“No Bark”

[madisynwalkers]

Funny story, we realized that our dog H would bark when something caught him off guard outside (like a person approaching). Fair enough, makes sense. We started saying “no bark” when we’d see someone coming to 1. Make him aware of the approaching person and 2. Ask him not to bark. It works really well for him.

Well, then we got our second pup, M, who is a borderline reactive dog. M quickly learned that when we’re outside and say “no bark,” it means something to bark at is coming. Now whenever we say “no bark,” to keep H from barking at someone, it triggers M to start barking. We can be alone in the house and say “no bark” and he will stop what he’s doing to do a single ruff.

TL;DR: We accidentally taught our pup to bark on command by saying “no bark”

 

[trying_to_make_it]

@madisynwalkers We taught our pup "no bark" and now she just makes a lot of noises without opening her mouth because then in her mind she's not barking.

 

[idris07bon]

@trying_to_make_it mine do this. They know they cant bark when people come in the house but they're so excited, they huff under their breath instead.

 

[ace4]

@idris07bon Haha, my beagle self-soothes by grabbing something (usually a toy, but when someone he LOVES comes in he'll go for anything) but he still whines (very loudly) around whatever is in his mouth. So we end up with a beagle excitedly running circles absolutely screaming around a tennis ball in his mouth.

So much better than him baying at anything and everything though. Lemme tell ya, for a 25lb dog. He has got some PIPES.

 

[faetalesprincess]

@idris07bon This means they are still pretty excited, not necessarily bad. But if you want it to stop simply ask your guest to ignore the dogs, until they calm down. Then they can approach.

 

[idris07bon]

@faetalesprincess I do.

 

[isa4031]

@faetalesprincess My pup is only three months old and I’ve already had to tell two people they aren’t allowed around us anymore because they refuse to ignore her

 

[dusk777]

@isa4031 Well that makes sense because they shouldn't be allowed around anyways since there's a pandemic.

 

[isa4031]

@dusk777 Yes, these are people who were in our pod.

 

[dusk777]

@isa4031 Ah, I live in a place where our pod is constrained to our immediate household by health regulations, so thats a weird thought for me. Stay safe!

 

[faetalesprincess]

@dusk777 We don't even have pods here, it's just lockdowns one after the other, so in between I usually have a few close friends come over and sit in our yard..

 

[isa4031]

@faetalesprincess Which is WHY YOU KEEP HAVING LOCKDOWNS FFS

 

[faetalesprincess]

@isa4031 Hell no, it's cause government is stupid and obsessed with pushing self agenda's and motivated by greed... Lockdown does not work - social distancing and education does, wear your mask, try to avoid touch if possible, keep close to your inner circle and try to see they do so also. Not hard.

 

[risenart]

@trying_to_make_it That reminds me of this dog, except the exact opposite:

 

[conceptualweapon]

@trying_to_make_it Hahahaha my dog does the same. We taught me to “hush” so when he’s barking and we say “hush” he lays back down on his bed, keeps looking at the thing he was barking at and barks without opening his mouth. It’s hilarious every time it happens.

 

[dnboby]

@trying_to_make_it I used to have a dog that had an inside voice. As a pup she barked a lot so we would tell her to use her inside voice. Eventually it turned into her huffing out hot air and it was so adorable.

 

[innocent7]

@madisynwalkers I accidentally taught my last dog that “leave it” means “there’s something really good nearby that I haven’t seen yet so I should try to figure out what it is instead of paying attention to the human”

 

[natenate]

@madisynwalkers This is so funny, but I'm sure annoying to deal with! I specifically taught my pup "quiet" since she is such a barker. So I wonder if you could tell one "no bark" and the other one "quiet?"

 

[madisynwalkers]

@natenate We’re working on reactive training with M, because currently nothing will stop him from going nuts when he sees someone outside.

I’ve started saying “here come some friends!” to H instead, because he someone knows the word friend and gets soo excited when he hears it lol. He’s our social guy while M thinks everyone and everything is a threat. Crazy how two “brothers” can be so different!

 

[southernyankee]

@madisynwalkers Interesting. I currently have a dog that seems very similar to M and its keeping us from getting a companion for him because we think our M will teach the new one bad habits.