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So Max has recently started to bark at the neighbours as they walk down their driveway, which runs along the side of our fence line.
He seems to be a bit scared of them if they talk to him or put their hand down for him to sniff (never on our side of the fence and not when we aren't with him,and definitly not when he's barking) So could he be scared of them and barking because of that?
And how do I stop him doing it? I don't want him thinking it's ok to do it and I definitly don't want it getting worse or escalating to something else.
Whenever he does it we tell him no and tell him 'no bark' and then I bring him inside. This obviously isn't enough though because he does it again later. So should I correct him with the e'collar for it or redirect or something different?
Would it help to have him meet the neighbours properly? He has also started barking at people walking down the street, but not as much because they disappear from sight faster than the neighbours, so it's not just those particular people.
Diane Joslin Webboard User Reg: 01-09-2007
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Rhonda,
We have had good results with using the ecollar on one of our dogs, Roxie. Whenever she heard the neighbor's dog at the block wall, she would try to jump up and look over the wall, meanwhile barking her head off.
Since taking the ecollar seminar with Roni Hoff this past spring, we always put the ecollars on both dogs when they first go out in the morning & they are on them until they go to bed at night.
Being very consistent with the ecollar and also attempting to re-direct Roxie before she gets to the fence has helped greatly. Yesterday hubby was outside with the dogs and had forgot that he left the ecollar remote in the house. Roxie started to run over to the block wall when she heard the dogs barking next door - he said "Roxie!". She stopped in her tracks and came right over to him (with lots of praise heaped on her!).
I believe that consistency is the key here - that means that you would always have to be out in the yard with your dog in order to correct/re-direct him.
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Barking at the neighbours
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