How to TEACH ANY DOG to STOP BARKING Humanely, Effectively, and Naturally!
in my last video you told me that you
needed help with unwanted barking for
those of you watching now does your dog
barking would you say that you pretty
much have it under control
consider sharing this because I’ll tell
you one of the main reasons people
relinquish their dog will find a new
home for their dog or give them up to a
pound or shelter is because they barns
understand that dogs bark for a huge
variety of reasons maybe they’re excited
and they want to play maybe they’re
nervous maybe they’re unsure maybe
they’re feeling protective or
territorial the first thing you can do
to make your job way easier is to make
sure your dog is getting the appropriate
exercise exercise is the perfect
prescription for barking that occurs out
of excitement boredom or frustration
remember if you have an extra energetic
dog you might need to play fetch with
them often or do something like long
hikes regularly with them our first task
is to give our dog’s attention off
whatever it is that’s making them bark
and on to us and we want them to do it
voluntarily the reason is we want them
to think when we bring about behavior
from the inside outwards it makes our
job easier now and in the future
dogs truly understand sincerity we’re
not just saying a word or a command at
our dog since all dogs were bred to work
with people we know that they have it in
them to learn from us one of the ways to
substantially increase the odds that
you’re able to break your dog’s
attention on whatever it is they’re
focused on is to have a very powerful
currency in your corner this is usually
food or play for most dogs a good bit of
actual turkey deli meat does the trick
think back to when you were a kid and
you were a bit too chatty in class maybe
you had a teacher that provided you with
some incentive to be less chatty by
giving you something like stickers or
putting your name on a chart for the
class to see this made you want to learn
the behavior that would get you good
things in other words you want to
communicate to them hey look I’ve got
this turkey here I know you want it and
I’ll give it to you but you’ve got to be
quiet for just a split second we don’t
ask for too much and we reward
generously when they’re quiet and see
what happens
yeah I know what some of you might be
thinking aren’t I’m rewarding them for
barking right now well if you continue
to do this yes you would be rewarding
them for parking however we want to
quickly raise the bar with them once we
feel that we’ve got their initial
attention remember we’re just trying to
break their concentration from whatever
it is they’re barking out with the
turkey we want to ask for a little bit
more most of your dogs already know how
to sit so ask for something like sit
once they’re looking at you or sitting
let them know that you love it now for
some dogs using food or toys won’t work
especially if they’re too far gone in
other words they’re very excited and
focused on whatever it is they’re
barking at for these dogs we have to do
something a little bit different we want
to go back to the last known place of
acceptable behavior that might mean
turning around if they’re barking at a
dog down the street it might mean
picking them up if we have to in order
to just calm them for a moment this is
what we had to do with Dante the
schnauzer he was a very excited Barker
and there was no way that you were gonna
get his attention he didn’t care about
the food and you care about toys let him
calm down and then start again reduce
the training bubble get closer
you know that’s usually how we fix that
when teaching any new behavior it’s
really important to acknowledge to our
dogs any amount of effort that they’re
showing us extreme barking is very
common with young dogs or unsocialized
dogs
it’s totally workable just be prepared
to teach them this is perhaps the most
critical point of the entire video the
best time to correct unwanted barking is
right before it occurs now if you’ve
spent any time with your dog you
probably know right before they’re about
to bark that moment wouldn’t perk up and
they say you know I’m thinking about
barking right now here’s a still shot of
my lovely dog Venus right before she’s
about to bark now every dog has their
own version of this that is the ideal
time to intervene encourage them to look
at you and reward them heavily for
complying look at Katherine and Jacob
the Chihuahua here now she knows that
Jacob is likely to bark so she is ready
to communicate to him no don’t do that
and yes I like that you’re being quiet
right now the best way to train your dog
is to give them your full undivided
attention when you’re teaching
what about when you’re walking down the
street and your dog starts barking of
something maybe it’s another dog maybe
it’s a cat down the street what do we do
in that situation
every once in a while Simba will get in
a mood where he says who are you what do
you want
but notice how melanie is able to
instantly get him back onto her the
moment the undesirable behavior takes
place that’s because they’ve spent a lot
of time together building communication
that’s what dog training is really about
Camryn is a very instinctive trainer
with her dog Charlie he’s a rescue dog
and you know at this point is training
he would still bark out at dogs a lot he
was unsocialized and very new he’s quite
a young dog as well what is so
impressive about this example as you can
see how frazzled charlie is as evidenced
by his pile erection that’s where the
hair stands up on the back of the dog’s
neck they can be particularly difficult
to reason with when they’re in the state
of mind which is why so many trainers
resort to using shock collars prawn
collars or choke chains to pull their
dog away however if your communication
is very strong with your dog you can get
them out of that state of mind by
reasoning with them communicating with
them
that’s what Cameron does so well here
communicating with you look at that do
you see oh she got him back there you
started the bar you would only do this
with a dog if you were extremely
comfortable with them and you knew them
very well that’s how you do it
beautiful working all of you have it in
you to do it just be patient take your
time enjoy the process so what do you do
if your dog barks when you’re not home
well there are no humane methods that I
know of that allow you to teach your dog
if you’re not present you should do
things like exercise them before you
leave the house that’s the main reason
barking occurs in the first place you
could also consider doing something like
doggy daycare if you don’t have the time
to work with them or have someone come
over to let them out or play a little
bit of fetch with them put them in a
part of the house where they’re less
likely to bark leave them alone for
shorter periods of time for example
these are all things that will help I
know a lot of you are thinking right now
well I want my dog to bark what if
someone’s trying to get in my house or
someone’s on my property I want to be
alerted to that and I think that’s fair
and acceptable you would do the same
thing but you would just let them bark a
couple of times before correcting it as
if to say to them okay thank you for
letting me know I’m cool with a couple
of barks oh okay that’s enough now
and reward them when they’re quiet so to
sum up the best way to correct
one in Barking a get their attention on
you
ideally correcting the behavior before
it occurs
be rewarding them heavily even during
brief moments of compliance and see lots
of time patience and consistency join me
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