matt schmidt Webboard User Reg: 01-10-2005
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My pup (almost 8 months) has begun to be fairly barky in the car. I have a station wagon and he rides in the back with a divider.
I can't figure out what sparks it. Sometimes it is people on the street, but most of the time he is fine with people on the street. Other times, it is another dog, cat, or a squirrel. And then sometimes he will wake up, look around and start barking at seemingly nothing.
He does not respond to "No" or "Leave it" in this situation (but he does in most other situations) and there isn't much I can do to correct him beyond a verbal correction as I am driving. I don't want to spend the money on an e-collar right now.
Any thoughts on how to solve this problem that is slowly become more frequent? It is very embarassing when you are stopped at a light and your dog starts freaking out on someone sitting at a bus stop.
Jeff Dickey Webboard User Reg: 01-03-2005
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Ed would say (I think) that you should never have the dog loose in the car and if he is crated this would not be a problem. However, if you (like me) don't always crate your dog in the car, then try a no-bark collar.
matt schmidt Webboard User Reg: 01-10-2005
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Well, the back of my station wagon serves as a crate. I have a barred divider that he can not get through into the back or front seats.
I know Ed says your dog should be crated, but this works, more or less, as a crate and gives him a little more room. How does a no-bark collar differ from an e-collar? If they are expensive I really don't want to spend the money on one. Any other suggestions?
I have seen plenty of dogs who were not over reactive in the car. Although, most of them were probably labs and goldens.
Stephanie Vanderhaegen Webboard User Reg: 01-08-2004
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how about blocking off the windows on his side so that he cant see anything outside? otherwise the only other thing is an anti-bark collar, they work really well <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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A no bark collar is basically a hands free correction mechanism, since you cannot get to your dog (safely, at least) to administer a correction for barking. It looks like an ecollar, and essentially it delivers an electronic shock activated by close proximity noise, so if your dog barks he gets a shock. You do not want to get your dog near other dogs who may be barking while he is wearing this, however, because then he is getting shocked every time a dog barks which is a little unfair to say the least. I have never used one but I have seen a number of dogs with them and the dog learns very quickly not to bark. If you only use it in the car it would probably not take the dog long to associate barking with a shock with the car, and then you would no longer need it at all.
matt schmidt Webboard User Reg: 01-10-2005
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Hmmmm. 110 bucks. For that money it would seem to make more sense to buy an ecollar and just use it manually in the car, and then I could use the ecollar for training as well?
Ed,
The link to your bark collar is broken. It has a typo. It is 815,htm - It needs a period between the 815 and the htm.
Usually dogs that bark in the car barck in the backyard. E-collars can fix the problem when you are there to push the button. Multiple dog owners have problems with this and people whose dogs bark when you are gone have problems with this. If your dog is with you 24-7 then the c-collar works for barking.
Matt- I have the same thing going on right now with a young malinois. He is very visualy stimulated, he has in his mind that he is sitting still and the world is going by him I think. What I did was just over expose him to stimuli until he had taught himself that this behavior was not beneficial to him. I'd ride him around in the ol' wagon till his tongue was a foot long or so. The lessons a dog teaches himself are the best ones. It has worked well with my dog and it didn't cost a dime. But earplugs until the barking stops....PRICELESS
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