matt schmidt Webboard User Reg: 01-10-2005
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I have posted this problem before, but I thought I should revisit it. My neighbor's dogs bark at evrything and anything all day and night long. My pup has learned to bark from them and he loves to jump on the fence and bark back at them.
I have been correcting him for this and once I correct him he will not even go near the fence for the rest of the time we are out in the backyard or in the driveway. He does not bark at the dogs on the other side - it is 100% in response to the barks they initiated, but now it is to the point that he will run up to the fence and pre-emptively start barking.
Usually, I don't even let him get near the fence and I have his prong collar on and a leash. However, I have yet to rid him of this behavior. It actually provides for good distraction work as I sometimes put him in a down while I walk along the fence and the dogs jump and bark at me.
But, I would rather this whole problem didn't exist. Others in the past mentioned talking to the owners or feeding the dogs hotdogs. The owners won't change and I fed the dogs hotdog for a while, but I have my hands full with my own dog and would rather not have to train their dogs.
So my question is this. Yesterday, when my dog charged the fence and barked until I ran over to him to correct I thought: What if I just let him bark it out? Will he eventually get bored and stop?????
Is this a bad idea? Will I just be encouraging the behavior???
Ed Frawley Administrator Reg: 07-11-2001
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He will not bark himself out. Get a e-collar and use it. THis is not a diofficult thing to cure with a collar. You can knock yourself out with other methods but this will work every time and it works right now.
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