Barking driving me CRAZY
 

ok...so zoe barks like a little maniac and I tried EVERYTHING. I mean EVERYTHING! I tried the coins in the can. I tried the spray of water. I even tried the BZZZZZZ thing I read on a thread and NOTHING works. I have to admit that we even resorted to slapping his snout but not hard and of course that does not work. He mainly just wants attention and he barks at night and I'm going nuts. Any advice?

Did you try ignoring her? It would drive you crazy for a couple of weeks, but when she realizes that barking is not the way to get attention she should stop. But that means no negative attention either. Just pretend she is not there. Don't even look in her direction. That's the best I can think of. Sorry. I know it's a very difficult and annoying situation. Good luck.

This is a difficult one! Up his exercise..a tired dog is a good one,who won't(hopefully) bark for attention. Then give him chews or things to do when you are busy.Ignore at night,if he doesn't need anything and is tired, he should settle.

I'm having the same problem...I tried spraying w/ water and he tries to attack the water bottle. I give him toys toplay with, and he takes them away from me, then comes back and barks. He's doing it right now actually, lol. The vet told me to put lemon juice in the waterbottle because they dont like the citrus, so I"m trying that next. Whats the coins in a can???

Neither of my dogs bark much at all --- especially my Yorkie. I just lucked out and got a Yorkie and a Bichon that aren't barkers.

My Bichon barks only a little bit more, but not often.

However, if either of them does decide to bark (of course, the other one joins in). And, even though this is very occasionally, I still don't like it - at all!

I have found that ignoring my dogs when they decide to bark - has absolutely no effect. This only means that they will bark until they decide to quit on their own. And, I have also felt that if I just let them do it - they will do more of it and also think it is okay.

So, if they start barking, I get up and tell them to quit - and move them away from the window (which is where they usually bark), and they quit immediately. After all, then they can't see whatever it was that they were barking at.....why bark?

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When my dogs were puppies, if they ever started barking, I went quickly and picked them up and told them, "no-no-no" and quickly got them doing something else. I discourged and distracted them from barking everytime they even thought about doing it....even, if it meant I had to get down on the floor and play with them for a while.

I think consistently interrupting a bad behavior helps keep a puppy from developing a habit of doing it....but, I may have just been lucky. Perhaps my dogs wouldn't have been barkers anyway.

Night barking - I always got up and interrupted that barking also. But, since they don't bark a lot - I'm sure this was much easier for me than it would be for those of you whose dogs want to bark all night.


Good luck! Carol Jean