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02-04-2014, 09:04 AM | #1 |
YT 2000 Club Member | Need advice with barking! Ok, I have a problem with Teeka! She has started barking her fool head off when we go to the door to let her out!!!! I mean she barks and yips and whines and it is loud and annoying. She does this when we are at the door and letting her out. I know she loves to go outside and run around, so she gets excited! We have tried telling her no bark, picking her up to prevent the barking and she is worse when my DH goes to let her out. He goes out to smoke and they walk around which she loves! He can't even move his feet at night, because she thinks he might be going out! She will sit and watch him and if he wiggles at all she begins to whine, cry and yip!!! Help as this is beyond irritating. How do I get her to stop!
__________________ Proud Mommy to Max, Teeka, Tatiana and forever in my heart Tameka! My sunshine doesn't come from the skies, it comes from my puppies eyes! |
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02-04-2014, 02:54 PM | #2 |
Yorkie Yakker | Wait until she stops barking. Don't take your hand off the doorknob, and have chicken breast ready. When she stops barking, feed her the chicken and open the door.
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02-04-2014, 03:41 PM | #3 |
YT 2000 Club Member | I will try this!
__________________ Proud Mommy to Max, Teeka, Tatiana and forever in my heart Tameka! My sunshine doesn't come from the skies, it comes from my puppies eyes! |
02-04-2014, 05:21 PM | #4 |
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| Teaching her to sit and stay will help her to get some control. It won't happen over night but just teaching will help to distract her. Make sure you give her a treat when you release her so she knows she is being rewarded before she goes out. If you work on this before it is time to go out she will better understand what you are asking her to do when you get there. |
02-04-2014, 05:25 PM | #5 |
♥ Love My Tibbe! ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: D/FW, Texas
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| Excellent advice - just keep repeating it. In time, you no longer need to treat every time and then not at all - the dog just learns to behave differently but it is the hardest training for me with an excitable dog UNLESS I keep reinforcing it several times a week well after the dog has learned what to do. Some small dogs will relapse on this training quicker than almost anything unless it's kept up.
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02-04-2014, 06:15 PM | #6 | |
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Max barks when he is excited to go out. We haven't cured him of it, but we stop him quickly by letting him know he has to settle down if he wants out the door. When we are putting on harnesses, if he barks, I sit down like we aren't going to go. If he barks at the door, I tell him that he has to sit or we aren't going.
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02-04-2014, 06:28 PM | #7 |
♥ Love My Tibbe! ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: D/FW, Texas
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| Now that he's trained, the door doesn't open unless Tibbe is sitting quietly. If he rushes forward once it's opened, it gets closed again and stays closed until he's calm again. Once he stays quiet and seated once the door is open, then he's praised and treated and allowed to advance to or through the door or greet the visitor.
__________________ Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |
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