THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY DOGS BARK
Isolation
Being Confined (Behind a barrier, in his kennel)
While they’re playing
Barking at other animals
Need of Attention
Separation from Pack or Familiar Surroundings
To Alert others, (or you) of Danger
Simply for Fun
STOP DOG BARKING TIPS
Prevent inadvertently rewarding your dog for barking. This may happen in many ways.Comforting, treating or cuddling them to make them stop. This actually encourages this behavior an makes the dog assume that you are pleased by his/her actions.
Shouting at them, Since dogs will always be dogs, and do not understand English (or whatever language u speak)so they just might assume that you are joining in, even trying to play Dog training programs Houston.
Having them use barking to get their way, Some dogs bark when they are hungry, thirsty, wanting to be released from their cage or to be let inside.
De-sensitize your dogs from what triggers their barking
De-sensitizing basically means diverting their attention during the occurrence of the trigger, Eg. Doorbell, Phone rings, Vacuum. Review the scenarios below.
Barking at the Doorbell
Doing this requires artificially setting up the particular scenarios that causes barking.
Telephone Ringing
o Call your phone from your cell phone a couple times, you can either ignore it by doing nothing, continuing to repeat until your dog realizes its not a big deal and gives up.
o Also you can have some of his favorite treats handy, the second the phone rings you give him a treat, be sure to keep his attention on you. Do this until he associates the “telephone ring” with him getting a treat.
Doorbell Ringing
The same process would apply, the goal is to have your dog associate these sounds with an event with which you have control. Have your spouse our kids ring the doorbell on your mark, keep your dogs attention on you, by giving him a treat the second the sound occurs.
Barking for Attention
How to Train Your Dog to Stop Barking
Barking At Passers By
Barking at passers by is a very difficult problem to stop. The reason being, its not really a scenario you can easily set up artificially. Also your dog considers passers by or visitors (mailmen, Garbage men) to be threats, and is rewarded every time the “threat” is averted by them leaving. Therefore, the most effective way to deal with this behavior would be to have your dog properly obedience trained. This will make it simple for you to consistently communicate to him that this is unacceptable behavior.Otherwise another method would be to block his view of the street or the window, which would only be a temporary fix and much unwanted hassle. Lastly If the dog keeps barking at the same person, maybe a friend that comes over or the mailman, a solution could be to have a talk to them and have them give your dog one of his favorite treats so that the visits or passes by of these individuals would be more pleasing to him than a threat.
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STOP YOUR DOG FROM BARKING
Bark collars are another way to help stop unwanted barking. they are easy to use and require little owner intervention. once your dog begins barking, this action activates the collar. This deters the dogs barking remarkably well. this isn’t a form of training but, if you are looking a quick, simple and effortless method of solving this problem this would be a good idea. There are many dog bark collars out there, so it is important to choose the best dog bark collars one of which is listed here
CONVENIENCE DE VOCALIZATION
This method i recommend as ONLY a last resort in EXTREME cases of excessive barking where all else has failed. So only if you think you have run out of options ( which is extremely rare ) this method can be considered. Convenience devocalization (also known as debarking or bark softening ) is a surgical procedure, similar to a laryngectomy, is applied to permanently reduce the volume of your dogs vocalizations. If it comes to this (hopefully not) Discuss your options with your veterinarian.
The most Effective way to solve any behavioral problem in your dog is proper obedience training. Once this is achieved and your dog understands what your commands mean, it will be easy to communicate your likes and dislikes to your him and improve your relationship with him.