Excessive Barking
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Introduction - A Dog's Diary
Free Dog Training Tips From The Discussion Forum - Excessive Barking
Feature - Dog Survives Toto Impression During Tornado
New Video Posted By Adam - Tips on Brushing Your Dog.
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Free Dog Training Tips From The Discussion Forum :
Mholder Writes:
I have a small dog that will bark if another dog is passing by the
house or the mailman comes. He barks a couple times and runs back
into the living room all proud of himself so I can't get to him to
correct him while he is doing it.
As summer approaches we leave our front door open with the security
screen locked, so now he has started barking out the front door while
we are sleeping. He doesn't bark for a long time and usually only
once or twice a night, but I want to correct it before it gets out
of hand.
Most of the time he is asleep in his own bed but apparently he gets
up during the night and "makes his rounds". I keep his training collar
on when I am home and awake. Should I leave the collar on all night
and take it off in the morning when I leave for work? I would hate
for him to get caught on something during the night while I'm
sleeping, especially since he is a small dog and the 1 foot tab drags
on the floor.
DogProblems.com Dog Training Advisor Responds:
Thank you for posing your question in our Dog Training forum.
No you should never leave a training collar of any type on an
unsupervised dog. But, you could either crate him or tether him on a
short tether so that he can only sit, stand, lie down and turn around
on his bed but can't run off barking but has to stay on his bed for
the night.
Another Forum Member With a Puppy Barking Problem.
Gordana Writes:
Our puppy has practiced excessive barking from the first day we got
her. However, she does this only when confined. We got her Oct 15th,
making her 8.5 weeks old.
We have been doing the following: telling her no! and patiently
waiting and not taking her out until she is quiet. We have had to
step it up a bit. If, when we tell her no! she does not listen we
will also give her a firm shake. She does respond better to the
physical type of correction, but her improvement is very short term.
What else can we try? We are starting week 4 with her and we want to
prevent her from making this a permanent habit (if it hasn't already)!
Another Dog Owner Shares Their Experience.
Our puppies are about the same age. He is 10 weeks old and we have
had him (Frost) for two weeks.
The first time we put Frost in the crate he wasn't impressed. If he
decides to act up while in the crate I will not say a word...
instead I will use a cape that I wear and place it over his cage.
That way the room darkens for him and he has a scent off of the cape
to console him.
Now when he goes in his cage I tell him it is bed time, he curls up
on his pillow before I even get the door closed for the night. We
are working at being able to tell Frost that it is bedtime and have
him go into his crate without the door.
Frost is a Siberian Husky. At 10 weeks he can already stand on his
hind legs and look at the counter.
Considering how big he is going to be in a few months we felt that
it was best to train him right away. We use as much positive
re-inforcement as possible. He has to sit and be quite before he
gets any food or water. When we go outside he has to sit before his
leash goes on, he also has to sit quietly when we come in before I
will take the leash off.
I talk to Frost quite a bit through out the day... so instead of
yelling, yanking or anything like that when he is being a brat, I
will not say a word. Instead he is given the signal for sit, then I
sit down in front of him about a minute. If he moves or tries to
leave we have to sit a little longer. During this time I will not
pet him or talk to him, just stare. It takes a bit of time to work
up to the point where it only takes a minute to get your point
across, but it does work.
If Frost pushes his luck to the point of trying my patience, I will
gently place my hand over the back of his neck, quickly rock him left,
then right while making a short, deep growl that a mother dog would
make. Then I take my hand away without petting him, stare at him for
about 5 seconds, then walk away. I won't pay him any attention until
he walks over to where I am and sits down beside me. Then I will pet
him once and we go on with our day.
I hope this helps.
Liseehw
P.S. The reason that I use the reverse psychology is because I am
used to training standard size donkeys. Yep, donkeys. And... I am
only 5 feet tall and not that big, so I have been using the brains
over braun approach. Plus, Frost will be taller then me (on his hind
legs) in about six months.
Gordana Replies:
I still need help with the barking!! Please read on...Thanks for
your reply.... I need to hear that it did get better for you. We are
on week 4 with her at our home and she is quite loud yet. In addition
to her barking in her crate there are other incidents in which she is
overly vocal. We have a baby gate leading upstairs and she will bark,
yelp and howl when any family member goes upstairs.
Today she was in the midst of eating her supper (and very focused on
eating) when I went upstairs to sort laundry (hoping she would continue
eating) but no, she immediately quit and ran over and remained at the
stairs barking the entire time.
She has climbed the gate to follow -- which is a no-no. If we tell
her to sit and stay any time we go upstairs and she will sit and stay
(for the most part) but she does bark frantically. From day 1 in
addition to the barking she would shake and tremble As of this week
she no longer trembles in her kennel. But I would really ike to know
how to stop that barking! She is well aware of what the word no!
means. She can sit and stay prior to feedings, walks, etc. She has
proven easy to train in all other aspects even house training. But
we simply can not break that bad barking habit.
Suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
DogProblems.com Dog Training Advisor Responds:
Thank you for posing your question in our Dog Training forum.
You might not be displaying the body language to her that you mean
business. One of the things I did to stop the barking was first Pick
a command better suited like, "Quiet".
When you leave a room and she starts to bark, come back into the
room imedately (by this time I am usually walking very heavily so my
feet stomp a bit) get a "growly tone to your voice" and growel at her
"QUIET"( usually I also have a "angry face").
If she is in her kennel do not open it, but instead bang on the top
of the kennel with your flat handeven if she is in a wire crate the
effect should be the same (not enough to create an earth quake for
the dog inside) but enough that the banging should startle her into
being quiet.
The second she is "startled quiet" then open the crate door and slip
her a treat while praising the quiet, give a quick pet to her, then
close the door again and leave again. It may not stop with the first
or second time you try this but keep trying and be consistant.
(as I said I went through 12 weeks of flying back into the room like
a mad woman growling at my pup "QUIET").
Another thing is when you do leave a room and she is seperated from
you automatically think she is going to bark and hide closer out of
sight "in waiting" to hear the barking so you can get to her quicker
for a "startling" correction. It will get better you just have to
show her that you mean business.
Gordan Replies:
Great advice--you've given me some good ideas I can incorporate into
what I'm already doing. I have been making "umpteen" trips back and
forth and banging on her crate, being angry,etc. It helps me
tremendously that you mention it took your pup 12 weeks but at least
you had had SUCCESS :)
Thank you so much for sharing this with me! You have given me the
strength to go on knowing that it will end. Today I went home
at lunch and not only was she barking but thrashing in her kennel too.
I eventually got her to stop by banging on her kennel and scolding
her. I will definitely start using the word quiet! and practice a
few "startling" corrections. The sooner she gives up this
annoying behaviour the better!!
DogProblems.com Dog Training Advisor Responds:
All puppies try this. And quite correct if you do not get it under
control it could turn into something worse.
My GSD's only too 1 or 2 times and they caught on quick, but as I
said my boxer as a pup took much longer I never thought he would get
it through his head. Also remember when they are quiet (in the begining)
even for 1 or 2 seconds release the puppy loose and praise!
Stop and listen outside the door also when you are leaving the house
to work or run errands (I always had to allow for at least an extra
10 to 15 minutes to hide and listen and correct if needed)
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Instead, residents found him more than a block away in the woods,
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"It's a miracle," Holmes said. "It's a blessing from God."
CBS 2's Dana Kozlov contributed to this report
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