How to stop dog barking

To understand how we can stop dogs from barking we first need to know why they bark in the first place.

The reason is that like people, dogs need to communicate and they do this through barking. Also just like humans, dogs have feelings and responses so it makes sense that if you can tune into these feelings and deal with them you can reduce or eliminate their need to communicate them by barking. This is not as hard as it may first seem because the feelings of dogs are not as complex as humans and with the right know how you can discover what they are barking for and deal with the problem so that they wont feel so compelled to bark all the time.

Barking is a natural method of communication and all dogs do it. The only problem is that they only have one word in their vocabulary. Therefore they have to use this one sound to express all of their feelings which can lead to the constant and exasperating barking that you are most probably experiencing if you are reading this blog.

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You need to work out what is making your dog bark. Is it next doors cat, the cars driving by, people walking past the gate or hunger?

So how do you stop this barking?

The key here is to create a new link between the event and response in the dogs mind. How you can do this is to create a similar situation to when your dog normally barks. For instance if he usually barks when someone walks past the gate set it up so that this happens. Have someone walk past the gate and when the dog runs off to bark grab him by the collar and firmly give the command "No!". You need to be careful not to yell though because this will only make the dog think that you are joining in on it's efforts to alert everyone of the intruder walking past the gate.

If the dog stops barking after say "No!" reward him but not immediately because this might be seen as rewarding him for barking. A way around this is to follow the "No!" command with another such as "Sit" and when he does this then you can reward him. This is how to stop dog barking.

So what if you have done all of this and the dog still barks after you given him the command? Well you need to take more physical action such as using your hands to close his mouth. Give the "No!" command whilst doing this but remember not to yell.

It is essential that as soon as the dog displays good behavior you reward him immediately with a praise or pat.

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Good Luck!