How to Train Your Dog Not to Bark
Dogs bark as a natural form of communication, and to express their feelings. Often, dogs will bark when they are lonely or feeling anxious. This is why your dog will bark repeatedly at night time and while you are away from home. Unfortunately, this can be quite the nuisance for you and your neighbors. Barking is simply annoying, and you'll never get any sleep with your dog barking all night. Barking problems can affect everyone in the household, as well as visitors and neighbors. Excessive barking can also be the cause of some behavioral or emotional problems. You can train your dog not to bark.
- Difficulty:
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Instructions
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How to Train Your Dog Not to Bark
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Use a Voice Command:When your dog barks you need to say "No". Speak clearly, loud and short. Make eye contact with your dog when you say no and hold your hand out in front of you. This will help your dog understand that you are speaking to him and that you are saying he is doing something wrong.
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Use Reinforcements:When your dog understands and stops barking use your clicker and a treat. Have them with you at all times. Right after you use your voice command, and your dog stops barking, click twice and give your dog a treat. You should also give your dog some affection when he listens: pet him and talk nicely to him.
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Use Punishments:If your dog continues to bark even after you use the voice command, take him to a sort of time out spot. The basement could be a good place for this, because he will be alone and it won't be fun. When your dog does not stop barking, get his collar and leash out. Chain him in the basement and close the door behind you. Do not say anything while you are doing this. Just follow through with the punishment. It is important to be silent. Take him back upstairs and put his leash away after about 5 minutes.
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Be Consistent:Keep using the punishments and reinforcements no matter what. You need to show your dog that you are the master. Your dog will not believe you if you are not consistent and will think he is the master. Your dog will not enjoy being chained up, but will enjoy the sound of the clicker and the treats. Eventually, your dog will stop barking. Some dogs will take longer than others, so be patient.
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Tips & Warnings
Be Consistent
Stay Positive
Patience is a Virtue!
Do not hurt your dog.
If your dog doesn't respond to this training you may need to hire a dog trainer.
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Comments
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Anonymous
Jul 13, 2011
thanks because my dog likes to bark and when little girls that come to my house they start to pet him he acts nice then he snaps at them I want him to stop before he draws blood and gets put to sleep. -
spellchecker
Jan 29, 2011
I do not like dogs. Not since I was little and would feed my dog, Fido, mud pies. I would offer and he would take it and eat it. Then there was Penny, our little family dog, a pom. Both dogs lived to an older age, and were very good dogs. My mom had a kennel business when we were growing up and I learned to hate dogs then. With a passion. Bark, bark, bark some more. I grad high school went to business college and then started working...nights. I could not sleep during the day until the dogs all settled down in the kennel. They stink, they bark all the time and the older I get the less patience I have for them. Now, if it was someone else's dog, that's good. I don't mind them all that much. My g'daughter is 16 and has a chihauhua/pom mix, around 5 yrs old, and he is the cutest little dog, and the past couple months has been so very, very, annoying with the LOUD SHRILL bark of a wild...
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morethanthis
Jul 20, 2010
I disagree with your punishment suggestion. Putting a dog in "time-out" will only cause anxiety. Canines respond to positive reinforcement. I think you need to consult a professional canine trainer or behaviorist regarding your suggestion for punishment.
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pbiswanger
Jul 18, 2010
BarkOff is useless. I am sorry I bought it. (If it worked, I wouldn't be here on eHow!)
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egeefay
Mar 14, 2010
I'm not sure I agree with putting your dog in the basement when he barks. Can a dog associate barking with basement? The time between barking and basement could be minutes...too long for a dog to get the association. How about when the dog barks throw a cup of water in his face while he is barking. Then everytime he barks he gets water in the face. Pretty soon he will equate barking with water in the face
