How to Get Dogs to Stop Barking With Sounds : Pet Behavior
hi this is dr. Steve Weinberg your 9-1-1
vet and today we’re here to talk about
how to get dogs to stop barking using
sounds excessive barking and dogs can be
a big problem for your neighbors your
household and your daily life so it’s
good to figure out a way to try to
minimize this problem utilizing certain
strategies barking is a normal form of
communication and dogs excessive barking
can signal a problem for the dog and
yourself in fact you may even be
prosecuted by the authorities if there’s
too much barking going on the causes of
barking are many and the most common
causes are attention getting from fear
from hurting behavior or even a mental
problem like dementia so it’s important
to consult with your vet to let find out
if maybe there’s a medical or organic
issue going on here it’s important to
remove the stimulus something like the
dog sitting by the window and sees
predators outside or other dogs or
wildlife may cause them to do excessive
barking and it’s important also to not
reward the dog for barking a very common
problem that people will do is they will
try to calm the dog down using treats or
praise or make noises none of that
really works because it makes the dog
want to do it more it makes them want to
bark and continue that behavior so it’s
important to reinforce with quiet
behavior using treats maybe when they’re
quiet and praise as well using sounds
can be tricky some people have used the
shake cans or air horns when they’re
making noise to try to stop the behavior
the problem with that is you have to be
there for that to work and it may
actually not work at all because when
you’re gone they’re going to continue to
bark some people try to use ultrasonic
trainers that will allow the dog to hear
a sound we can’t hear it may be noxious
to them and cause them to stop barking
but that doesn’t always work
it depends on the dog and the location
of the trainer it’s very important that
if it says if this is due to boredom
that we give much more playtime than the
dog has had already
so using avoidance and correct positive
and some negative reinforcement with
noise counter conditioning can help make
life more harmonious and enjoyable for
you in the dog
