Dog is 7 months, poodle bichon cross. Suddenly he has started barking as a form of excited greeting to all sorts of things - new male person he hasn't yet been introduced to but would like to play with (lots of tail wagging) dog next door he likes, cat he likes.
He also barks when he is concerned about something..a mouse in the kitchen, a noise in next door's garden, fox jumping over the fence.
Is this hormones? Or can training help? I usually do a quiet with treats or a recall with treats and take him away from thing he is barking at (if in garden) as a form of ignoring I suppose - so I show no interest in the thing he is excited or worried by.
It is a new thing. He used to bark at the cat before but not really anyone or anything else.
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Barking with excitement and joy - How to Stop
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Nettleskeins · 01/06/2019 21:51
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