You just got a new dog. Your excited about it and have decided on a name. Now that you have it home you have to train it. One of the first problems most dog owners have is teaching their dog when it is okay to bark and when it is not okay to bark. This article will take a look at a few ways you can get this started quickly.
Positive reinforcement is the first thing you have to make your dog understand. When it doesn’t bark upon your request it will be rewarded with a treat. If your dog does not obey your command then you will not give it a treat.
Why is your dog barking? This is one of the first questions you must ask yourself. If you know why your dog is barking you can train it much more easily. Is your dog just bored? Is your dog lonely? Are your neighbors teasing it while he is outside? Find out the reason for your dogs barking and then address the cause of your dogs barking.
It’s important that you assign your dog a command for when you want it to stop barking. For example, you could say “No Bark”. Make sure that you assign your dog a certain behaviour to go along with the command, also. You may want your dog to sit or go lay down upon your command.
The third tip is to crate train your dog. The crate can be used to put your dog in if he doesn’t obey your command. This is a great way to handle things if your dog barks at people who come to the door.
One of the most important things you need to decide is how you want your dog to respond. Some people hate it when their dog barks at someone who rings the doorbell. But how bad really is that? Your dog is simply trying to warn you. You may want to allow your dog to bark three times and then respond a certain way. For example, have your dog bark three times and come get you to let you know someone is at the door.
The final tip is to give a stop barking collar a go if nothing is working on your dog. Not all shock collars are bad because you can control how much your dog gets shocked. Keep in mind that there are other types of collars you can use besides a shock collar.
Teaching your dog how to stop barking isn’t going to be easy. You should get started right now before your dogs barking gets even worse. So, put a few of these stop dog barking techniques to good use before things do get worse.
Posted under Dog Tips, Dogs General, dog training
This post was written by admin on January 2, 2009
