turneradamj
New member
@gamerguy99 I think I know the bark you’re talking about. My girl will let out a single yip bark at the top of her lungs. She’ll do it as a warning (like: someone’s approaching!) or a greeting (you were gone a long time!) or in annoyance (my dinner is late!).
I have had some success training speak then hush. When she does it say the command speak and treat until she catches on speak = bark. Then teach hush by saying it like 10 seconds later when she’s silent and treat. Practice speak-hush quickly a lot. Then try just hush. I use it as a reminder. I know she loves to let out this bark every time she runs out my back door. So I lightly tap her nose and remind “hush”. It has reduced the barking.
Something else you can do is teach a command for lowering her bark volume. Mine is very vocal so I’ve been rewarding “quiet” when she is barking or grumbling at an inside voice level.
A last resort for us is time out. Incessant loud barking because she’s having a bad day? She’s going behind a closed door and ignored until she’s been quiet for 20 minutes.
I have had some success training speak then hush. When she does it say the command speak and treat until she catches on speak = bark. Then teach hush by saying it like 10 seconds later when she’s silent and treat. Practice speak-hush quickly a lot. Then try just hush. I use it as a reminder. I know she loves to let out this bark every time she runs out my back door. So I lightly tap her nose and remind “hush”. It has reduced the barking.
Something else you can do is teach a command for lowering her bark volume. Mine is very vocal so I’ve been rewarding “quiet” when she is barking or grumbling at an inside voice level.
A last resort for us is time out. Incessant loud barking because she’s having a bad day? She’s going behind a closed door and ignored until she’s been quiet for 20 minutes.
it sincerely sounds like he’s explaining himself. So if he barks, not even the howl maybe just a small one, I don’t really care as much as the howl so I do “quiet.” He then will start “rawr rawr rawr rawr rawwwwr. Rawr rawrrawr” like he’s explaining why he did it. They are so intelligent truly. That’s really good advice though for the potential time out. Shadow hates getting in trouble. The minute he does he is paw to chest trying to apologize
), marking it, and then treating. I've then been able to associate her seeing something interesting with a "tiny woof" instead of her shrieks. I'd say we're at about 80% success rate at tiny woofing at deer now.