Dog barking

[tinkerbell23]

He seems to run out barking as fast as his legs can carry him anytime someone walks by the lane at our house which is pretty busy! Even sometimes he thinks theres someone there and there isnt! He cant see because its a high wall.....

Its pretty annoying and were scared someone will chuck something over the fence or something!!!!!

Cant keep door shut all the time .....

Any ideas xx

[woofgang]

I gather that the "magic" figure for the council to take an interest is uninterrupted barking for 30 minutes at a time. BUT do you only have the one lot of neighbours (the noisy ones) ? I know what you mean about noisy kids and they do trigger my dogs but the dog barking of course disturbs all my neighbours, not just the noisy bunch and I don't think its fair to them to let my dogs bark. If you can't stop him then yes you might just have to keep the door shut. I am not sure why you say that you can't keep the front door shut?

[RATTER15]

I was also confused at not being able to keep the door shut, we can keep our door shut, they get walked regularly and we open the door to walk through it.

[woofgang]

"I was also confused at not being able to keep the door shut, we can keep our door shut, they get walked regularly and we open the door to walk through it."

Well that's probably a good thing Ratter, you can get concussion otherwise lol

[FredPuli43]

Ratter, yes, I currently have three wolfhounds, two dogs, one bitch. The other six, who now howl with them, are a Dandie Dinmont and five cockerpoos, all bitches. I had a 'Keeva' too, a standard poodle, which name I foolishly spelled Caoimhe, the Irish way, and spent the next years spelling it to confused vets!
Lankeela, big dogs dopey? Well, wolfhounds have the problem that everything in the body is a long way from the brain. By the time any message gets from one to the other, it has either decayed too much to be deciphered or the dog has forgotten why it was sent. Result? Confused inaction.

[LoftyLottie]

It was me who mentioned 'Dopey' big dogs, Fred. But LOL at your reason why.

[RATTER15]

Fred, "Caoimhe" lol yes, we done that as well, we soon changed it to Keeva.

>>Well, wolfhounds have the problem that everything in the body is a long way from the brain. By the time any message gets from one to the other, it has either decayed too much to be deciphered or the dog has forgotten why it was sent. Result? Confused inaction.<<

I know what you're saying lol

[FredPuli43]

Sorry, Lottie, credit where credit's due. Must have thought it was Lankeela thinking of Lancashire heelers being active and big dogs 'dopey' !

[LoftyLottie]

Small alert little dogs, or big dopey ones - I love them all equally!!!

[lankeela]

My GSD only ever makes a low woof woof sound if there is someone around outside that should not be there - we have an alleyway that only goes to adjoining gardens, and if anyone goes down there that is not known to him he lets me know. The Heelers however think its fair game to bark at every car, cat, pigeon and scary monster that might just possibly be coming to get them. I do politely ask them to shut the f*** up and they are not left to bark for ages, but even the odd bark can be annoying if you are not doggy (and even if you are lol - we have one little terrier that you can hear for hours on end and it never gets let out).

[tinkerbell23]

Its the back door...the lanes at the back and we leave the back door open to let the air in (but he can run down the drive and look out front too as its fenced)....also re:neighbours...its both sides... He absolutley makes way less noise than them he dosent bark uninterrupted though for 30min (thank GOD!!!!) just gives passers by a bark to let them know he is there ....classes may be an option he could do with being more obedient!!

Thanks for the answers!

[dawny0311]

You can get some really good tips to stop 'antisocial' dog behaviour on TV. Cesar Milan and Victoria Stilwell are both very good. Cesar's methods are a little harsher because he incorporates 'shock collars' which I certainly don't agree with.
What sort of bark is it? Excitable or more aggressive?
You could try 'blocking your dog' when he is barking. You will need to stand in front of him first and move you body to ensure you are always in front of him - as soon as you hear the bark 'Sshh' him or say 'Quiet'. By standing in front of him you are asserting your leadership. He must learn that it is not acceptable to bark at everything that passess by in the lane.
This will take time and patience but eventually he will get the message.