Why was this five-month-old puppy alarm barking? They worry because their five-month-old Show Cocker Oscar’s alarm barking is getting too much now. Some dogs are simply more vocal than others The main problem is two dogs next door that run up and down the fence, barking aggressively at the puppy. Read more
Why does a dog bark constantly in the garden and ignore you when you call him back in? Harvey barks outside in the garden. Like many people, they have felt it kindest to allow their gorgeous one-year-old Cockerpoo Harvey free access to the garden via a permanently open dog flap. Read more
Both having him in the garden unsupervised and barking at people from the windows mean that he is rehearsing the very behaviour that they don’t want. It’s being constantly practised – so it can only increase.
The alarm barking has become increasingly out of control not least because, paradoxically, they have been doing all they can to stop it! By trying to stop alarm barking with scolding or the Pet Corrector, they have been actually making it worse.
They have missed the main point.
What can you do when your dog seems constantly over-aroused, alarmed and unable to switch off? The Miniature Wirehaired Dachshund charged about barking, agitated whilst at the same time ecstatic to see me. He flew all over me. It was relentless. At my request we were all doing our best to Read more
A dog can find a dog can find a park full of people easier than a quiet field with a lone person or dog. She becomes hyper aware of them and feels unsafe. More invisible in a crowd We are the same really, aren’t we. In a busy place we Read more