When a guest comes to the house, the dog barks loudly. When the guest sits on the sofa, the dog keeps barking. This type of barking is triggered by the stimulus "a visitor." In addition, some dogs express their mood by barking for a long time because they have been alone in the yard for a long time and have been excluded from the family. Keep barking to see the companion, which is a reward for the dog after barking. If this continues, it will form a habit of barking for no reason.

To improve this situation, please do not continue to lock it in the yard, put it indoors, and stay with it often. After the dog confirms the love of its companion, it can gradually get rid of this bad habit.

Do stimulation collars work?

It’s not because he doesn’t have enough contact with people that he still keeps barking. For this situation, some people choose stimulation collars. The so-called stimulation collar refers to a collar that can emit electric current stimulation. There are protrusions inside the collar, which can stimulate the dog's neck when it is powered on. This type of collar is available in remote control-operable types and types that automatically sense and stimulate the dog when it barks, but it is not recommended for long-term use. If the collar is of poor quality, your dog's slight cough may also cause irritation.

Remotely operated collars have certain advantages in a sense. When a dog engages in problematic behavior, its companions will not directly punish the dog. The remotely controlled stimulation collar can eliminate the correlation between punishment and people. In addition, turning on the switch at the moment of barking can make the dog associate his behavior with punishment. As long as he barks, he will feel pain, so he will naturally have the consciousness to stop barking.

When using a collar, only a degree of relaxation can achieve the best effect. Frequent use of current stimulation is likely to cause the dog to develop neurosis. Stimulation collars should not be used for long periods of time and should be used under the guidance of a veterinarian.

Two methods to correct the habit of barking: symptomatic treatment and radical treatment

1. Symptomatic treatment to distract attention in an instant

At the moment when your dog wants to pounce on its companion or bark, distracting it can effectively prevent the occurrence of problem behaviors.

2. Punishment of radical treatment

The so-called radical treatment is a method of instructing the dog to think of unpleasant events to correct bad habits. Unpleasant things include punishment and disregard. When giving punishment, be careful not to let the dog realize that it was his companion who implemented it.

Punishing directly will only increase the dog’s resentment. When punishing, in order to let the dog understand that "although I don't know why, it must have done something wrong", natural punishment methods can be adopted. In addition, sprays and water cannons are also very effective when punishing people with distractions.

The key point in implementing punishment is to suddenly give unpleasant punishment at the moment when the dog's problem behavior starts. justTo bark, suddenly a bucket of water is sprinkled on the face. After repeated several times, the dog will remember that as long as it barks, something unpleasant will happen. To avoid punishment, problem behaviors are improved.

3. Ignorance of radical treatment

Radical treatment includes natural punishment and elimination methods. The so-called "elimination" is to achieve the purpose of elimination by ignoring the dog's problem behavior. In the process of elimination, you need to adopt a completely ignoring attitude. This is a method that requires patience. The dog will stop barking over time because it does not receive praise. On the contrary, when a dog exhibits problematic behavior, if it is criticized repeatedly, the dog will regard it as praise, thereby strengthening the dog's problematic behavior.

The so-called reinforcement is to strengthen a certain behavior by continuously giving rewards. When living with a dog, the two methods of reinforcement and elimination will have a very significant positive effect on improving the dog's problem behavior.