What is considered basic obedience!?

[BigBlueHen53]

Sammy's barking is due to ... high anxiety, I guess I would say. He hears something that startles him and that sets him off. And he does not have an off switch. Well ... I have empty water bottles with beans in them and I shake them at him and that temprarily distracts him, he does not like that sound. But he does not stop for long.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Sammy's barking is due to ... high anxiety, I guess I would say. He hears something that startles him and that sets him off. And he does not have an off switch. Well ... I have empty water bottles with beans in them and I shake them at him and that temprarily distracts him, he does not like that sound. But he does not stop for long.

E collar?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Am already using it to control two other behaviors, chasing the vehicles and leaving the property. I tried using it for the barking but the puppy happened to be near him and Sammy attacked him, no doubt thinking the puppy was responsible for his discomfort, so I haven't used it again for the barking.

 

[Squawkers]

Am already using it to control two oother behaviors, chasing the vehicles and leaving the property. I tried using it for the barking but the puppy happened to be near him and Sammy attacked him, no doubt thinking the puppy was responsible for his discomfort, so I haven't used it again for the barking.

Have you tried to teach a command for him to be quiet? Because if you tell him to be quiet (and he knows very well what that means) and then use the e collar (assuming he 100% knows that comes from you) then I would think you wouldn’t have that issue. Chase is a pretty bad barker too, but as soon as I tell him to stop, he does (under normal circumstances, if some stranger was in the house he would have a very hard time quitting after I told him to the first time)

 

[CHlCKEN]

If anybody has any suggestions for shuttupping a chronic barker I'd sure be happy to hear them.

Would love to hear it too… e collar is a no go here and same for those dog whistle things

 

[ShrekDawg]

Am already using it to control two other behaviors, chasing the vehicles and leaving the property. I tried using it for the barking but the puppy happened to be near him and Sammy attacked him, no doubt thinking the puppy was responsible for his discomfort, so I haven't used it again for the barking.

Oh wow! That’s definitely scary and understandable then

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Have you tried to teach a command for him to be quiet?

Yes

Because if you tell him to be quiet (and he knows very well what that means)

he does not.

and then use the e collar (assuming he 100% knows that comes from you)

yeah, no he does not. That is the problem. Cannot use ecollar for this issue.

then I would think you wouldn’t have that issue. Chase is a pretty bad barker too, but as soon as I tell him to stop, he does (under normal circumstances, if some stranger was in the house he would have a very hard time quitting after I told him to the first time)

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I think I may need to "train an incompatible behavior." Like, put him on a Down Stay and correct for breaking the Down Stay if he barks. Holding a proper Down Stay is incompatible with barking. Hmmm. Let me think on this a bit.

 

[Squawkers]

Yes

he does not.

yeah, no he does not. That is the problem. Cannot use ecollar for this issue.

Ok, that makes sense.

 

[Squawkers]

I think I may need to "train an incompatible behavior." Like, put him on a Down Stay and correct for breaking the Down Stay if he barks. Holding a proper Down Stay is incompatible with barking. Hmmm. Let me think on this a bit.

That’s a good idea