How to stop a dog barking at every noise outside?
Jacinto Breitenberg
2025-06-27 03:08:15
Count answers: 8
What you are doing, desensitizing your dogs to the noises outside, is good, although technically speaking you should give them a treat no matter what the dog is doing. The idea is to change how the dog feels about noises outside. Right now they feel alert…with desensitization they should feel happy and expecting food. To start with, I wouldn’t plan on moving out just yet…maybe your dogs will get used to the new place and moving out will only re-start the problem. Training might take a little while, but I think that with patience and practice you can get your dogs to relax. One of the best tricks is to teach the dog to go fetch a toy every time they hear a noise outside. To teach them this, as soon as there is a noise ask them to go get a toy or lead them to the toy if they don’t know to go get it. Do this EVERY time for at least a whole weekend. Make sure you also play with them for 15-30 seconds after they get the toy. If you are consistent about it, they should stop barking in very little time and instead rush away to find a toy. You will need plenty of toys to rotate them and keep the fresh weekly.
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