The root of practically all dogs with behavior issues, particularly barking, is often due to the animal’s feelings in regard to loneliness and isolation. They will often resort to whatever tricks they can just to be under the spotlight.

Dogs bark in order to get other creatures to pay attention to them, especially when they are wearing halloween costumes for dogs. They do not care if the attention is someone coming over to see what they are making noise at, someone coming to penalize them, or someone just staring at them. All they want is a reply to show that their bark has worked.

Punishment isn’t an option.

Trying to swat a canine that is making noise is usually futile. They are quick and clever and consider it a game. They may stop barking while you are wandering around waving your arms but the minute you ignore them they will start barking again to get you to come “play” with them.

Just letting a barking dog in at night may make your neighbors happy that night, but it will likely mean the dog will bark every night you put it out. The animal is getting its lust for attention and thinks that it can use it to it’s advantage.

What happens after determines what happens before

If you feed your dog every time they start barking in vane that they can’t bark when their snout’s full you are just going to wind up with a fat dog who’s used to having you at their beck and call. The dog thinks that whenever it wants to eat all it needs to do is bark.

Rewarding a canine for barking at strangers that waltz right on up to the house may appear to be a good idea because it makes you feel a little safer but it can quickly become a neighborhood problem. You don’t want a dog to bark just because it sees someone move. You want them to bark only when someone enters your yard and then they should only bark 2-3 times, just enough to let you know you have visitors and to let them know a dog lives here.

 

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