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Chris
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Did you see this post???
I just read this on another thread:
"The more comfortable Cooper gets in his new home, the more I think he feels he needs to protect his new home and know what's going on around us. Everytime I take him in the yard he runs the fence and barks constantly. A big problem is that on all three sides, if he stands and barks enough my neighbors will come out and greet him. I asked them not to do that for awhile until I can get his barking under control (or as we all know, as controlled as it will be.)
So yesterday I went online and read that a mama dog would put her mouth over her puppy's nose and give a low growl to get them to stop barking. Not a bite on the nose, but simply preventing the pup from opening his mouth again. The suggestion was that you take the dog by the underside of his collar, put your other hand over his snout (not applying any pressure) and growl the word "quiet" and follow up the the word spoken normally. Praise for silence even a few seconds in length. So, I tried it. My yard is large and Cooper likes the perimeter, so I have to go all over the yard, but I do it without running or making a big scene. I just walk up to him, take his snout in my hand and growl "quiet." Then I say Quiet and praise him profusely when he responds.
I'm in shock because it was obvious that he completely understood what I wanted on the first try. I'm not saying he no longer barks when I say quiet, but he knows what I want him to do. I've been following through with this technique since early yesterday. It is working!!! In the house, I don't even have to hold his snout. Outside I think he may not hear me because of the noise of the world, but as soon as I do it once, the barking is substantially diminished."
I just read this on another thread:
"The more comfortable Cooper gets in his new home, the more I think he feels he needs to protect his new home and know what's going on around us. Everytime I take him in the yard he runs the fence and barks constantly. A big problem is that on all three sides, if he stands and barks enough my neighbors will come out and greet him. I asked them not to do that for awhile until I can get his barking under control (or as we all know, as controlled as it will be.)
So yesterday I went online and read that a mama dog would put her mouth over her puppy's nose and give a low growl to get them to stop barking. Not a bite on the nose, but simply preventing the pup from opening his mouth again. The suggestion was that you take the dog by the underside of his collar, put your other hand over his snout (not applying any pressure) and growl the word "quiet" and follow up the the word spoken normally. Praise for silence even a few seconds in length. So, I tried it. My yard is large and Cooper likes the perimeter, so I have to go all over the yard, but I do it without running or making a big scene. I just walk up to him, take his snout in my hand and growl "quiet." Then I say Quiet and praise him profusely when he responds.
I'm in shock because it was obvious that he completely understood what I wanted on the first try. I'm not saying he no longer barks when I say quiet, but he knows what I want him to do. I've been following through with this technique since early yesterday. It is working!!! In the house, I don't even have to hold his snout. Outside I think he may not hear me because of the noise of the world, but as soon as I do it once, the barking is substantially diminished."
Emmasmom
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Good tip. With Noah, he used to go crazy with the squirrels and would bark. I just had to tell him to be quiet or stop and he would. I had to have the right tone in the voice or it wouldn't work - just like your kids, if the tone is right they know you mean business. A low voice like a growl works wonders.
Zoey is relatively quiet when she's in the backyard with us, however one of our neighbour has 4 small dogs- the Shi tzu / small terrier types. Most of the time, he leaves them in the backyard unattended, and we've never seem him walk them once.
When Zoey was a few weeks old and would go in the backyard to do her business, if she was too close from our neighbour's fence, the dogs (especially one of them), would bark incessantly at Zoey. It scared the hell out of her, and we'd have to bring her in the front lawn to get her to do her business.
However, now she's not scared of them anymore. Instead, she'll run up to the fence, dogs there or not, and will bark first. Of course, when the dogs are around it just sets them off and neither Zoey of these dogs will stop barking.
It makes me very upset because I know that Zoey was fine until these dogs traumatized her, and now I have to deal with it because my neighbour isn't responsible enough to exercise his dogs and train them properly. If he's around and his dogs bark too much, he's either smacking them or yelling at them. The dogs bark at anything too close to the fence, either pedestrians, me, or my dog.
When I try to get Zoey to stop barking, she will just run away from me and will find a way to run back to the fence and bark more. I can use recall but sometimes she's so focused on them that she won't listen at all.
These dogs make me angry to no end. The only solution seems to be that I need to get Zoey to stop barking and stay away from the fence so they don't get set off. We never go outside without supervising Zoey.
Any idea? Keep in mind that Zoey is extremely excitable, and if I try to approach her she will run away from me.
When Zoey was a few weeks old and would go in the backyard to do her business, if she was too close from our neighbour's fence, the dogs (especially one of them), would bark incessantly at Zoey. It scared the hell out of her, and we'd have to bring her in the front lawn to get her to do her business.
However, now she's not scared of them anymore. Instead, she'll run up to the fence, dogs there or not, and will bark first. Of course, when the dogs are around it just sets them off and neither Zoey of these dogs will stop barking.
It makes me very upset because I know that Zoey was fine until these dogs traumatized her, and now I have to deal with it because my neighbour isn't responsible enough to exercise his dogs and train them properly. If he's around and his dogs bark too much, he's either smacking them or yelling at them. The dogs bark at anything too close to the fence, either pedestrians, me, or my dog.
When I try to get Zoey to stop barking, she will just run away from me and will find a way to run back to the fence and bark more. I can use recall but sometimes she's so focused on them that she won't listen at all.
These dogs make me angry to no end. The only solution seems to be that I need to get Zoey to stop barking and stay away from the fence so they don't get set off. We never go outside without supervising Zoey.
Any idea? Keep in mind that Zoey is extremely excitable, and if I try to approach her she will run away from me.
KarenCurtis
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DON'T let him run away from you- put him on a leash, that way he can't, and you can make sure he comes to you- that is SO important. He has to come to you.
Karen
Caro
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I know how bad other dogs running the fence can get. The cattle dog that ended up attacking Tully used to run mine and my neighbour's fences. None of our dogs used to bark at the fence until then, but once they learnt there are scary things on the other side of the fence that was it. Mine were both young when this happened and it did shape their behaviour since.
Is there some way you can stop Zoey from getting to the fence? Running the fence line barking can become self satisfying so you should really prevent her. If you can't stop her getting to the fence put lots of obstacles along the fence so she can't run it in a straight line and bark.
While Zoey is still young I would leave a lead on her in the backyard. This will make it easier to grab her. I shortened an old lead to use in the backyard.
Is there some way you can stop Zoey from getting to the fence? Running the fence line barking can become self satisfying so you should really prevent her. If you can't stop her getting to the fence put lots of obstacles along the fence so she can't run it in a straight line and bark.
While Zoey is still young I would leave a lead on her in the backyard. This will make it easier to grab her. I shortened an old lead to use in the backyard.
Leash and leads don't do much. I always bring Zoey leashed to the backyard to do her business. If she smells that the dogs are in the backyard and I'm on the opposite side of the fence they are located at, she will bark to set them off. She'll then pull the leash and try to get there.
I've tried a firm no, even tried to snap her out of it, but I had 0 success with it. It pisses me off because I know that my neighbour won't do anything for his dogs, so I have to condition Zoey so she doesn't get intimidated by his dogs, and doesn't try to have the first/last word with them.
I've tried a firm no, even tried to snap her out of it, but I had 0 success with it. It pisses me off because I know that my neighbour won't do anything for his dogs, so I have to condition Zoey so she doesn't get intimidated by his dogs, and doesn't try to have the first/last word with them.
I'm trying something different with Zoey. When she barks at the neighbour dogs or any other dogs on walk, I stop, hold her snout and say a firm but gentle "shhh". So far she's done progress with it, she really doesn't like when I do that, but she doesn't go balistics as much any more. I'm encouraged. We'll see if it gets anywhere 