Quiet Training for Dog Barking Problem
There are several reasons why dog barks. Your dog could be barking to ask you or another dog to play; or to get your attention; or to relieve boredom or stress; to express excitement; to request something he wants; or to warn off a alleged threat. You should be able to tell properly easily from circumstance and behavior which of these reasons your dog has for his barking.
If your neighbors complain that the dog barks all day while you’re away, your dog is probably barking as a source of recreation. If he barks around in the middle of the night or when you have something looked-for, he’s making a loud request. If your dog is barking at other people or dogs, watch his body language he may be telling them go away, go away.
Quiet training is another very important behavior you can do, this way if I cue the behavior it will turn off.
First, put the barking on cue, so that you can firstly work on this at easier times, such as when your dog doesn’t particularly want to bark.
To do this, ask the dog to “bark” and then make a noise (knocking on a piece of wood or wall is usually an effective noise) that will set off barking.
Ask your dog to quiet and wave a very good treat under her nose. Once she settles down and quiets you can smile praise her and give her the treat.
Repeat this until your dog begins to bark immediately upon hearing the request to “bark”
After she is barking reliably on request, ask the dog to bark when she’s fairly calm and praise her for barking; then ask her to “quiet” and wave a treat in front of her nose.
A spray bark collar may be a big help to lessen the time of training.
When she stops to sniff, offer the treat smile and praise your dog. Soon you won’t need to show the treat to get her to quiet she’ll learn that the word “quiet” is a precursor to a food reward if she’s quiet.
Repeat this sequence many times – no matter how long it takes to quiet the first time, it will get shorter and shorter with repetition! Once your dog gets very good at quieting when he doesn’t particularly want to bark, it becomes much easier for him to quiet on request when he’s actively barking at something.
Gradually increase hours of dog barking training.
The more practice, the easier it becomes. When you can turn barking on and off anytime, anyplace as a trick, you can now start practicing “quiet” when the dog barks.
Understand that from the start, your dog will respond under the weather to the cue, so you need to be ready. Have some really good treats in hand and repeat the training if necessary. With training, you’ll no longer require to show the treat. Once this foundation is set, it will be easier for him to learn to stop dog barking when there’s something exciting in the area.