I have an 8 month old Lab mix who barks too much. I have tried both the lemon spray bark collar and the static shock bark collar, neither one has been effictive. He also likes it if I spray water in his face when he barks. He barks everytime I get on the phone, demanding attention. Help!!!!!
I have recently started taking him for a 3 mile walk in the early AM and about a mile in the evenings, trying to tire him out. He gets very hot and pants a lot when we come home.
I say his name "Bear that will do" or "that's enough" sometimes he responds, but not often enough. It's also a problem whenever he are walking and he sees someone he knows, he starts that puppy bark higher pitch and has a hard time calming down. After a few minuets he will calm doen and sit or lay down.
He is also still too mouthy and puppy nips, not hard but when a friend trys to pet him he will get mouthy.
What I have done in the past with dogs I knew knew basic commands was run them through 'calesthenics' ....Sit, Down, stand,Front, Sit, Down... til their gears shifted. Also just shifted attention back to me and when out on walks moved on with enough pace that they had to keep up.
My sympathies with a young barking lab. I have one at the boarding kennel right now. She has no real training and she has that 'make your ears bleed' demand bark that is several pitches too high for her size.
Dear Karen: What I have done is this: I have 3 terriors and they can get barking like crazy if I let them. So, I have trained the enough command. When they bark I let them bark once or twice and then say, enough. As soon as they are quiet, even if it is just to look at me, I give them a treat. Now, my Cody will bark and I say enough, he runs to me and waits for his reward. I started my training by standing right near them and said enough and immediately gave them a treat when they were quiet. This has worked, they still bark but I can say enough and get some response. They do have trouble when a bunny decides to hop along our driveway, sit up and watch the dogs through the sliding glass window. But I know that will improve too. So, I hope this helps. Treats help in the initial training.
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