Senile barking

Roo used to do that - bark, bark, bark. We used to joke that she had a lot to say and was the Socialite for the neighborhood telling everybody's gossip. My Mom's dogs (Nutmeggers & Rusty) are CONSTANT barkers. She has to talk to me in the bathroom because they are so loud.

The training I was given for Roo was to not "shout" at her because she then thinks you are joining in the fun. Redirect and then reward. I go to Roo when she is barking, tap / redirect her to watch me and, as long as she maintains it & doesn't bark, click / treat.

Granted, she still barks but now she will stop if I approach and look for treats.

Oh - and the prozac helped too.

All of mine do that. Deuce has this thing he does where he runs from one end of the house to the other, barking and looking out all the windows. I feel your pain.....

I gave up shouting at the dogs a looooong time ago...

yep - if I allow Ojo, she'll growl first, then move to a bark. With Roo's issues, we have to curb all barking because Roo can't handle the excitement (poor kid). When they are safely seperated, I tend to allow more barks just to let them remember they are dogs :-)

Really? Sometimes that's the only relief I get, even if it doesn't really stop the barking. :-)

It's the doggy version of Neighborhood Crime Watch. Remington barks at every moving thing. Then the neighbor's puggles bark, then an unknown dog two streets over and then the three dogs on the corner. My favorite is the Great Dane behind us who has an incredible sense of humor. He'll walk up to the back fence and let out one low and intimidating "woof" and then trot away, hence starting the entire sequence of the crime alert dogs. I can picture him laughing as he trots away. Look at it as a team effort...

I'm lucky because my girls don't bark too much when we're just sitting around the house. Minnie used to be horrible though. My front door has small windows in it. The girls could see out the bottom two rows of windows, and everytime someone or something would go down the street Minnie would just go off! I bought some stuff that is like a big sticker that makes the window look frosted. They can't see out of it now, and she doesn't bark anymore. That stuff has been such a blessing!! They will bark if the dogs outside are barking, but normally, if I tell them to hush or sshhh, they'll be quiet.

If you'd like a soprano to join in your choir, I can loan out Maggie. She's really bad about barking at any noise she perceives in her little head.

You really haven't lived until you have heard the Cattle Dog shriek. Then multiply it by 2. When it's accompanied by vertical leaping of 5 feet it is REALLY special. Kind of a mezzo thing.

Chances are you can HEAR my dogs since we're not too far apart! God bless my neighbors, they love my dogs.

I can sooooo relate to the doggy barking thing. Once the mob gets goin' in this house, I think my ears are bleeding. Peaches is probably the worst...her bark is soooo high and piercing. I know if I was a burglar, our house would definitely be THE last on my list.

Senile barking, oh ok, I thought Lisa was talking about me agian. It couldn't be me this time because we do not live that close to you. I guess I better be quite now. Bye.

I had mentioned that before: the DEW line. The Doggy Early Warning system. It sure lets you know if there is a stranger in the neighborhood.

The alert system probably does eventually make its way over to your neighborhood! Maybe that is why Kirby is barking!!

THAT's what they call it!