Dog stop barking

Answer 1

Some tips that could help you:

-Let him/her go outside to sustain their curiosity.

-Pet them.

-Find a way to make them stay in one place, such as having them lie down.

Answer:

There are many tips on the web for how to stop your dog from barking. In my opinion most of them don't work, are impractical or not applicable for the situations where your dog barks. See related link below for one list of these remedies.

The only one I've had any luck with is the first one. Originally our dog only barked at squirrels in our back yard. I considered this inbred behavior (she was bred to be a ratter and squirrels are rats with cosmetic enhancements and a PR program. So, I removed the squirrels and she stopped barking. At that time she hadn't figured out barking a passers by in the street was fun. Since then she's learned this barking behavior and it continues to get worse. To remove this stimulus we'd have to keep her indoors and we're not willing to do that. I have a training shock collar which I've used to try to stop this behavior, but she quickly learned that she only got shocked when the collar was on. And I'm not willing to use a real shock collar that's on all the time and shocks her every time she barks. Barking is natural behavior -- it's part of what dogs were bred to do.

Ignoring the barking on the theory it will stop by itself is absurd unless you're rewarding the dog for barking, like giving them treats or petting them when they bark. If you're doing something like that then stop rewarding your dog for barking and he might stop barking.

Distracting them only works if you're around to distract them every time they start barking.

I've trained her to stop barking when I say quiet in a calm, soft tone of voice, but this only lasts until I'm out of sight.

In summary, I don't know of anything that will stop a dog from barking except a bark shock collar. Maybe the kind of collar that make an unpleasant noise and squirt citronella, which dogs hate the smell of, every time they bark.