Barking Control Training

Unwanted barking can get a big problem for both dog lovers and their neighbors. This is the situation that around 25 percent of dog lovers have to deal with, and most of them can’t teach their dogs proper barking habits.





Dogs can bark for different reasons: they may be hungry, bored, stressed, lookfor attention, guard their territory from enemies, want to communicate a message, and so on. While this type of barking is natural, some dogs may bark having no good reason, and it is known as excessive barking.





To cope with dog’s nuisance barking, the first thing to dy is to try to understand the causes of barking, and getrid of them when possible. If your dog’s barking for a certain reason, you can very easy to deal with it – you just need to eliminate the cause. But if you cannot figure out the reasons, see other bark control advice.





The first one, and most obvious, is dog training. You see, in most cases barking is caused by stress, boredom, physical needs, protection or other "good" reasons, even if people fail to realize that. This is why this problem will on the contrary, get reinforced by punishing and shouting. Professional bark stopping training systems usually involve positive or negative stimulation that train the dog to restrain from their negative behavior.








Barking control training tips:





Say "no" if the canine sets off barking. Your dogdefinitely won’t understand it from the very beginning, but will realize soon what you mean by that.





In a few seconds, try to spray water into dog’s face if he didn’t seize barking (saying firm NO at the same time). You may add a bit of lemon oil in it (canines find citrus smell unpleasant) or use any other stimulus that your dog dislikes. This is important, as if your dog likes getting sprayed with water, he will associate unwanted barking with playing.





Give dog’s treat when he’s barking (or try to distract him in some other way).





Give a treat when the dog seizes barking.





Stop your dog’s barking every time when he begins.





Try to turn this barking behavior into a command (with a clicker or words) and later take control over your pet’s barking.





Please bear in mind that the main part in dog training is patience, discipline and firmness. You have to be confident in every training routine. Your dog has to realize that as soon as he starts barking a result is automatic. Besides, don’t expect immediate results, any behavior changing needs time, but if you obey those 3 principles, you will finally form positive bark behavior without influencing your dogmentally and physically.