Help, how do I stop my dog barking! This topic gets requested so much I’m turning it into a series. Most people refer to a dog’s verbal communication as barking, but what if you reframed it as vocalizing – just as humans do with whispers, laughing, yelling, sobbing, squealing? It’s all communication. In part one of this series I’m analyzing the 5 reasons dogs bark and identifying different meanings of canine communication with vocalization. Plus, learn how to decrease excessive barking while understanding the emotions behind your dog’s howling, baying, barking, or whining.
In this episode you’ll hear:
- Five reasons dogs bark and what to do about nuisance barking.
- That dog vocalization is communication first.
- The basic dog needs every owner must consider.
- How to decrease unwanted dog barking.
- How different dog breeds vocalize.
- That barking is an emotional expression.
- About frustration, anxiety, loneliness, and alarm barking.
- That some senior dogs bark because of dementia.
- How we accidentally reinforce demand barking.
Resources:
- Get Crate Games Online
- YouTube Video: 15 Ways To Exercise Your Dog
- YouTube Playlist: Dog Training Games With Susan Garrett
- Podcast Episode 220: Help Humping, Barking, Destructive, Reactive Dogs Overcome Dysregulation: 4 Case Studies
- Podcast Episode 71: Pro Dog Trainer’s Secret to Help Your Naughty Dog
- Podcast Episode 157: Dog Body Language: Understanding Canine Communication Signals And Emotions
- Podcast Episode 200: Solve Your Dog’s Separation Anxiety With FRIDA: Expanding Calm With Functional Relaxation
- Podcast Episode 168: Creating Confidence For Anxious, Stressed Or Reactive Dogs Part 1
- Podcast Episode 88: Barrier Frustration: Help for Fence Fighting, Leash Reactivity and Window Guarding
- Podcast Episode 188: Why You Should Change Your Strategy Rather Than Your Criteria When Dog Training
- Podcast Episode 205: The Hidden World Of Reinforcement For Dogs And Why You Need To Know
- Podcast Episode 191: Get Your Dog To Calm Down With This Common Sense Protocol For Relaxation
- Watch this Episode of Shaped by Dog on YouTube
2 questions; You said you only feed once a day? Is that because you are feeding a portion of their daily allowance throughout training?
You said you do not prepare your dogs meal any longer, what did you mean by that, I thought you were feeding raw?
As always…wonderful and informative! Thank You Susan for being there for us and our dogs!