how do we get dog to stop barking while we are out?

[vrooom]

My dogs barks when we go out in evening. what can we do to get them stop barking when we are out. bear in the mind, we are deaf couples, so we cannot hear them barking. My neighbour arent too happy.

we tried audio anti-bark collar that emit high pitch sound, putting them in different room away from windows. nothing seem be working. we dont want to resort to electric shock collar.

What else we can do? to stop them barking while we are out.
Look like one of us will be social hermit!

[Muntu]

Night nurse?

[OllieWinchester]

If a tree falls in the woods....

[JamieBeeston]

OllieWinchester said:

If a tree falls in the woods....

do the trees neighbours hear?

[Mr E Driver]

THIS is worth trying....

[GTIR]

Got it.

Give the dog to said neighbour, he goes out dog barks you won't hear it anyway and neither will he as he's out and when he's in dogs not barking, you're happy and dog doesn't get electric treatment.

[staceyb]

The dog is bored. Find some way of keeping him entertained like treats stuck inside toys or big chewbones or things hidden around the house for him to find or even better get him a friend.

[H_Kan]

Presumably it's bored, so one of you may well have to limit evenings out or leave them with friends or family. No different to having a kid in some respects.

[chim]

vrooom said:

My dogs barks when we go out in evening. what can we do to get them stop barking when we are out. bear in the mind, we are deaf couples, so we cannot hear them barking. My neighbour arent too happy.

we tried audio anti-bark collar that emit high pitch sound, putting them in different room away from windows. nothing seem be working. we dont want to resort to electric shock collar.

What else we can do? to stop them barking while we are out.
Look like one of us will be social hermit!

Ares yous Chinese by any chance

[RobDickinson]

Remember watching some dog training show that addressed this but cant remember 100% what the fix was.

It had to do with leaving and coming back repetedly in short (then progresivly longer) periods of time so the dog doesnt get stressed/barky.

[R60EST]

Take them for a good long walk / run , off lead if possible. Make sure they are quite hungry before you take them .

Feed them when you get back from their long walk / run and they should settle for a few hours.

[Lil' Joe]

Kill it.

[greengreenwood7]

the 'he's bored' concept may be right for some dogs but not all. we've got 5 dogs. 1 seems to have been born to bark, the wind blows he barks, a lorry goes past the driveway he'll want to make it known he's around, a dog barks about 200 yards away, he hears it and that sets him off. The rest wait patiently for either our return or to be let back into the house. Perhaps it is bordeom that contributes to his barking, but in this case i think his nature is to bark at things that he sees as a possible threat ( horses, sheep, lorries, other dogs, walkers ) - because when we're out with them on a walk he's quiet. I think he may be in for a bit of gentle elec collar treatment as its aggrovating to us as much as anyone else.

[B17NNS]

Sounds like separation anxiety. Lots of info out there to help reduce the impact or solve the problem.

Best of luck!

Edited by B17NNS on Wednesday 17th February 01:50

[B17NNS]

chim said:

Ares yous Chinese by any chance

erm, no, I'd take a wild stab in the dark guess at him being deaf.

Ares yous stupid by any chance?

Edited by B17NNS on Wednesday 17th February 01:49

[mybrainhurts]

[Famous Graham]

B17NNS said:

chim said:

Ares yous Chinese by any chance

erm, no, I'd take a wild stab in the dark guess at him being deaf.

Ares yous stupid by any chance?

Edited by B17NNS on Wednesday 17th February 01:49

He has a point - that was some atrocious grammar

(B17NNS - have a wee think about the medium you're communicating on here and the bearing (or lack of) being deaf might have on it...)

OP - is it just the one dog? How old is it?

Edited by Famous Graham on Wednesday 17th February 02:04

[blindswelledrat]

Along the lines of your audio bark collar- my dad got one that squirts a tiny spray of scented water when his barks (for exactly the same reason as you).
It works brilliantly.

[Don]

blindswelledrat said:

my dad got one that squirts a tiny spray of scented water when his barks (for exactly the same reason as you).
It works brilliantly.

So. The whole house smells nice? Better than Glade?

[escargot]

Don said:

blindswelledrat said:

my dad got one that squirts a tiny spray of scented water when his barks (for exactly the same reason as you).
It works brilliantly.

So. The whole house smells nice? Better than Glade?

Better than dog piss that's for sure.