are you having trouble with your dog barking at other dogs? if so then this
video is really going to help, we're here with our top tips on how to stop your
dog barking at other dogs, now barking is your dogs natural way to
communicate and it can be for a number of different reasons, it can be simply
for attention seeking, it can be playful or it can be trying to alert you to a
potential danger, when your dog starts barking at other dogs though, it can become
very annoying and it can be seen as dangerous to other dog owners so you
need to train your dog on how to stop this behaviour
now tip number one is to put your dog in a position where it's going to be surrounded by other dogs, now
a great place to do this is park, a dog park putting your dog in this position
is going to be the best way in training him to stop barking when he sees other
dogs, now if your dog is only barking when he's on the leash, then this is
something called barrier frustration, it's literally that your dog can't get past
and to the other dogs so he's experiencing frustration and
that's making him bark, to start relaxing him and easing his frustration, you need
to put him on a leash, take him to the dog park
and have him standing close enough to see the dogs but not too close that he's reacting by barking
tip number two is to make sure that you're giving
your dog lots of treats when he's not reacting to another dog, take him to the dog
park and every time he doesn't react to a dog make sure that you're giving him
lots of treats, now not only is the continuous treats a continuous reward
for your dog, but it's also going to provide a really good distraction from the other
dogs passing by, you also need to make sure that you're discontinuing the treats
as soon as the dog has passed by and as your training progresses you need to
replace the treats with verbal rewards and petting, it's also really important to
remember that when you're using treats as praise
then you need to factor this in and reduce his meal sizes
tip number three is moving your dog closer, keep on moving your dog closer and
closer to the other dog, once he starts barking you need to turn back
move away from the dog and repeat this process, now this is really good if
you've got a friend with another dog because they can just stand in one
position while you keep moving your dog forwards and backwards when he barks, forward
until you can get right up to the dog without him barking, now make sure that
you keep giving treats as we said before
tip number four is adding in a verbal cue, now this is going to provide a distraction just like the treats do
adding a verbal cue such as watch me or focus, I have a friend that uses indoor
voice and so there's quite a few different ones that you can choose from
but this verbal cue is going to make your dog react and focus on you rather
than focusing on another dog, now this is going to take time, you need to
make sure that you're doing it every time your dog barks, "watch me," "watch me," "focus"
"focus," you need to make sure that you're picking one of these cues as well, now
say your cue before you give your dog treats so that he responds to the cue
and knows that that's going to give him the treat
tip number five is to practice this every day, now short training sessions like between five and ten
minutes are going to keep your dog really focused but doing it daily is
going to reinforce all the things that you're teaching him so you need to make
sure that everyone who walks your dog everyone in the family is using all of
these training sessions so he's keeping focused
tip number six is to make sure that your dog is always being walked on a
really sturdy leash and harness, now the no-pull harnesses are perfect because they
won't hurt your dog if you do have to pull them back from lunging or
barking and this is another really important part of the training process
you need to make sure that you're not hurting your dog but that you are able
to pull him back if he does start these negative behaviors
now our final tip, tip number seven is to make sure that you're not putting your dog in a
position where he's going to be getting stressed, you need to be walking away from
other dogs if it's really bad, if he's really barking and really lunging then you
need to be on the ball, you need to make sure that as soon as you see another dog
try and just walk in the opposite direction before your dog has even been
able to react to react to the other dog, obviously this is very difficult in a
dog park but if you're walking in the city or anything like that just try to
hide behind a parked car or just turn in the opposite direction before your dog
has had time to notice the other dog, now you may remember from last week that
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top tips we'd love to read them, now we really hope you enjoyed today's video and
that it has given you a few top tips on how to stop your dog from barking at other dogs
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