Before we teach your puppy to stop barking, we need to look at the reasons why your puppy barks first.
Why Puppy Puppy?
- Some puppies prefer to bark because they are after attention, and the only way to get attention is to bark. The more you pay attention to barking, the more you exacerbate the problem and behavior. Puppies learned how to get their mom's attention when they were in the litter, and they learned that the fastest way to get your attention is through excessive vocalization. This behavior is not natural for a puppy or dog in general, and this studied behavior is the reason for this that if they made noise in the wild, then they would receive negative attention from other wild animals.
- Another reason for excessive vocalization is related to the fact that dogs and puppies were first accepted as pets. People decided to get a pet (many years ago) so that they would have someone who would guard the house while the owners were absent - and the way to guard the house and scare possible intruders should have a dog that barked or made noise.
- Another reason dogs and puppies bark from boredom, anxiety and frustration. By isolating the noise, your fluff is trying to reunite with you, and, having created noise, your beam tries to attract your attention (albeit far from you) so that you will gather in a pack again. However, this occasional barking may progress to a howl if he is allowed to continue for too long.
- Anxiety and fear can also cause excessive vocalization - this is used by your puppy to scare away everything that they may perceive as a danger. High barking also helps your puppy feel better.
- When your dog or puppy makes all this noise, you can best ignore it. If your pooch makes noises for attention, recognizing your puppy's behavior, whether he throws it out or comes in when it makes noise, you simply reinforce what your puppy wants (attention).
- If your dog or puppy whines when he is in a box or playing in a pen, do not let him go or do not recognize him until he calms down and when he calms down the behavior by giving him our box (do not let him go until he is quiet)!
- Never encourage a dog or puppy to bark - either to tease him or in any other way.
- Begin socializing puppies as early as possible - the more experience than your puppy will get used to the less refrigerated it will be, and the less likely it is to bark.
- Provide your dog or puppy with many ways to stimulate - it will stop your puppy from boredom and / or frustration - this is also a good way for your pooch to express itself not verbally.
- Strengthen good behavior — if your puppy got used to bark when the cars passed by, and now it's quiet — reward him — use these methods when he calms down in previous experience when he kicked.
- Regular exercise is a great technique for use with dogs and puppies that bark - because excessive vocalization is very tiring, and if your drinker is tired, he will be less inclined to bark.
- If your puppy is a protected type - then do not allow it to gain access to places where it can see traffic, mail arrivals or people walking past the window.
