Stop Barking Dogs! Step-By-Step Action Plan And Anti-Bark Strategies To Avoid #240
Shaped by Dog with Susan Garrett
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🗓️ 25 October 2023
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
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Has your dog’s barking ever had you consider using an anti-bark collar? I did in the Nineties with my dog, Buzz, and I'm letting you know the results right up front. Lessons were learned and I developed an action plan to stop annoying barking that’s proven to work, so I’m sharing what to do step-by-step. Plus, if you want your dog to settle down when greeting houseguests, don’t miss the protocol for using a remote feeder to create calm at home.
In this episode you’ll hear:
• My experience using a spray bark collar in the 90’s.
• Steps to replace a barking habit.
• Why a few 90 second training “quickies” are more powerful than one weekly long session.
• It helps to be predictably unpredictable with your dog’s schedule.
• Great, easy ideas for dog enrichment.
• The importance of noting your dog’s barking triggers and reinforcements.
• To temporarily alter the environment where your dog barks most.
• The six games to play during “Daily Quickie” training.
• How to counter condition barking triggers.
• How to decrease reactivity to doorbells and door knocks.
• How to use a remote feeder to reinforce Hot Zone for polite door greetings.
• Why to train this with one dog at a time.
• How to fade the remote feeder.
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Resources:
1. Podcast Episode 238: Barking Dogs! Understanding Canine Vocalization To Prevent Nuisance Barking - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/238/
2. *Pet Geek Remote Feeder - https://geni.us/petgeek-dispenser
3. Podcast Episode 224: Unleashing Fluency In Dog Training: Cracking The Canine Communication Code - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/224/
4. Podcast Episode 239: Barking Dogs! How To Help Your Dog Be Quiet And Stop Barking - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/239/
5. Podcast Episode 176: Why Your Dog’s Emotions Are A Critical Element Of Dog Training - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/176/
6. YouTube Video: 15 Ways To Exercise Your Dog - https://youtu.be/SsQY6nm6E30
7. Podcast Episode 190: Using Daily Quickies To Fast Track Your Dog Training And Grow Your Dog’s Skills - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/190/
8. YouTube Playlist: Dog Training Games With Susan Garrett - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLphRRSxcMHy2TzttCtZVFwzwMGayAsaYe
9. YouTube Playlist: Target Training for Dogs with Susan Garrett - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLphRRSxcMHy3ylCyQ2bJQSCwo_ERiVHj3
10. Podcast Episode 74: Yes, Susan Garrett’s Dogs Sniff On Walks - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/74/
11. Nina Ottosson Food Puzzles - https://www.nina-ottosson.com/products/all-products/
12. DIY Puppy Bombs - https://youtu.be/UBveJe2C2dA
13. *Toppl Dog Toy - https://geni.us/toppl
14. Podcast Episode 71: Pro Dog Trainer’s Secret to Help Your Naughty Dog - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/71/
15. Podcast Episode 16: The Thing Before Your Dog’s Thing - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/16/
16. Podcast Episode 205: The Hidden World Of Reinforcement For Dogs And Why You Need To Know - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/205/
17. YouTube Playlist: Planning Your Dog Training With Susan Garrett - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLphRRSxcMHy3bIhKLPQApN0x_2PjNJgkG
18. Podcast Episode 191: Get Your Dog To Calm Down With This Common Sense Protocol For Relaxation - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/191/
19. DogsThat YouTube Channel Playlists - https://www.youtube.com/@DogsThat/playlists
20. YouTube Playlist: Mastery of Positive Reinforcement Based Dog Training with Susan Garrett - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLphRRSxcMHy20_Ko8p2SaE6B2IT4o6g6K&si=Xluasn27sCClvrD2
21. Podcast Episode 21: The 5 Critical Dog Training Layers for Confidence with Anything - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/21/
22. Podcast Episode 59: Why Your Treats Aren’t Working for Your Dog - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/59/
23. Podcast Episode 181: Training Multiple Dogs To Wait Turns And Relax - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/181
24. Podcast Episode 66: Resource Guarding: Dog vs Dog Aggression - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/66/
25. Watch this Episode of Shaped by Dog on YouTube - https://youtu.be/kk-wzuV-6fs
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| 0:00.0 | Today, we continue the series on barking dogs, but if you say Susan, my dog doesn't bark, |
| 0:05.7 | trust me, today, there's going to be a lot of interesting things I'm going to share with you, |
| 0:08.8 | including a complete protocol on how to use a remote feeder. I'm going to share my step-by-step |
| 0:15.6 | on tackling those barking dogs. And I'm also going to tell you about the time when |
| 0:19.6 | Susan Garrett, yes, |
| 0:20.9 | yours truly used a bark collar. |
| 0:24.5 | Hi, I'm Susan Garrett. Welcome to Shape by Dog. And yes, in fact, I did at one time use a |
| 0:40.1 | bark collar on a dog. And I'm going to tell you what I learned from that. We're going to start |
| 0:44.3 | right off with that. It was 1997. My dog Buzz was about a year old and he was verbally |
| 0:52.8 | enthusiastic, let's call him. Meaning, anytime he got excited, he screamed. He |
| 0:57.8 | didn't bark. He screamed. So, when I was training him in agility and he would just sit in |
| 1:03.6 | front of a jump and quiver. And then the moment I released him to do the jump, that's when the |
| 1:08.8 | screaming would start. I had a small backyard back then |
| 1:12.3 | and I would train with a couple of jumps and a tunnel in the backyard. And of course, my neighbors |
| 1:18.6 | would like, what is going on? Is there somebody murdering a cat over there? Why is this animal |
| 1:23.7 | so loud? And so somebody suggested, oh, you should use a bark collar. You can use one that |
| 1:28.7 | works with electricity or one that works with a citronella spray. It's simple. It just gives a little |
| 1:34.3 | puff and the dog learns not to bark. And so rather than choosing the one that used electricity, |
| 1:40.8 | I chose the one that used citronella. So, the mechanics of it was that there's a little box |
| 1:47.7 | that sits under the dog's neck. And when they barked or footnote, when any dog barked, |
| 1:54.9 | that dog would get shot with a spray of Citronella. And so leading up to that, I had done |
| 2:00.7 | a lot of things to try to get my dog |
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