Barking. What is our attitude towards barking?
Of course it depends upon where we live and why we have a dog. If our dog
protects the cattle and barks in case of a danger (a wolf is approaching) we
treat barking as a useful talent. However, most of us live without any cattle.
In a countryside people are used to
various sounds of animals and as a rule do not pay much attention to dog’s
barking. But in a city it is quite
another thing. We can not allow our pets to bark as much as they probably would
like to. What to do if your dog is a big
barker?
Actually
it is rather difficult to make a dog to keep silent as barking is a natural instinct. My opinion
that it is a Sisyphus’s labor to
struggle against what is only natural.
There are a lot of reasons for barking –
protection, anger, joy, invitation to play, etc. Barking is also dependent upon
the breed, character of a dog, age, emotional and physical condition and other reasons.
One can hardly find a universal method how to teach a dog
not to bark. A lot of trainings can be applied, even a special collar can be used for this purpose. But still a lot of masters try to stop barking by simply shouting at a dog.
It is quite
possible to keep this instinct under
control. But for each case of barking
a special method should be selected.
In this post I’d like to share one of my “anti-barking”
experiences.
