I'm about to LOSE IT!!!!!!!!!
 

Maggie's barking is really working my nerves. Seriously. She is so possessive and territorial. she will bark at her own fart, I swear it!!!! To make it worse, there are dogs in my neighborhood that just sit outside all day barking. ALLLLLLLLLLL DAY!!! As soon as she hears one of them, she takes off to the door and barks her head off. As soon as I let her outside to potty, she is barking...I guess to let them all know she is outside????

I have NEVER had a dog that barked so much. Then I met my husband and he had a min pin that barked a lot. I was able to break him of it for the most part. I broke him of it by teaching him to speak on command...and when he would "speak" without being given the command, he was reprimanded for it. well...that method just isn't working for Maggie. She is just a mouthy MOUTHY dog. It is seriously driving me NUTS.

I have tried the water bottle. and if she see's me coming with it..she will stop. But even if I am sitting on the couch with it in my hands...if she hears one of the other dogs barking...or any other noise that might provoke her...she will take off running full speed and yap her head off. until I get close to her with the water bottle.

any suggestions???? It kills me because Tessa is SOOOOO quiet. she never barks. I just hope that Maggie does not teach her these bad habits. I honestly think a lot of it is Maggie trying to be the pack leader. She knows mom rules the coop...but she definitely does all she can to be 2nd in line!!!!!!!!!

You are not alone Mandee!

I'd like some advice in this also. I have the same problem with Diddy. We can't even watch a TV show that has any kind of animals on it or he barks at the TV.

OMG..the southwest airlines commercial (I haven't seen it in a few weeks) that has the dog chasing his tail...she goes NUTS with that one!!!!

have you tried putting pennies or soemthing like that in a can and shaking it every time she starts?

have ya tried the metal pan with metal spoon? hit the spoon to the pan, makes a loud noise and they hate it!
or pennies in a tin can.

Rudy can be the same way. ;) I got a soda can and put rocks in it. Taped the top shut so the rocks won't come out. Everytime he barks, we shake the can and at least for that moment he stops barking. He's afraid of the can's noise.

I did this outside one morning when the neighbor dogs were barking their heads off also. Rudy was right there joining along and I shook the can. OMG, they all stopped barking. :D At least for a little while.

But we really haven't been consistent with that. Guess we should have those cans all over the house and yard. :D

Good Luck, girls. :goodluck:

That reminds me of my sister's Maltese lol. I would let her know if anybody knows how to break the barking non-stop habit. She barks a lot at everything to the point that we suspect she is OCD (maybe she is?). My parents cannot even come back from grocery shopping and put bags on the floor or else she will bark her head off until you keep each and every item! She barks at airplane flying by (serious!), she barks at looking at a dog's picture on the monitor (just a picture, no sound), barks at the pail just because we used it and couldn't put it back to the exact spot that was originally placed, just barks at everything that you can think of.

on the show, it's the dog or me, she used a can of compressed air, like to clean your keyboard. This seemed to work as the pup never expected it out of no where. It can't hurt to try it! Good luck.

I need help too. I'm doing the water bottle right now and tell her quiet when I squirt her. I try to be consistant. Sometimes she still barks as she's backing away while I'm squirting her. Don't know if it will break the habit or not. I keep trying anyway. The barking drives my whole family crazy too.

I have my big boy Teddy at around 16 lbs who even will bark in his sleep. He is almost three and wears a bark shock collar all time.If I put it on he doesn't bark but if he does forget he gets a shock.

You can't use it on a little dog BUT the battery was failing and my Chelsey is a big time barker soooo I tried it on her. It shocked her and she hasn't barked much since and that was 6 months ago. She still barks but not as much. Of course I don't recommend this for a dog under 12 lbs. But with these two of mine the pan, spray bottle, spray collar, pennies in a can, screaming, and multiple other things didn't work.

If anyone has a different cure for constant barking I would like to try it.

OMG that's my biggest problem too!! Bentley barks soo much and with so much effort at the door bell, his whole body shakes!! It's so loud and I get mortified when guests come over. I'm afraid he will start teaching Louie this bad habbit. :mad:

I've tried the ultra sonic beeper and pennies in a can, and it doesnt work. I would LOVE to hear some suggestions too!!

Maggie sounds just like KaCee. My BF calls her a "little *itch" because she barks at everything! If someone leaves the room for a significant amount of time (like to use the restroom) she barks her head off when they re-enter. She barks if the wind blows, she barks if the phone rings, she barks if you drop something.:rolleyes: If you find something that works for you, let me know!

I had this same problem with my girl up until today. It got extremely bad since we moved to a new home where our neighbors let their dogs roam free (:mad::thumbdown). After a while she would bark at anything, including my boy running to play fetch. We finally reached the breaking point and got a bark-collar. Before this whole barking mess I'd be the first hollarin' about how mean it is to use one of these, but it worked immediately. The one we picked is rated for 8lbs+ and she is on the bigger side (probably 9lbs right now). She actually tested it out seeing how much she could bark before the shock really bothered her. After 4 tries, she quit and now we can play outside without the barking driving our neighbors (and landlord!) nuts.

So, if all else fails and the pup is the right weight for it, I would recommend the bark-collar... never thought I would, but it works and fast!

There must be a thing with "Bentleys" and door bells.

I logged in to see if there was a solution to the doorbell dillema...It's making me insane...

We live in an apartment and if anyone comes to visit, or we have food delivered or even if maintenance comes to do something to the apartment, I'm constantly having anxiety because he's barking like crazy.

I don't know what to do.

He backs away from the spray bottle even while I'm spraying...
The can of coins he continues to bark at too...

I tried "The Barksolver" for a little while last year and it seemed to work for a little while...I went ahead and pulled it out again to see if it will work...

I'm feeling yr pain as well, even tho I did chuckle @yr humor. My daughter thinks Cole justs barks @the air....he is an absolute angel except:( for the "barking". Barks @ reflection in fireplace glass, mirrors (she had to cover her floor-length mirror he was driving her nuts), television (not only animals, but animation characters, even with sports (balls), doorbells (even on tv)!:eek: He can be in a deeeeep sleeep & out of nowhere....runs to the tv barking if one of "his" commercials comes on. My DH thinks he remembers them by heart!:p She definitely needs to try one of these new products. Bella never did these things, but we babsit Cole alot so now she's learning!!
I'm hoping you find the magic cure here!!

oooo, this is SOOOO Tootie! he is terrible about the TV animals.... hehe

My new girl Princess is a barker...and Cleo is second in command in the barking department. Princess noticed her reflection in the oven and barked. She too barks at the wind. I have the can with the coins, but where the heck is that thing when you need it?!?

I also use the SHHHHT sound, she looks at me and goes right back to her barking post.

We are moving to our summer residence with my boyfriend's mom so we can rent my house. That should be quite nervewracking for an 84 year old. Hoping the interior doors between her part of the house and ours will be sufficient. Forget it if the windows are opened. Dreading this summer!

Buddy use to be like that but I swear by the pennies in a can.
Someone on YT suggested that to me about two years ago and
it worked. I had purchased a no bark devise that sat on the counter
and gave off a high pitch noise, did not work, I bought a plug in that
sent a scent off like that of a mother dog to calm the pups down,
did not work, I tried the spray bottle, did not work but Bud got
soakin wet and did not care, then the pennies in a can. Boy did that
catch his attention and fast. He sees me reach for that can and he
runs and hides. LOL It has so many dents in it because at times I hear
him barking when I get all the way down stairs and I have to go back up,
grab the can and throw it in his directions. He runs for his life!
LOL Thank heavens for the pennies in a can.
It's the only thing that he's afraid of.

WOW I must be a weirdo, I love the sound of my babies barking, to me they are just being dogs, they bark at animals on t.v. their favorite show to bark at is "The Dog Whisperer", Sabrina's bark sounds like one of those fake wind up doggies, it's just too cute, blaine, Charlie, and Lucy have big dog barks, the biggest yapper out of those three is Blaine, he barks at other dogs, he barks at me when he wants to play ball and I hold the ball in my hand for too long, he barks at the ice cream truck when the ice cream truck comes around, well they all bark at the ice cream truck (they love vanilla ice cream) a treat I give them once a month off the ice cream truck mister frosty. Anyway I'm rambling, I can't believe I'm the only one who likes the sound of my babies "talking".:D

Oh my bog if cole was my dog I would love the fact that he jumps up out of his sleep just to bark at his favorite commercials, that is too funny I would record that if I were you, tooo cute.

Why is it that you can't use a bark collar on a smaller Yorkie?

I love the sound, when it's not at every little whim...and then three at once....wooo. It just says a well mannered dog when I get them out in public and they don't bark their fool heads off. It's very intimidating to someone I am sure....Still working on it.

I love my can with the pennies in it :D

The smallest bark collar I've seen in our local pet supply store should only be used on dogs 8 lbs. and up. I don't think they exist for any dogs that weigh less than that (though I could be wrong here) and yorkies are generally 3-7 lbs.

Mine are both big kids, Raja @ 11lbs. and Nahla @ 9lbs.

Update on our barking situation: Nahla wore her shock collar for a whoping 3 days before quiting the habit! So far we haven't had to remind her by putting it back on. I'm so glad we didn't have to use it "forever". I've also had Raja sport it a couple times and he doesn't bark at his triggers anymore (slamming car doors or horns beeping). It was worth every penny, even to be used so little!

Oh mandee.. I so hear you.. maravilhosa is the worst barker we ever had.. she barks at me when I am on the computer at night.. and acts the same as you darling..notice I say darling...:)

I would love to learn.. the more I say quiet.. she lays and does it more..anne

Is Maggie food driven? If so, I was taught to allow her to bark three times (that's what dogs are suppose to do), say the words "thank you" and offer her a treat. It will take alot of consistency but it works for mine. Believe me, if they are word driven like my four, then they look forward to me saying thank you.

All of my 3 dogs are ferocious barkers, one, usually Chewy will start this wild mad dash at something he heard and the other 2 will join right in, I have a shock collar for Chewy and we've gotten to the point where I don't have to turn it on and he'll not bark at all when he's got it on, I have one for Choupette as well but she takes no mind to it, she'll just bark non stop and god knows it must hurt but she does'nt seem to care.:confused:

I managed to find a remote shock collar for Tucson, who weigh's about 4 lbs, it's very tiny and I control the remote, it has four intensity on it plus a sonic good dog and bad dog sound, it's made by Innotek. I only had to use it once when the barking really got out of control, since then the sonic sound is enough to let him know that if he does not stop the shock will follow. So far so good, but with no collar they don't listen at all. Go figure!!