Excessive Barking
Excessive barking is one noise nuisance you and your neighbours do not need to suffer.
Dogs bark for various reasons - to warn off intruders from their turf, to try
and communicate a need to their owner, to have a wobbly when they are not getting their own way, to call other pack members to a hunt,
for example. And only when you understand what the actual reason for your dog's barking is, can you cure it. The Natural Dog
Training programme is stress-free to both dog and owner, and the results are both immediate and long term. Pam was approached by a vet at
the Animal Protection Institute in the USA to write a paper for them on curing excessive barking in the domestic dog,
as they stated that her natural approach was the only non-pharmaceutical, non-surgical solution to the problem.
This is achieved by removing the root cause of the problem - rather than by simply treating the symptom by disciplining, so-called
positive and negative reinforcement, anti-bark collars, and cutting the dog's vocal cords. Which are not dissimilar to stifling babies'
cries to silence them, rather than attending to the need that they are trying to communicate to their mother!
Dogs also bark because we bark. Dogs are aliens, remember! So when we command them to stop barking, they think we are also barking. (And we think
they are disobedient.) I don't know what they think - perhaps it's better not to know. So how do we stop our dogs barking for nothing!? Dog
Training the Natural Way will give you a simple solution. Through knowing why he is barking, you can remove the cause. Dogs that go to
obedience training bark at the next door dog, at dogs on their walk, at people that pass by… simply to make their owners bark too. If the dog stops
barking, the owner thinks the dog is obedient. But there is no need to continue barking because he has accomplished his mission. If he hadn't been to
obedience training - he wouldn't have learnt how to make his owner bark… (In human lingo, to tell him to stop - in dog lingo, to bark too. Simple as
that.) Once you have learnt to look at yourself through the eyes of the dog, it is all so easy.
Excessive barking can also result from dogs grieving when their owners go out. This does not mean that you must never go out to keep your dog happy!
It means that your dog needs to be more adaptable. Dogs that bark when they don't get their own way are brattish dogs that want to be the centre of
attention al the time, so when they are not the main attraction, they have a wobbly. Dog Training the Natural Way takes you gently through a
programme that shows you how to stabilize your dog's emotions, which gives him peace of mind, thus removing the urge to have a barking tantrum.
(Yes, it does work for children too. So Pam's clients tell her - and they should know.)
Natural Dog Training has a proven solution. Pam's house calls, Living with an Alien, her Home Training Kit and booklet on adrenalin-related problems
all give very high success rates. (And families, dogs and neighbours peace of mind.)
Whether your dog barks "for nothing", "barks all the time", "barks at nothing"' barks excessively", doesn't bark, barks at everything,
barks at everything that moves, never stops barking, barks at everyone that passes, barks at visitors, barks at children, barks at every sound,
barks at (and with) the next door dog, barks at cats…. (Which gives rise to legislation against barking dogs.) Dog Training the Natural Way will give you all the solutions! This will also make your dog a far better watchdog, because then you will know that when he is barking, there is a
valid reason for it.
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