How to Stop Your Dog from Barking

Excessive dog barking is a real problem

One of the more annoying kind of problems dog owners get to deal with are dog barking problems. And of course we can only stop our dog from barking and not the neighbour’s one. So I will try to address one of the most commonly occurring moments of when a dog will start barking. Pleas read on if you want some guiding on how to stop your dog from barking when the boss is away from home.

How do I stop my dog from barking when I'm not home?

This is something almost every dog owner will have to deal with in an early stage: When leaving your house, your dog starts to bark and will keep barking and barking and barking. Not seldom you won’t even know this until the moment an angry neighbour rings your doorbell.

Now for some people who are first time dog owners this can be a big question mark! They can’t think of a way on how to get a dog to stop barking when they are not at home with the dog. How will you be able to give your dog a command or teach it anything when you are simply not there? So here’s some tips on those kind of excessive dog barking problems.

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Too much attention.

A common mistake to make is paying too much attention to your dog when going to leave the house. Calling it, petting it. Giving lots of attention to let it know “everything will be alright”as it were.

The dog however does not see it as a goodbye. It just sees it as attention. And the moment you will leave the door, it will miss that attention and hence starts barking. It needs you back.

Young dogs want attention and attention and attention. So if you want to stop your dog from barking you start with not giving it any real attention before you leave the house. Just a quick pet on the head or just a wave goodbye. Then just leave the house.

Practice makes perfect.

As with everything you need to practice this as well. Learn your dog little by little to be on it’s own. It has to learn you will be back and nothing’s wrong. So you start with leaving the house.

Don’t give it much attention as mentioned above. Go out the door. Close the door behind you but stay behind the door and wait for a while. If the dog starts barking, wait a minute or two. If it doesn’t stop, go inside again and let it know with a firm voice saying “NO!”.

To stop your dog from barking, this is something you will have to repeat. Stay away a little longer every time and the dog will eventually understand you will be back and everything is fine.

Keep your dog busy.

Another simple tip to prevent dog barking problems when leaving home, is to give it a toy. One reason for a dog to start barking is simply because it is bored. So giving it something to do while home alone will help to stop your dog from barking.

Now these are just some simple examples on how to make a dog stop barking. And these are just for the most common dog barking problems. But there are other reasons your dog may be barking a lot. And you may need more extended and professional help with that.

Just be sure of one thing: As with everything concerning dog training, you have to be patient! Be patient and be stern at all times. Your dog must know you’re in charge.

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