Hi Jaye, My barking solution took a fair bit of time to work out, but the end results have been very good.
When Nubi first arrived, he would not bark at all, and then all of a sudden, he was barking at everything. I read somewhere that in order to teach a dog not to do something, you have to teach them to do that same something on command. It took me many weeks to teach Nubi to 'speak', but once he knew what that meant, it became easier to teach him 'no speak' or 'no bark'. I accompany the 'no bark' with a loud clap to get his attention if he is barking at nothing in particular or someone walking by our house. When the barking is a warning that someone is in the driveway, or to alert me to something, I let him have a few barks, show him that I can see what he wants to warn me about, and then I tell him 'okay' and 'enough'. Like I said, it takes a fair bit of time and consistency to play this process out, but the effects are great. I tried the bark collar that emits the high frequency noise, and he didn't respond at all. The water made him upset, although both of these things works very well for my mini pin. good luck DD. --- In [email protected], Jaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How do you all deal with the barking? Mija barks at everything even me when I first come home. I can't train Mija like other dogs because of her disablity like sit stay and stuff she can't do any of those things but I sure would like to somehow lessen her barking a tad bit. She was abused before she came to me and I just want to be very careful that she doesn't think I would ever be mean to her. When she first came to my home she would cower down and just shack I would pick her up and hug and kiss her and tell her she was safe it was ok and a 1 year and 1/2 later she seems to not remember what had happened to her. So I don't want to do anything at all to her to make her think I broke my promise to keep her safe forever. So if anyone has any good ideas please let me know whats the best way to go about teaching her to not bark so much? > Jaye > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get to your groups with one click. Know instantly when new email arrives http://us.click.yahoo.com/.7bhrC/MGxNAA/yQLSAA/MJOolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> " Lets talk about our wonderful little friends! Join today! " Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
