Barking puppy

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Sorry I bet everyone is getting sick of my questions but this past few weeks has been a steep learning curve! Anyone debating pros and cons of puppy/older rescue have a look through my previous threads - I thought our rescue was hard work, I didn't know the half of it!

So the latest development is barking at our older dog. She wants him to play with him constantly (he wants her to bugger off to wherever she came from...) She also barks at us when she wants to play or if we are playing.

I am trying to be consistent in not rewarding barking with attention. Stopping play and ignoring her or separating the dogs but to be honest my neighbour who is already not keen on our older dog is no doubt seething. I am also trying distracting her with training/treats or finding her something to do (finding her something from the recycling, giving her a squeaky toy, a bit of food in a treat ball etc).

Am I missing something? Quiet problems are one thing but this is going to cause serious problems with the neighbour!

Sorry about the typos, had to be quick as am supposed to be working!

I can't help I'm afraid, but am watching with interest as I'm having the same problem!

My pup is so good with training [as long as mini sausages are involved ], star pupil at puppy school last weekend BUT he is so rude when he wants someones attention! Especially other dogs [and the cat ] he spent 24 hours verbally terrorising my mum's older dog last weekend because he didn't want to play with him. It's a bit like a toddler jumping up at an old man shouting 'PLAY WITH ME' in their face constantly lol.

I'm not rewarding and trying to ignore, but it's the ignoring that causes the barking so it's a vicious circle

Definitely do not reward the barking. So you are right to remove the dog stop any interaction turn away etc.

However I would also be looking at what is causing the barking.

If it is boredom up the training time - calm quiet training with knacker any puppy.

It it is over excitement then allow more enforced rest and quiet time for the puppy

If it is in certain situations eg feeding time or other dog sleeping then make sure puppy is not in the same place.

Start to reward a settle or calm. So if the puppy is in the down and quiet then click and reward with a "goodsettle" Reward this every single time you see it.

Oh Good! I'm not the only one!

Ours does this when we are getting ready to go out the door for school in the morning. She goes crazy barking at our other dog because she's so excited (the dogs come with us because I go directly to the dog trail after dropping kids off). I've tried ignoring but it is SO loud and very frustrating when I'm trying to issue instructions to the children about backpacks etc. I've had some success with asking her to sit and then giving her a treat and/or issuing a "QUIET" and then treating her immediately when she stops barking (she does right away but starts doing it again within a few seconds). She also barks at our older dog when we arrive at the park, running along side her and trying to get her to play by barking in her face and jumping on her. She is very good at "OFF" (which we use to mean "no paws/no jaws" and will listen when I give that command and walk/run normally but it often takes a few tries. Grrrr.....