We have all heard in one time or another, the constant bark of a dog that drives all of your neighbors crazy. There are many reasons why a dog barks and there are many ways that you can deal with the dogs barking issues. But one thing that you have to know about when a dog is barking they are trying to either tell you something, or scare someone away, well I guess no matter how you look at it they are trying to tell you something.
First off, if you make the decision to go out and buy a puppy, then you must realize that this is a big resposibility that you are about to take on, you better be able to spend some quality time with your puppy. This is very true and cannot be stressed more, especially for those that are working a 9-5 and have to leave your dog home alone all day, well guess what, this is more than likely when your dog is going to be barking the most, especially if you are in the early stages of training your puppy.
If you are crate training your puppy, you are going to have to put them in the cage when you are leaving, then you will proceed to hear nothing but whining and barking, this is normal and the best thing that you can do is ignore it, until it is time for the puppy to come out of the crate, or until you return home.
Praising your dog for no reason is a bad method of dog training, I know that it sounds rough but this will lead to you spoiling your dog. Then you dog is going to do nothing but bark until the dog gets praised, because he knows that you as a owner, are going to give in and pet him. If you feed your dog table food, (don’t do this by the way), then you dog is going to expect it every time, and when your puppy doesn’t get what he wants, he is going to whine and bark.
Lots of the instances of a dogs barking can be slowed down and halted due to proper dog training in the first place. Keep you companion occupied, spend time with them and only reward them when they do something good, this is the means of good training. Remember the only way to efficiently train a dog, is to make sure that they know you are the leader, you are their master, once you establish that ground work, it get’s much easier.
For instance if your dog is just barking and barking, and all you do is yell at it to shut up, then the dog may be luring you into to hearing that, and will then continue to bark. I remember watching an episode of the Dog Whisperer where this lady had two mean dogs, and they would bark at anybody that got anywhere near them, non stop. Caesar Milan entered the room of the two barking dogs very calmly as the dogs released a barking hell on him.
All he did to get them to stop barking was calmly sit down and stair them down, then they eventually stopped. Now we are not all Caesar and I do not recommend doing this especially to a dog you don’t know that will not stop barking, but this really just goes to show that yelling isn’t going to be that much help when it comes to controlling your dogs barking.
You may have also seen dog barking collars that are out there for sale. I do not believe in these and I do not think that they are right, or should even be sold. There are many types of dog barking collars that are out there, and what they do is either spray something that will annoy your dog whenever they bark, or even shock your dog when they begin to bark. I think that this is just wrong, and remember, you do not want your dog to be silent. If someone is breaking into your home your dog is going to smell them from a mile away and let you know that someone is outside your home, or even in your home. So think about how far you really want to go when it comes to stopping your dog from barking.
