Zak and barking

My Abby goes wonky with other dogs barking on tv..heck, she watches tv..LOL
Clancy will bark at other dogs if he's in the house and can hear them outside...he doesn't care about if its on videos or tv.
I taught mine to bark on command...then taught them the "quiet" command. The theory is, if you teach them to bark on command, its easier to teach them to stop..they understand better what you want from them.
Mine still bark of course, but I can get them to stop pretty fast.
I agree, the calmer you are the faster they quiet down...
If they are barking crazy, then their human is moving fast and talking loud...they percieve that as you are all upset and 'barking' too..it feeds off each other. So the calmer you are, the quicker they will quiet down.
Now again my Abby..she is crazy!! Its like she just can't help herself sometimes ...If we want to watch something with animals or sports...she either has to be crated or we have her sit with us on the couch..otherwise she is barking and boinging in front of the tv...
So I believe their are exceptions with some dogs...they just cannot stop..so you have to come up with some solution to live together..

Julie
 
I can't stop my dogs from barking but I can stop them in a hurry. :smile2: I like michelle taught a quiet command. I also played tons of noise tapes when the dogs were puppies to get them use to different sounds. I have 2 dogs who weirded out over different sounds and didn't want another.
Some examples of noise CDS:
http://www.jjdog.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=2CATDogCDS

http://www.amazon.com/Authentic-Sound-Effects-Vol-3/dp/B000002H4N/ref=pd_krex_shvl_2

Just start the CDs on very low so you can barely hear them and play them during dinner time or when you are playing. Turn them up a little bit at a time, slowly. Pretty soon the dog shouldn't be reacting to sounds as much. This is also a good way to desensatize a sound sensitive dog. Key is start low and go slow.
 
Zoey barks a lot, but usually it's a protesting bark. I watch the dog whisperer a lot when I'm bored and there's a lot of dog barking in there. Zoey is so used to it that barking on the TV doesn't bother her, and she usually completely ignores the TV.

As far as the other dogs barking, Zoey will back off but never barks back. Hopefully that won't change because she can be quite "barky" sometimes. Zoey barks outside only when off leash, or when she's getting frustrated with the leash (happened twice so far, so it's pretty rare).

We've taught her to bark on command, and we're now teaching her to stay quiet. When she's excited though, she keeps barking regardless of what we tell her. Good luck with the barking!
 
SheltieChe said:
I am amazed at dog shows and performance events.... at recent IKC/ INTERNATIONAL KENNEL CLUB/ show there was probably 1500 different dogs in the building and you rarely hear any barking.... same was at Sheltie Show and even our pooch park mostly has very quiet days... sure there are couple of usually toy breeds that come once in a while, yapping....
do not worry about classes, get your pup to have good brisk walk before class so pup is tired and come few minuts before the class so major energy of meeting/ greeting is out of the way...

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Come to flyball, there is nothing but barking, once one starts they all join in its so much fun! At agility its usually the crazy border collies that can manage to bark and run and spin and qualify all at the same time.
 
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