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How To Train A Dog Not To Bark-Learn How To Train A Dog Not To Bark

One of the most frequent questions dog owners are forced to address is how to train a dog not to bark. Dogs love to bark. It's a completely normal thing for your dog to do, just as its normal for us humans to speak. Its only when our dogs bark excessively that it becomes an issue for us. So, our goal is not to stop dogs from barking, but rather how to control their excessive barking.

Given below are a few tips for you to learn how to train a dog not to bark -:

Step 1: Ignore Your Dog When He Barks For Attention

When you start yelling at your dog to be quiet, you are only reinforcing his bad behavior. Your dog will learn that he can gain your attention by barking persistently. When your dog is barking just to gain attention, you must pay no attention to him. Don't say anything, not even "no;" avoid making eye contact; turn away and use your body language to help get the message across that you do not want to be bothered right now

Teaching your dog not to bark for attention can take some time, but you should never give in or your dog will learn to bark louder and longer!

Step 2: Give Your Dog Daily Attention and Exercise

Dogs that spend much of the day alone have a lot of built-up energy that frequently reveals itself in excessive barking. Dogs that are well exercised are more satisfied indoors, and are less likely to have such behavioral problems.

Try to spend some time playing with your dog and taking him out for a walk to give him the required physical exercise. When you have to leave your dog alone make sure you leave him with some good dog toys to play with.  

Step 3: Train Your Dog to Be Quiet on Command

When your dog is barking for an appropriate reason but doesn't stop, you need to teach him to be quiet on command. With young and obedient dogs, the best technique is to gently hold the dog's muzzle shut to stop his barking, and then give him a command for "quiet." The word or phrase used by you does not matter as long as you use the same word every time. Praise your dog when he remains quiet after you release his muzzle. Always remember to give your dog mild praise when he behaves well!

As you can see here training a dog not to bark can be a frustrating issue to deal with. When trying to learn how to train a dog not to bark, a good dog training course can be very useful. You will want to look for the one that includes a free consultation with a skilled dog trainer.

About the Author

Gary Price worked at a vet clinic and an animal shelter, and has had lots of experience with dogs. Visit him at, TrainMyDoggie.com, to know more about how to train a dog not to bark. Discover which dog training course he recommends at http://TrainMyDoggie.com/Barking.html

My dog barks constantly when I'm not home. Help!?

I have female beagle that I adopted since she was 8 months old (she's close to 3 years old now). She is the kindest dog we've ever encountered, gets along super well with my 4 year old son and the new 10 weeks old puppy. The problem is, she seem to have somekind of separation anxiety. Everytime nobody's home, she'd bark constantly, sometimes for hours, we know because awhile back our neighbor informed us about her barking while we were out. We have a webcam with microphone inside our house, so we decided to put her to the test. As soon as she hears the garage door closed, she started barking and she seem to bark constantly, because when we checked again an hour or 2 later, she'd still be barking. She doesn't bark when we're home, unless if she's playing and got too excited. We have to put a mesh muzzle everytime we head out for more than a year now so she can't bark but she can still pant, drink, eat. Barking collar didn't work, the muzzle is the only thing works so far. Help, please?

My dog used to do that, but we got him a new bed (the other one was old and nasty) and it was so comfortable I wanted to sleep in it!! We put it in front of a ceiling to floor window, and he loves being in the sun, and he just lies there when we're gone now, and doesn't bark!!

--The window behind the bed doesn't have to be ceiling to floor, just big enough to shine sunlight onto him.

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