My dogs are barkers. They love watching out the window but they bark at passing cars, birds and other dogs. Max barks during our entire walk.
I recently read that in order to teach a dog to NOT bark, you need to teach your dog what barking is. When Max and I are walking and he's barking I'll easily get his attention. When I tell him QUIET or NO he will sit, lay down, give me paw. He wants to do what I'm asking but doesn't understand.
I'm a little torn if I should teach them to bark on command because believe me, they know how to bark! But I do understand the logic.
I'm following a little bit of what I read here:
Meet the Barkers | i Love Dogs I'm not setting it up as they say but I am following the same general idea. If my dogs could talk they would be saying "What the heck are you doing mommy?". I do think it could work though.
What are your thoughts?