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barking training
This has probably been addressed several times here - but I can't find any
of the posts besides one that I can't really follow. Someone in the neighborhood recently left us a note about one of our dogs barking and we originally passed it off as a new neighbor or someone having a bad day since they live across the street from the neighbors behind us and several houses up and none of our actual neighbors have ever complained. However after having talked to the person we found out they've noticed it for a while and tried to hold off complaining until they had a reasonable solution, and as we walked up the street that these people live on after a snowstorm sure enough dog #3 was barking away at absolutely nothing and clearly taking advantage of our not being home. We have 3 dogs, all of which bark, but only one barks loudly, continuously and mostly when we're gone - just sits on the back porch barking. The dogs have free run of the yard and house and we do rely on them to alert us to things that are actually going on in the yard or driveway (15 pounds of fury woke us up in time to scare off a guy stealing the tires off of one of our car). Does anyone have experience try ing to reduce the random or just for fun barking in a situation like this? I've seen an outdoor 'sonic corrector' that seems to make an irritating noise when they bark -- has this worked for anyone or does it just add an irritating noise to the commotion? We also looked the citronella collars, but we don't want the barker to be punished for other sounds or for the smaller dogs barking near her. So far I've only found citronella collars that are trigger by a microphone -- Has anyone had luck with these or found one that is triggered by a vibration like some of the shock collars? Does anyone know if the citronella stings their eyes or just annoys them with the strong smell? We're not interested in using a shock collar. thanks, anna |
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Montgomery Farr said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:
We have 3 dogs, all of which bark, but only one barks loudly, continuously and mostly when we're gone - just sits on the back porch barking. The dogs have free run of the yard and house and we do rely on them to alert us to things that are actually going on in the yard or driveway (15 pounds of fury woke us up in time to scare off a guy stealing the tires off of one of our car). Does anyone have experience try ing to reduce the random or just for fun barking in a situation like this? As you say, the barking may be fun, but often it's nervousness. After all, you've given the dogs a huge responsibility by asking them to protect the entire neighbourhood. You say that your dogs have free run of both the yard and house (I assume through a dog door). Does this include while you're away from home? Personally, I think that your best solution is denying them outside access while you're away. Have you consulted a trainer? Certainly, none of the solutions you've put forward below have a very good chance of working, since they involve the dog training itself. I've seen an outdoor 'sonic corrector' that seems to make an irritating noise when they bark -- has this worked for anyone or does it just add an irritating noise to the commotion? We also looked the citronella collars, but we don't want the barker to be punished for other sounds or for the smaller dogs barking near her. So far I've only found citronella collars that are trigger by a microphone -- Has anyone had luck with these or found one that is triggered by a vibration like some of the shock collars? Does anyone know if the citronella stings their eyes or just annoys them with the strong smell? We're not interested in using a shock collar. Amazing. You don't want to use a "shock" collar, yet are interested in more information on a device which may *sting* their eyes or *annoy* them with a strong smell. To tell you the truth, both types of collars are inappropriate in this situation. Keep your dogs inside while you're not at home. They, and your neighbours, will be happier. Meanwhile, expand your dogs' territory gradually so that they're comfortable with the responsibilites you give them. -- --Matt. Rocky's a Dog. |
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Montgomery Farr said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:
We have 3 dogs, all of which bark, but only one barks loudly, continuously and mostly when we're gone - just sits on the back porch barking. The dogs have free run of the yard and house and we do rely on them to alert us to things that are actually going on in the yard or driveway (15 pounds of fury woke us up in time to scare off a guy stealing the tires off of one of our car). Does anyone have experience try ing to reduce the random or just for fun barking in a situation like this? As you say, the barking may be fun, but often it's nervousness. After all, you've given the dogs a huge responsibility by asking them to protect the entire neighbourhood. You say that your dogs have free run of both the yard and house (I assume through a dog door). Does this include while you're away from home? Personally, I think that your best solution is denying them outside access while you're away. Have you consulted a trainer? Certainly, none of the solutions you've put forward below have a very good chance of working, since they involve the dog training itself. I've seen an outdoor 'sonic corrector' that seems to make an irritating noise when they bark -- has this worked for anyone or does it just add an irritating noise to the commotion? We also looked the citronella collars, but we don't want the barker to be punished for other sounds or for the smaller dogs barking near her. So far I've only found citronella collars that are trigger by a microphone -- Has anyone had luck with these or found one that is triggered by a vibration like some of the shock collars? Does anyone know if the citronella stings their eyes or just annoys them with the strong smell? We're not interested in using a shock collar. Amazing. You don't want to use a "shock" collar, yet are interested in more information on a device which may *sting* their eyes or *annoy* them with a strong smell. To tell you the truth, both types of collars are inappropriate in this situation. Keep your dogs inside while you're not at home. They, and your neighbours, will be happier. Meanwhile, expand your dogs' territory gradually so that they're comfortable with the responsibilites you give them. -- --Matt. Rocky's a Dog. |
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Montgomery Farr said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:
We have 3 dogs, all of which bark, but only one barks loudly, continuously and mostly when we're gone - just sits on the back porch barking. The dogs have free run of the yard and house and we do rely on them to alert us to things that are actually going on in the yard or driveway (15 pounds of fury woke us up in time to scare off a guy stealing the tires off of one of our car). Does anyone have experience try ing to reduce the random or just for fun barking in a situation like this? As you say, the barking may be fun, but often it's nervousness. After all, you've given the dogs a huge responsibility by asking them to protect the entire neighbourhood. You say that your dogs have free run of both the yard and house (I assume through a dog door). Does this include while you're away from home? Personally, I think that your best solution is denying them outside access while you're away. Have you consulted a trainer? Certainly, none of the solutions you've put forward below have a very good chance of working, since they involve the dog training itself. I've seen an outdoor 'sonic corrector' that seems to make an irritating noise when they bark -- has this worked for anyone or does it just add an irritating noise to the commotion? We also looked the citronella collars, but we don't want the barker to be punished for other sounds or for the smaller dogs barking near her. So far I've only found citronella collars that are trigger by a microphone -- Has anyone had luck with these or found one that is triggered by a vibration like some of the shock collars? Does anyone know if the citronella stings their eyes or just annoys them with the strong smell? We're not interested in using a shock collar. Amazing. You don't want to use a "shock" collar, yet are interested in more information on a device which may *sting* their eyes or *annoy* them with a strong smell. To tell you the truth, both types of collars are inappropriate in this situation. Keep your dogs inside while you're not at home. They, and your neighbours, will be happier. Meanwhile, expand your dogs' territory gradually so that they're comfortable with the responsibilites you give them. -- --Matt. Rocky's a Dog. |
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We tried a sonic collar for this kind of barking, and it didn't seem to
bother Ciska enough to get her to stop barking. We finally moved to the shock collar, and following the directions (i.e. short durations) she stopped the unprompted barking by the third day. It has been two weeks, with no collar, and no barking for no reason. She's happy, tireless, and we love her. And now, so do the neighbors. "Rocky" wrote in message ... Montgomery Farr said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior: We have 3 dogs, all of which bark, but only one barks loudly, continuously and mostly when we're gone - just sits on the back porch barking. The dogs have free run of the yard and house and we do rely on them to alert us to things that are actually going on in the yard or driveway (15 pounds of fury woke us up in time to scare off a guy stealing the tires off of one of our car). Does anyone have experience try ing to reduce the random or just for fun barking in a situation like this? As you say, the barking may be fun, but often it's nervousness. After all, you've given the dogs a huge responsibility by asking them to protect the entire neighbourhood. You say that your dogs have free run of both the yard and house (I assume through a dog door). Does this include while you're away from home? Personally, I think that your best solution is denying them outside access while you're away. Have you consulted a trainer? Certainly, none of the solutions you've put forward below have a very good chance of working, since they involve the dog training itself. I've seen an outdoor 'sonic corrector' that seems to make an irritating noise when they bark -- has this worked for anyone or does it just add an irritating noise to the commotion? We also looked the citronella collars, but we don't want the barker to be punished for other sounds or for the smaller dogs barking near her. So far I've only found citronella collars that are trigger by a microphone -- Has anyone had luck with these or found one that is triggered by a vibration like some of the shock collars? Does anyone know if the citronella stings their eyes or just annoys them with the strong smell? We're not interested in using a shock collar. Amazing. You don't want to use a "shock" collar, yet are interested in more information on a device which may *sting* their eyes or *annoy* them with a strong smell. To tell you the truth, both types of collars are inappropriate in this situation. Keep your dogs inside while you're not at home. They, and your neighbours, will be happier. Meanwhile, expand your dogs' territory gradually so that they're comfortable with the responsibilites you give them. -- --Matt. Rocky's a Dog. |
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We tried a sonic collar for this kind of barking, and it didn't seem to
bother Ciska enough to get her to stop barking. We finally moved to the shock collar, and following the directions (i.e. short durations) she stopped the unprompted barking by the third day. It has been two weeks, with no collar, and no barking for no reason. She's happy, tireless, and we love her. And now, so do the neighbors. "Rocky" wrote in message ... Montgomery Farr said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior: We have 3 dogs, all of which bark, but only one barks loudly, continuously and mostly when we're gone - just sits on the back porch barking. The dogs have free run of the yard and house and we do rely on them to alert us to things that are actually going on in the yard or driveway (15 pounds of fury woke us up in time to scare off a guy stealing the tires off of one of our car). Does anyone have experience try ing to reduce the random or just for fun barking in a situation like this? As you say, the barking may be fun, but often it's nervousness. After all, you've given the dogs a huge responsibility by asking them to protect the entire neighbourhood. You say that your dogs have free run of both the yard and house (I assume through a dog door). Does this include while you're away from home? Personally, I think that your best solution is denying them outside access while you're away. Have you consulted a trainer? Certainly, none of the solutions you've put forward below have a very good chance of working, since they involve the dog training itself. I've seen an outdoor 'sonic corrector' that seems to make an irritating noise when they bark -- has this worked for anyone or does it just add an irritating noise to the commotion? We also looked the citronella collars, but we don't want the barker to be punished for other sounds or for the smaller dogs barking near her. So far I've only found citronella collars that are trigger by a microphone -- Has anyone had luck with these or found one that is triggered by a vibration like some of the shock collars? Does anyone know if the citronella stings their eyes or just annoys them with the strong smell? We're not interested in using a shock collar. Amazing. You don't want to use a "shock" collar, yet are interested in more information on a device which may *sting* their eyes or *annoy* them with a strong smell. To tell you the truth, both types of collars are inappropriate in this situation. Keep your dogs inside while you're not at home. They, and your neighbours, will be happier. Meanwhile, expand your dogs' territory gradually so that they're comfortable with the responsibilites you give them. -- --Matt. Rocky's a Dog. |
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We tried a sonic collar for this kind of barking, and it didn't seem to
bother Ciska enough to get her to stop barking. We finally moved to the shock collar, and following the directions (i.e. short durations) she stopped the unprompted barking by the third day. It has been two weeks, with no collar, and no barking for no reason. She's happy, tireless, and we love her. And now, so do the neighbors. "Rocky" wrote in message ... Montgomery Farr said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior: We have 3 dogs, all of which bark, but only one barks loudly, continuously and mostly when we're gone - just sits on the back porch barking. The dogs have free run of the yard and house and we do rely on them to alert us to things that are actually going on in the yard or driveway (15 pounds of fury woke us up in time to scare off a guy stealing the tires off of one of our car). Does anyone have experience try ing to reduce the random or just for fun barking in a situation like this? As you say, the barking may be fun, but often it's nervousness. After all, you've given the dogs a huge responsibility by asking them to protect the entire neighbourhood. You say that your dogs have free run of both the yard and house (I assume through a dog door). Does this include while you're away from home? Personally, I think that your best solution is denying them outside access while you're away. Have you consulted a trainer? Certainly, none of the solutions you've put forward below have a very good chance of working, since they involve the dog training itself. I've seen an outdoor 'sonic corrector' that seems to make an irritating noise when they bark -- has this worked for anyone or does it just add an irritating noise to the commotion? We also looked the citronella collars, but we don't want the barker to be punished for other sounds or for the smaller dogs barking near her. So far I've only found citronella collars that are trigger by a microphone -- Has anyone had luck with these or found one that is triggered by a vibration like some of the shock collars? Does anyone know if the citronella stings their eyes or just annoys them with the strong smell? We're not interested in using a shock collar. Amazing. You don't want to use a "shock" collar, yet are interested in more information on a device which may *sting* their eyes or *annoy* them with a strong smell. To tell you the truth, both types of collars are inappropriate in this situation. Keep your dogs inside while you're not at home. They, and your neighbours, will be happier. Meanwhile, expand your dogs' territory gradually so that they're comfortable with the responsibilites you give them. -- --Matt. Rocky's a Dog. |
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Keep in mind these people have several dogs, if one barks it will set off
the collar on the dog wearing it, even if the dog wearing it is not barking. If the dog cannot make the connection that his barking is what sets the collar off, it will be useless to stop his barking, create a frustration that could/should result in super serious behavior problems. -- Kristen and Kali CDX, CGC, TDIA, TT www.kristenandkali.com "Bulger" wrote in message ... We tried a sonic collar for this kind of barking, and it didn't seem to bother Ciska enough to get her to stop barking. We finally moved to the shock collar, and following the directions (i.e. short durations) she stopped the unprompted barking by the third day. It has been two weeks, with no collar, and no barking for no reason. She's happy, tireless, and we love her. And now, so do the neighbors. |
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Keep in mind these people have several dogs, if one barks it will set off
the collar on the dog wearing it, even if the dog wearing it is not barking. If the dog cannot make the connection that his barking is what sets the collar off, it will be useless to stop his barking, create a frustration that could/should result in super serious behavior problems. -- Kristen and Kali CDX, CGC, TDIA, TT www.kristenandkali.com "Bulger" wrote in message ... We tried a sonic collar for this kind of barking, and it didn't seem to bother Ciska enough to get her to stop barking. We finally moved to the shock collar, and following the directions (i.e. short durations) she stopped the unprompted barking by the third day. It has been two weeks, with no collar, and no barking for no reason. She's happy, tireless, and we love her. And now, so do the neighbors. |
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Keep in mind these people have several dogs, if one barks it will set off
the collar on the dog wearing it, even if the dog wearing it is not barking. If the dog cannot make the connection that his barking is what sets the collar off, it will be useless to stop his barking, create a frustration that could/should result in super serious behavior problems. -- Kristen and Kali CDX, CGC, TDIA, TT www.kristenandkali.com "Bulger" wrote in message ... We tried a sonic collar for this kind of barking, and it didn't seem to bother Ciska enough to get her to stop barking. We finally moved to the shock collar, and following the directions (i.e. short durations) she stopped the unprompted barking by the third day. It has been two weeks, with no collar, and no barking for no reason. She's happy, tireless, and we love her. And now, so do the neighbors. |
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