problem is that the language barrier between barking dogs and humans is well nigh impenetrable. Therefore, you are forced to resort to the facts of the situation in which your dog is barking and try to understand from its body language just what it is trying to say.
Apart from that many people ask just why do dogs bark? This is a very difficult question as dogs appear to bark for many different reasons.
Naturally they will bark when they are happy about something such as greeting you on your return or perhaps they are happy about running around in the park.
Some dogs having barking bred into to them such as toy dogs or sporting breeds where they are trained to bark in order to notify their owners of the presence of a particular quarry being hunted. Other dogs like the guarding breeds are trained only to bark when a threat is perceived.
Some other possible explanations for your dog barking might be that it is in need of the toilet, feels lonely of just wants you to play.
Again the context of the situation will help you to decide the likely cause. But of course it is not fair for you to try to shut the dog up. She may be communicating for a very good reason, you just need to spend some effort in understanding her.
However, dogs are not stupid animals there are situations where they realise that they can use their bark to annoy or force their owner into a particular action. Bullying by barking is something you should never allow your dog to do.
For instance you dog may have decided that it is time to play and continues barking until you give in and drop what you are doing to amuse her. The problem here is that the dog then learns that all she has to do is to bark whenever she wants something and you will oblige.
This can get very wearing after a quite short period of time. The best approach would have been to show the dog that it cannot get its own way by giving it the cold shoulder.
Ignore it, do not even say anything just turn your back. After repeated actions your dog should eventually get the message.
Of course walks and chances to play are a big part of owning a dog and this is to be looked forward too, but when it is convenient for you not just your dog when it feels like it. This teaches your dog respect and hopefully makes for a quieter household with limited barking dog problems.
Consult a good book on dog obedience training like SitStayFetch to solve many of the problems you will encounter when you are training your dog.
Train your dog to stop barking:
[CaRP] Failed to open file: /home/latentse/public_html/mypetkingdom.info/carp/autocache/93e2618a16b0e19fe8ef104e87286c4c
[CaRP] Can't open remote newsfeed.
