Hi, my pup is nearly 6 months old. Three weeks ago we found he had an umbilical hernia, it was operated on (and neutered at same time), and we had to keep him confined and with a cone on for a few days.
We couldn't walk him outside for just under a week, and he was out of confinement under supervision as much as possible. We did take him in the garden on the lead in that time.
Since being to go back out for proper walks (with the cone on) he wouldn't stop barking, from the moment we got the the front door and for a good 10 minutes into the walk. It was constant. I'm not exaggerating. We thought after the cone came off he would go back to normal but two weeks on and it's still the same.
It's getting thoroughly depressing to walk him but we're trying 4 times a day to get him used to it and hoping it stops but he's still going!! And he runs, not walks. He doesn't listen to commands on walks now, he won't stop for treats, he doesn't stop if you pick him up, we've found nothing we can distract him with. A tug of the harness or stern voice do nothing for him. Has anyone else had this? I really don't know what to do to help him.
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Please help, why does my pup bark so much now?!
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Barkface · 25/03/2018 14:00
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