My Dog Barks All The Time, What Can I Do?
My Dog Barks Continuously...Here's What To Do
Anthony Johnson
I have a four year-old male poodle. Whenever we sit
down to eat dinner, watch TV, or when company comes over, she
barks at us incessantly. She doesn't want to play with her toys,
and nothing can distract her from this barking.
We try to correct her in a deep tone, but she only
gets crazier, e.g., jumping up and biting our clothes. It seems that
she needs a motivational correction, such as her dog training
collar. As of now, we do not leave it on her, except for when she is
being walked.
Should she be wearing the collar when we are home and
she's in the house at all times? Can you please make any
suggestions to correct this behavior so when we want to relax or have
guests over, it will be pleasant?
She gets plenty of exercise and tons of attention. I'm not sure
what to do. Thanks in advance!!
-Kelly Aldridge
Dear Kelly:
Remember the discussion of the prong collar? I placed
an emphasis on how you will teach your dog to become
"collar-smart" if you only use the dog collar during walks?
Remember the part about consistency and how the dog
MUST receive a negative association with ANY unwanted behavior?
And how just saying, "NO!" without attaching an association to the
word will NOT produce any results?
Okay, here it is: Your dog must be wearing the collar
and the tab ANYTIME you are with her. If you were a dog rather
than a human, you wouldn't need the collar since you'd just go over
to your dog and give her a nip on the neck.
The solution is to tell her, "No!" when your dog barks at you, and
then give a firm tug on the leash. If she continues to bark,
then either your correction didn't have any motivation
to her OR she's testing to see whether you're going to correct
her for barking THIS TIME, just like you did LAST TIME. If
your correction IS motivational, then you'll only need to
do this two or three times before the problem stops forever.
Please let me know if I can be of further assistance.
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Johnson. Anthony is a graduate of the University of
California at Berkeley, where he received his Bachelor
of Arts degree while also studying canine behavior
under prominent Israeli dog trainer Alon Geva.
He has worked as a technical consultant and dog
handler for the Canine Communications video production
How to Keep Your Dog Out of the Dog House.
Anthony has also lived in St. Louis, Missouri, where
he worked with Tom Rose, an international Schutzhund
competitor and author of Training the Competitive
Working Dog and Dogs That Love and Protect. In
addition, he has trained dogs for the Dog House,
Inc., a kennel and training facility also in Missouri.
Anthony has done training for obedience, competition,
behavior modification, drug detection, tracking,
schutzhund, police work, agility, film, and personal
protection.
He is currently raising 2 Rottweilers "Hercules and
Zeena", while running the web site, Solving Dog
Problems.com, and providing other dog trainers with
information about how to make money in the fascinating
and lucrative field of dog training.
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