Train Your Dog Not To Bark

You can t let your dog get away with inappropriate barking some times and not others.

Train your dog not to bark.

Everyone in your family must apply the training methods every time your dog barks inappropriately. Not to mention living in a complex increases the chances that someone will walk by your front door and therefore cause your dog to bark. First let s break down the potential reasons why your dog is barking at your neighbors. Figure out what they get out of barking and remove it.

Make eye contact with your dog. All you need is a clicker and a treat. When beginning to re train your dog you need to start by not reacting to the barking. But the good news is that you can train your dog not to bark.

So today i want to discuss a few ways to train your dog not to bark at the neighbors. To train a dog not to bark is one thing but most people want their dog to bark if someone is coming so it takes two different approaches. Ignore your dog s barking. If they continue barking which they will at first i tell them that s enough.

Your dog gets some kind of reward when they bark. Dogs interpret your yelling at them or telling them to stop as attention which in and of itself reinforces the behavior regardless of whether you re angry at or scolding your dog. If you don t have a clicker here s our diy tutorial about how to make a clicker for dog training. Otherwise they wouldn t do it.

Because there s no single reason for barking there s no one size fits all approach to treating it. For company a delivery or a stranger i always thank my dog for alerting me and tell him good dog thank you. Dog barking step 1 use a voice commands.