How To Stop Your Dog Barking
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How to stop your dog barking, or to avoid problem barking starting in the first place, especially if you have just acquired your new puppy, is easiest dealt with by NOT allow barking to get to be a bad habit right from the off. How to stop your dog barking if your dog is a little older, and more set in its ways, will take a little more time and patience, but it can still be achieved relatively easily and painlessly - for all parties concerned.
Changing dog behaviour is something you can begin as soon as your new puppy or dog joins your household. You need to start teaching it what will and will not be allowed. Use a command such as "quiet", "no bark" or "enough" and reinforce your dog with praise as soon as it quiets down. Use a firm calm voice as yelling can, and probably will, make the situation worse. Show your dog that you really happy with him when he is quiet.
Changing dog behaviour is something you can begin as soon as your new puppy or dog joins your household. You need to start teaching it what will and will not be allowed. Use a command such as "quiet", "no bark" or "enough" and reinforce your dog with praise as soon as it quiets down. Use a firm calm voice as yelling can, and probably will, make the situation worse. Show your dog that you really happy with him when he is quiet.
Things You Can Do to Help Stop Your Dog Barking
But be consistent
A few things you can do to help stop your dog barking include:
a) Train your dog from day one just what will and will not be allowed. Remember, some dog breeds are more prone to barking, but any dog can be a nuisance barker and can be trained to stop barking at inappropriate times.
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b) Teach a command that lets the dog know you want him to be quiet like "no bark", "quiet" or "enough" but remember, as said before, do this in a calm but firm voice - no shouting!
c) Unless you have bought your dog specifically for the purpose of keeping guard outside your property, keep your dog inside when you are not home. Dogs which normally live inside the home but are left outside all day when no-one is at home, are more prone to nuisance barking.
d) Give your dog plenty of exercise. A well-exercised dog is usually a happy dog and less prone to barking because of excess energy or boredom.
e) Do not ignore your dog's barking - try to find out the cause of it and use appropriate ways to deal with it.
a) Train your dog from day one just what will and will not be allowed. Remember, some dog breeds are more prone to barking, but any dog can be a nuisance barker and can be trained to stop barking at inappropriate times.
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b) Teach a command that lets the dog know you want him to be quiet like "no bark", "quiet" or "enough" but remember, as said before, do this in a calm but firm voice - no shouting!
c) Unless you have bought your dog specifically for the purpose of keeping guard outside your property, keep your dog inside when you are not home. Dogs which normally live inside the home but are left outside all day when no-one is at home, are more prone to nuisance barking.
d) Give your dog plenty of exercise. A well-exercised dog is usually a happy dog and less prone to barking because of excess energy or boredom.
e) Do not ignore your dog's barking - try to find out the cause of it and use appropriate ways to deal with it.
Reasons Why Your Dog Might Be Barking
Try and find out what causes your dog to bark
All dogs will bark for a reason. It doesn't matter how insignificant or trivial the reason may seem to you, if your dog's barking is causing problems, you do need to try and find the cause of it. Whatever the reason, you must understand that to your dog, it is very real.Your dog could be barking for any of the following reasons:
- Boredom
- Fear
- Anger
- Frustration
- hunger or thirst
Once you understand the reasons for your dog's barking, you are far more able to deal with it appropriately.
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Great tips and ideas to improve you and your dog's relationship
Dogs learn, just as children (and adults) do, from things that happen in their lives as they are growing and developing. I doubt there are many people who haven't picked up the occasional bad habit along the way - dogs aren't any different and sometimes need a bit of guidance as to how to break a bad habit. Helping a dog to stop barking unnecessarily or at inappropriate times will help improve yours and your familys relationship with your dog.
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