Barking when excited
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| Hi Kim,
Welcome. I'm sure someone will have better advice, but this is sort of what helped me with my dogs. You might try taking him to the car, when he barks, tell him "NO speak," or whatever you say. If he stops, put him in the car and continue. If he continues to bark, take him back to the house to settle down. Try again a little later. Repeat process. If he stops and starts again after getting in the car, just sit there, ignoring him. If it continues, get him out and go to the house. Repeat again.  
I know we usually give them praise when they obey, but in situations like this I feel its best to keep from doing anything to add to their excitement. After they get the idea, a little excitement is fun for all as long as they don't start going back to their old habits. When they're not sure they're going until the last minute seems to help some. Just takes a lot of patience and work.  Good luck. |
I am reading a book called The Dog Whisperer and they suggest waving your arms as if conducting an orchestra everytime they bark then using a quiet sign when they stop. They claim that, with some work, you will be able to teach them to bark and stop on command!  I am going to try this with GG...but I hope it's nothing like the crazy idea of getting mad at the garbage instead of the sheepie to keep him out of there!
Maybe we could try this together and then we could start a band! 
Colleen and Gucci George=>Lalalalala...just practicing Pogo! |
Any ideas are helpful as newbie Jack is a mouthful. He barks as I'm dishing up dog food......I literally have to continually say, " No bark, no bark, no bark..." I boinked his head with the enamel cup, that helped for 24 hours, I give him the "bad" sign and he falls to the floor, etc. He is just an enthusiastic boy. He knows when I touch my purse I'm leaving and he will get a cookie while he waits in his crate in the garage for me to open the fence........so he barks. It's that sheepie love of life that can get a bit noisey.........  |
| I've read that you should ignore them when they bark or make a non-verbal sound and walk away from them. Continuing to issue commands or responding to the noise just heightens the tension and keeps the dog wound up. If Chumley is overly excited about food or walk or whatever, I turn my back and walk away from her until she settles down and we try again. It is hard to do but she gets it very fast. |
| Ignorign them while barking is a very useful technique. Also, teaching them to bark will encourage to do so only when they are asked to, and that opens the door for the stop command. It's worked for us... to some extent. Sofa keeps on barking when she gets too exited with a ball, but besides that, she understands when she's told to to be quiet. |
| Geez, I remember the first time I brought Pepsi to the Vet all he did was bark continuously until we were seen.
Luckily we haven't had to go back yet... Knock on Wood!! Even after being debarked he is still loud... nowhere near what he was, but loud like a "normal" dog now. Pepsi had the loudest, deepest bark I had ever heard. He had to have been at least 20% louder than my German Shepherd. Now I'd say he's about 10% quieter than the GS...at least that's something 
Elissa |
| Jasper gets all bouncey and starts jumping up on everyone/everything & running across the room while doing it. I'd rather have him bark - lol |
| My Cody Barks when ever the little dog barks,(which we all know little dogs like to think they are the masters of the house)Or If ANYONE comes thru the front door..I have a new grandbaby that Cody has really scared by barking..When I pull up in the drive;Cody is right at the door trying to break it down to get to me...I love that,however he is tearing up my wall & door...But. I love him...He is also getting in the habit of jumping on me the minute I am in the door..Any suggestions..I love that he waits for me. He really loves me..(and I him)..Oh well, Gotta love um... |
| Barney has taken up barking lately. He mostly barks at meal times. He goes absolutely nuts. I'm afraid he's going to hurt himself with how crazy he gets. He'll be fine as I am mixing up his food, and then the second I put it on the ground he takes off, running from one door to the other in the kitchen, slipping on the tiles, crashing into the trash can. I get worried with his bad hips that he's going to hurt himself more easily than a normal dog. And he'll bark and bark. Ignoring him doesn't work in this situation. He's barking at the cats (who aren't even nearby) but he's barking at them anyways. The only thing that keeps him relatively quiet is to stand right there and tell him No Bark, or No, or Eat...but a million times per meal. Not a relaxing time... |
| Otis has the most piercing bark I have ever heard! He barks when he is being ignored or sometimes if he is hungry. When I tell him "quiet" he stops, drops and rolls (literally), but as soon as my attention is diverted he starts barking at me again. I am not sure what to do myself. He is my best buddy, but it can get really annoying, especially for guests, when my 85 pd dog keeps barking at us because they are taking away his mom's attention. My best solution has been to put his gate up between the family room and the kitchen. |
| My 2 get really excited when we go to dog club, as we turn the corner, and they know where they are going they start barking in the car, It is quite deafening. Everyone can hear us coming |
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