Has your dog’s barking ever had you consider using an anti-bark collar? I did in the Nineties with my dog, Buzz, and I'm letting you know the results right up front. Lessons were learned and I developed an action plan to stop annoying barking that’s proven to work, so I’m sharing what to do step-by-step. Plus, if you want your dog to settle down when greeting houseguests, don’t miss the protocol for using a remote feeder to create calm at home.
In this episode you’ll hear:
- My experience using a spray bark collar in the 90’s.
- Steps to replace a barking habit.
- Why a few 90 second training “quickies” are more powerful than one weekly long session.
- It helps to be predictably unpredictable with your dog’s schedule.
- Great, easy ideas for dog enrichment.
- The importance of noting your dog’s barking triggers and reinforcements.
- To temporarily alter the environment where your dog barks most.
- The six games to play during “Daily Quickie” training.
- How to counter condition barking triggers.
- How to decrease reactivity to doorbells and door knocks.
- How to use a remote feeder to reinforce Hot Zone for polite door greetings.
- Why to train this with one dog at a time.
- How to fade the remote feeder.
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Resources:
- Podcast Episode 238: Barking Dogs! Understanding Canine Vocalization To Prevent Nuisance Barking
- *Pet Geek Remote Feeder
- Podcast Episode 224: Unleashing Fluency In Dog Training: Cracking The Canine Communication Code
- Podcast Episode 239: Barking Dogs! How To Help Your Dog Be Quiet And Stop Barking
- Podcast Episode 176: Why Your Dog’s Emotions Are A Critical Element Of Dog Training
- YouTube Video: 15 Ways To Exercise Your Dog
- Podcast Episode 190: Using Daily Quickies To Fast Track Your Dog Training And Grow Your Dog’s Skills
- YouTube Playlist: Dog Training Games With Susan Garrett
- YouTube Playlist: Target Training for Dogs with Susan Garrett
- Podcast Episode 74: Yes, Susan Garrett’s Dogs Sniff On Walks
- Nina Ottosson Food Puzzles
- DIY Puppy Bombs
- *Toppl Dog Toy
- Podcast Episode 71: Pro Dog Trainer’s Secret to Help Your Naughty Dog
- Podcast Episode 16: The Thing Before Your Dog’s Thing
- Podcast Episode 205: The Hidden World Of Reinforcement For Dogs And Why You Need To Know
- YouTube Playlist: Planning Your Dog Training With Susan Garrett
- Podcast Episode 191: Get Your Dog To Calm Down With This Common Sense Protocol For Relaxation
- DogsThat YouTube Channel Playlists
- YouTube Playlist: Mastery of Positive Reinforcement Based Dog Training with Susan Garrett
- Podcast Episode 21: The 5 Critical Dog Training Layers for Confidence with Anything
- Podcast Episode 59: Why Your Treats Aren’t Working for Your Dog
- Podcast Episode 181: Training Multiple Dogs To Wait Turns And Relax
- Podcast Episode 66: Resource Guarding: Dog vs Dog Aggression
- Watch this Episode of Shaped by Dog on YouTube
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Thanks for all the wonderful ideas. I prepped my list of 5 exercises to practice for tomorrow . One is the Hot Zone or Hop it up so we can work towards desensitizing the doorbell.
My 6 month old Berniedoodle puppy barks to get out of a crate every morning at 6 am. How can we get him to wait at least until 8.
Hi, great podcast. A question: how important is it, enrichement wise to change the area where we walk. We sometimes do different areas during walks in the morning, but always the same at evenings when they are more insecure.
Any thoughts about whats best for any dog ? I’ll then adapt it to “the dogs in front of me” 😊
Two great podcasts on barking. My dog isn’t horrible but… She barks when the neighbor comes out into his backyard. He gives her a treat every time he comes out. I have him make her sit and be quiet before he treats, I thought that would do it. But she barks up until he makes her sit.
Yes please do a podcast on how to get dogs to engage with the puzzle toys. I’ve got some that get it straight away and in particular some older not food driven dogs that are totally uninterested.
I am currently enrolled in Home School and Rigley is brilliant with Hot Zone. However, when it comes to anxious barking I am at a loss. We live in a small house which is abut 60% great room encompassing our living room, dining room, and kitchen in an open area. Rigley can sense (hear? smell?) something or someone moving 50 yards away…even things that have no discernible sound to me. He will run to the doors or windows barking and he is operating completely in his back brain! I have blocked his view to the outside and he now trots in circles around the room nervously whimpering. The only thing I’ve come up with to calm him is to go to the door or window, look outside (he stands perfectly still about 6 feet away while I do this) and then I turn and hold my hands out with palms facing him and say “all gone” and he will quietly come back to what he was doing before. While this works I can’t help thinking there is a better way to address this problem. The triggers for his behavior are completely invisible to my husband and me. Suggestions?