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Originally Posted by tesswood5  I love Lexi but her barking at mealtimes is becoming too much so what do I do? Ignore her shout at her which neither works |
Given that each dog is different what I have noticed with Razzle is he can get into what I call barking jags - that is he gets so excited with hearing himself bark he stimulates himself to bark some more. Now this is not at the dining table but usually at the window or if the doorbell goes. For him what has worked is if I interrupt that ever crescendoing barking. You can use a number of different methods - including the pennies in can or a whistle - or a shrill cluck cluck sound coming from you. Or what I do is to walk out and using a soft finger to the side of his neck push his head away from what he is focussing on accompanied by a loud ssshing sound.
For the next couple of weeks accept that *your* mealtime will be interrupted as you persistently and consistently get up and correct his behaviour.
On the plus side if your husband sees your commitment to obedience training and that you are trying really trying to correct very annoying behaviour he slowly may experience a sea change with respect to your dog.
Only you know what is going on between you and your hubby and I will say that if you feel threatened or in danger or you feel your dog is - quite simply leave... I know there are organizations here in Canada that help woman in these situations unfortunately I know nothing about the USA orgs that do this.