If you want to know how to stop dog barking it can be helpful to understand the different reasons why dogs bark. Controlling dog barking is easier if you understand your dog’s motive.
There’s barking and then there’s BARKING. If your dog barks when he sees a stranger or another animal he views as a threat, that’s pretty normal behavior. But if your dog barks incessantly inside and outside the house for no apparent reason, that’s not normal behavior. This is when your dog is just looking for attention and you have to step in and take action.
Before you learn how to stop dog barking, it's important to understand why your dog is barking.
Dogs bark for many reasons including:
Because
the Coton de Tulear is instinctively a guard dog, he is just naturally
doing his job when he barks to let you know someone or something is "out
of the ordinary". This is actually a good thing. I like that Luc
barks when someone's at the door or when a strange car pulls in the
driveway. These days I can give him a command "quiet" and he will stop
barking (mostly).
In the beginning before he was trained, he would continue to bark excessively to the point where he and I and the visitor would be so anxious. I couldn't even hold a conversation with my visitors over the barking and nothing seemed to calm him.
Unfortunately at first, in trying to calm and soothe Luc, I did the wrong thing altogether. When I talked soothingly and pet him he thought he was being rewarded for his protection and barking. So I had to switch tactics. I had to show Luc that I was in charge and that I didn't need his protection. And I had to stop reacting in any way when he barked for attention. This was so hard, but I tried not to comfort, yell, say NO, or anything that would give him the attention he was looking for.
So, how else did I change Luc's ways? How did I learn how to stop dog barking? See the tips below:
You can learn how to stop dog barking with just a little time and patience. Barking is a very common problem with many dogs, including the Coton. Learn tips on how to stop barking that our visitors recommend.
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