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Barking

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Buttholelane · 27/04/2015 17:38

And how to stop it?

My 2 year old has started to bark once when the doorbell goes, I know a lot of people allow one bark but I absolutely do not want barking in the house.
Full stop, outside with her friends fine but I live in a rented terrace with paper thin walls and she's a big dog with a big bark!

I used to be very strict and would immediately remove her every time she barked and she learned quickly go be quiet.

Now, she has started barking once then takes herself off to bed Angry

What do I do?

Should I treat her for being quiet just as the bell goes? Continue removing her for barking?
I'm paranoid about a neighbour complaining me :(

OP posts:
insanityscatching · 28/04/2015 09:06

With most things the best way for us is to reward Eric for doing the behaviour on command. So "what you say?" makes Eric bark and he will bark to indicate a choice but other than that and the times when someone comes to the door he doesn't bark.
I don't think it's unreasonable for a dog to bark when someone comes to the door tbh and as a deterrent to intruders I think it's pretty useful so for me one bark when the doorbell rings wouldn't be a big deal and a neighbour would have to be really petty to complain.
Our neighbour's dog goes potty when someone goes down their path but it's not a big deal for me because over the course of the week it isn't a significant amount of time that it's barking.
If you really don't want her barking at all can you teach her to use the doorbell as a trigger for some other command? So when the bell goes she gets rewarded for taking herself to sit on the mat at the opposite end of the house perhaps or something similar?

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