AntiBarking

Indy barks at:

- the dog next door (hiding behind the big fence!)
- the garbage truck (thankfully only once per week)
- the vacuum cleaner (fortunately, I have a housekeeper, so she's the one who puts up with it!) :wink2:
- and annoying bark no. 1 - my blow dryer - every morning at 7 a.m.! I am NOT a morning person! I hate this one!

I've started doing a deep, growly, QUIET! And it's starting to have effect.

When Indy starts to bark, Bacca jumps up and circles around, wondering what he's missing! :rolleyes2:
 
Barking Barkley

I hate to be the hopeless one, but I've been down this road for more than two years now with Barkley, aptly named. He began the day he joined our family. His triggers are many: most annoying is the phone ringing, since it's impossible to train him when I'm answering or talking on it! Then there's the oven timer, the kettle (which does NOT whistle!), any pot with boiling water, cabinet doors shutting, the vacuum of course, food processor or any sign of my removing a cutting board from the cabinet, and on and on and ON.

I had high hopes for the coins in a can method. It worked intially and I have a can in every room where there's a phone. But the effect wore off, and now he barks AT the can! I've tried treating, reinforcing good behavior, sit-stay, you name it. He is very smart but a wild man when it comes to barking. Even more annoying, he will run and bark frantically at Pixie and Ivy with such impulsion that they cringe. I am at my wit's end. I could never resort to the collar--like most others, I think it's inhumane and I don't think it works. Good luck, Cherubhugs with your pup...and with the impending human arrival too! If you find a method that works, please let me know!!!
 
Ann said:
I hate to be the hopeless one, but I've been down this road for more than two years now with Barkley, aptly named. He began the day he joined our family. His triggers are many: most annoying is the phone ringing, since it's impossible to train him when I'm answering or talking on it! Then there's the oven timer, the kettle (which does NOT whistle!), any pot with boiling water, cabinet doors shutting, the vacuum of course, food processor or any sign of my removing a cutting board from the cabinet, and on and on and ON.

I had high hopes for the coins in a can method. It worked intially and I have a can in every room where there's a phone. But the effect wore off, and now he barks AT the can! I've tried treating, reinforcing good behavior, sit-stay, you name it. He is very smart but a wild man when it comes to barking. Even more annoying, he will run and bark frantically at Pixie and Ivy with such impulsion that they cringe. I am at my wit's end. I could never resort to the collar--like most others, I think it's inhumane and I don't think it works. Good luck, Cherubhugs with your pup...and with the impending human arrival too! If you find a method that works, please let me know!!!
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Find the episode of the Dog Whisperer where Cesar treats the sheltie. The sheltie in that episode barked at the phone, the toaster, and a myriad of other things.

He took the toaster out and chased the sheltie with it until it was stuck with hearing the noise over and over again, and eventually it became used to it. Then they put the dog on a lead (if i remember correctly) and made the dog just get the hang of it,and after a while, the barking stopped.

I'm sure there was more, but if you can find that episode, maybe you can find an answer?
 
I have a barker too...

Ross barks at the phone, when I am preparing dinner, cooking dinner, opening a drawer in the kitchen...pretty much any time I am in the kitchen. We have done obedience classes and hired Bark Busters....he still barks. So unless we can totally control him, he goes in his crate when I am making dinner. He is getting a bit better. We tried a citronella collar and his bark wouldn't set it off. He is very Alpha and wants to dominate every situation. So Bark Busters is helping with that as his isn't so dominate now. We have our 3rd session today and she is bringing her Berner with her to do some passbys as Ross really needs socialization skills.

I am also reading Brad Pattisons book which is helping with us becomming Alpha.

Leanne.
 
I must admit I never thought of chasing him with the phone. Seems I've tried everything else, including obedience which he is very good at. I'll see if I can find the episode online, thanks. There may be something to the Alpha thing too though. Barkley is very obedient with us, but definitely tries to be alpha with Pixie and Ivy. What's the name of the book by Brad Pattison, Leanne? Maybe I should look into that as well. It sounds as if Barkley and Ross are very similar in their patterns.
 
I am so glad my dogs aren't excessive barkers. They do bark outside when people walk by, at the trash truck, and the dogs next door on occasion, but it usually doesn't last long. They don't even bark when someone knocks on the door... but they always beat me there to greet whoever is there, lol. I wish I had some advise. I know a lot of people swear by the pennies (or rocks or whatever) in a can. Anything to startle them so they forget about barking for a second.
 
ryanelguiri said:
Find the episode of the Dog Whisperer where Cesar treats the sheltie. The sheltie in that episode barked at the phone, the toaster, and a myriad of other things.

He took the toaster out and chased the sheltie with it until it was stuck with hearing the noise over and over again, and eventually it became used to it. Then they put the dog on a lead (if i remember correctly) and made the dog just get the hang of it,and after a while, the barking stopped.

I'm sure there was more, but if you can find that episode, maybe you can find an answer?
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I saw this one. They ended up leaving the leash on the dog because the dog wouldn't bark with it on because he thought the owner was in charge with the leash on even though they were not holding it. I think that they eventually took it off and he was fine. I actually tried that with Marlie because she barks at the ceiling fan. It worked - not sure why but it did. Unfortunately, I can't leave a leash on her all day!!
 
Some dogs just need to bark because they enjoy it - just as we may enjoy singing or humming even if we are really bad at it.

Deska loves barking and is an appliance barker too. Something the vet psych advised me is to let him know when he can bark. That way you are not always stopping his natural inclination to do his happy bark - just showing him when the right and wrong times to do it are.

So for Deska I say "okay" when he is allowed to bark at something and "enough" when he must stop. When vacuuming or sweeping or raking etc he has to "wait" until I finish a bit and then I say "okay" so he can bark or attack it. With he vacuum he is now less scared of it and with the other appliances (and sweeping things) it means I can actually get something done.
 
*Caro said:
Some dogs just need to bark because they enjoy it - just as we may enjoy singing or humming even if we are really bad at it.

Deska loves barking and is an appliance barker too. Something the vet psych advised me is to let him know when he can bark. That way you are not always stopping his natural inclination to do his happy bark - just showing him when the right and wrong times to do it are.

So for Deska I say "okay" when he is allowed to bark at something and "enough" when he must stop. When vacuuming or sweeping or raking etc he has to "wait" until I finish a bit and then I say "okay" so he can bark or attack it. With he vacuum he is now less scared of it and with the other appliances (and sweeping things) it means I can actually get something done.
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That makes sense! I also let Indy bark when it's warranted. What I have not yet started to do is "manage" the barking. Further down in the thread there were great suggestions for that which I hope to start using soon.
 
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