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 the dog obeys your command you will give it a treat as a reward. If your dog does not obey your command then you will not give it a treat.
Why is your dog barking? This is the most important question you need to ask yourself. When you know why your dog is barking you can address the problem more effectively. Is your dog just bored? Do you have a lonely dog? Is it possible that your neighbors kids are teasing your dog when it is outside? Find out the reason and then address that reason.
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”. You should give your dog a behavior to go along with that command. 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. On the other hand this won’t work if your dog is bored and lonely.
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. A good idea is to let your dog bark a few times and then teach it how you want it to respond from there. 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. But now is the time to get started before your dogs barking becomes a real problem. So, put a few of these stop dog barking techniques to good use before things do get worse.
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