Thanks for all the advice. Lot's of food for thought - underlying issues and pros and cons of bark collar. I will give a lot of consideration to both.
Mitzi does seem to be doing well with the current regime, though. Today she did not bark at the mailman or the cable guy working on a ladder right across the street. She gave a low growl and an alert posture for both, at which I came over, gave my standard acknowledgement phrase "it's just a guy" and rewarded for further quiet looking. A low growl is acceptable to hubby as long as it doesn't escalate.
Time will tell. Thanks again. It means so much to me to have people like you to bounce concerns off of.
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I have a somewhat related question. Our new GSD pup will bark non-stop when in his ex-pen out in my shop. I think it is because he can see me there and wants to be close. He can also be quite noisy in his crate after his early morning potty break. Sometimes this is short lived, but sometimes it can go on for 30 minutes or more.
He will stop if I say "quiet", but I think maybe this is headed down the wrong track by giving him attention when he is noisy.
He is only 9 weeks old, so I am not expecting miracles, but I would like to curtail it now.
From what I have read, I still have about 4 months before the bark collar is really an option.
I think you might get some different answers than me, though, since your dog is still a pup. Are you asking if you should start crating your dog as a "consequence" for barking?
I'll report my progress, thus far. After about a month of my regime of putting Mitzi in her crate for barking, she has improved (granted she hardly barked at all anyway, we are going for zero barking as per husbands request). BUT, the outcome, as predicted, is that now she runs away from me if she barks and see's me heading towards her.
I've decided to get a bark collar, ordered it online, they sent the wrong one, sent it back, blah blah blah ... so while I'm waiting, I've given up on the social isolation and just tell her to quiet, which she does. Husband is appeased. Life is good.
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Quote: Connie Sutherland
John, I do think you'll do better with a new thread. "When in doubt, make a new thread." LOL BTW, I totally agree with "I don't use our crate for punishment." JMO!
Thanks Connie - I will do that. I don't use the crate for punishment, although I do put him in there when the biting gets to be too much, but I don't say anything when I put him in.
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I think you should teach your husband the command you use to stop the barking.
You said she doesn't bark unnecessarily and stops when you tell her, if that's true than I don't think it's fair for your husband to expect her to never bark.
Does she not listen to him if he tells her to stop barking?
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