HE WON'T SHUT UP!

[Guest Anonymous]

I can't TAKE IT ANYMORE!!! If I hear him bark one more time I'll SHOOT MYSELF! I can't sleep at night lately and every time i wake up at 8 or 9 in the morning to that damn DOG BARKING!!!!!! :drinking: I just can't take it anymore, I wana go out there and STRANGLE HIM! I let him in and he bugs the hell outa me, won't leave me alone, chases the cat, STILL BARKS, whines, cries, throws temper tantrums, so I put him outside and he barks from the second he's out until the second he's in, HOW DO I MAKE HIM SHUT UP BEFORE I GO NUTS?!?! :cry: :cry: :cry:

[Guest Anonymous]

what exactly does he want? attention? a walk? my dog gets hyper.. do you walk him alot?

[kendalyn]

A tired dog is a good dog... :lol:

You could start some no barking training also. It might be hard to enfoce once you go back to school though.

[Guest Anonymous]

yes but HOW do I teach him not to bark!?

If I tried to wear him out anymore, I'd be playing with him in my SLEEP :roll: I CAN'T wear him out, I don't have enough energy!

[kendalyn]

Maybe some of the tips in this thread can help?

http://forum.dogomania.com/viewtopic.php?t=11812

[Guest Anonymous]

Thanks, I'll read it in a few, don't have the time right now!

DivineOblivion19 - thanks, but not only is my vet an hour away, but the closest behaviorist is over 7 hours away. Trust me, I've looked when I had my last dog :(

[TDG]

i had to find ways to wear my dog out, and i did. the tools i use are called "mountain bike" and "rollerblades", it's impossible to do with just my own two legs. as long as it doesn't get dark early, we do about 9 miles a day, more if other people come along and we have a specific place we want to go.

swimming works well, too, and puts less stress on the joints. :)

[abker17]

i had to find ways to wear my dog out, and i did. the tools i use are called "mountain bike" and "rollerblades", it's impossible to do with just my own two legs. as long as it doesn't get dark early, we do about 9 miles a day, more if other people come along and we have a specific place we want to go.

Oh Shara this is a great idea! :D Right now I'm training Abby to pull me on my rollerblades. It's really a lot of fun and tires 'em out fast. U should try it!

[Guest Anonymous]

[quote name='TDG']i had to find ways to wear my dog out, and i did. the tools i use are called "mountain bike" and "rollerblades", it's impossible to do with just my own two legs. as long as it doesn't get dark early, we do about 9 miles a day, more if other people come along and we have a specific place we want to go.

swimming works well, too, and puts less stress on the joints. :)

*looks outside to a blizzard where you can barely see the hand in front of your face* Sigh...

Yes, I can't wait for summer so bad. I want to get Coal into Bikejorring, and Agility, and anything else I can find to do. Roller Blading, and skateboarding, anything else with wheels that needs pavement doesn't work because we only have dirt roads :-?
So far outside winter games, only thing I can find to do besides walks, which we don't get anywhere because we're still doing the whole "stop everytime he pulls" thing... is to throw snow balls. I stand out there until I get tired throwing them through the snow so he has to work, up hills, over hill, through the bushes, everywhere I can think of to make him work. And I come inside feeling like I'm going to DIE and Coal is panting but still rearing to go!! He'll lay down inside for maybe five minutes then get up, go get his toy and bring it to me! :-? I SWEAR he's part Energizer Bunny!! And I'm not the only one playing with him either, he brings his toys to everyone, my parents will play with him almost every time he brings the toy to them.
The only time I think I've EVER seen him (no pun intended) Dog Tired was when some friends stayed with us for a few days and brought their Border Collie with them. That's the only time I've EVER seen that dog not want to move because he was so tired from playing with Meg :o :roll:

[Guest Anonymous]

sashagirl napisał(a):

HazelNutMeg napisał(a):

*looks outside to a blizzard where you can barely see the hand in front of your face* Sigh...

And you leave Coal outside at night? :-?

WHAT? NO! Where the hell did you get that?????? :evil: Coal sleeps on my BED, and if he's not there he's most likely on the couch downstairs :roll: (even though he's not allowed there, he sneaks on at night :roll: )

[Guest Anonymous]

Sorry, I just don't appreciate people thinking I leave my dog out in the freezing cold temperatures all night, and I'm sure you wouldn't either.

Dog's need to go outside to go pee... I let him out and tie him up because we have no fence, he's on a really long run and has full access to all of our front yard, with the exeception of the small area on the other side of the house. He has access to the porch for shelter, and even access to a insulated dog house... he isn't out there for longer then 20 minutes, if that. I'm starting to think he's barking at squirrels :roll: I've seen quite a few running back and forth around the area which he barks, and have heard them out there. But I've also seen him barking towards the road too...
See, my parents get up before me (of course) and will let him outside for his morning pee. I woke up at 7:00 this time this morning to him barking :roll: He's inside right now and behaving himself quite well actually.
He's inside most of the day except when he's outside to go pee, which he barks the whole time he's out there. When he goes outside for non pee breaks is when one of my parents is out, or I go out to play with him in the snow, train him outside, or take him for a walk.
When he's inside I usually chase him around the living room, or play hide and seak, or play basketball downstairs in the laundry room, or play fetch down the hall, or whatever other games we can think of, or I'll train him inside. But lately it has been that the second I go to do something of my own, that dog is right in my face and wants to play more. He does this with my parents as well. He doesn't understand that we don't have to play with him 24/7 and he CAN go do things on his own. :-?

[Guest Anonymous]

[quote name='kendalyn']Maybe some of the tips in this thread can help?

http://forum.dogomania.com/viewtopic.php?t=11812

God I feel like a ditz :oops: I ment to read this later yesterday, but then never even came on and totally forgot this mornin when I first got on. Just read it now and that sounds awsome! I will totally try it!! Coal works VERY well with positive training, anything SLIGHTLY unpositive (like Abker and i were discussing on msn about a pop can with pennies in it) he freaks out and basiclly gets tramatized :-? And so that there, praising him for being quite and for barking sorta deal sounds like it would work wonderfully. He just started barking WHILE I was reading that actually and i went over and said "Coal, STOP BARKING" and he came running up to me and i praised him like mad and he wiggle bummed all around, probably clueless of why I was even praising him :lol: :roll: I will keep up with that and let you all know how things go! Thank you! :D

[Peng1zrule]

HazelNutMeg napisał(a):

He doesn't understand that we don't have to play with him 24/7 and he CAN go do things on his own. :-?

actually, he DOES understand...I call this behavior dominance--I want you to play with me RIGHT NOW, because I SAID SO. This goes for petting and feeding, too. I actually correct this behavior with a stern "NO" or by sending them away from me, or making them stay in a sit or down

[Guest Anonymous]

It's alright Sash, it's all good now :D :wink:

Peng1zrule, oh yes, Coal is VERY dominant :roll: If he's being a pest I usually just walk away, or if we're watching a movie and he does this, I put him in a down. If he still gets up and bugs us, he goes in the bootroom for a while with his toys and stuff. He HAS come a long way with his dominance actually... I guess this is just a slip up... probably my bad :oops: I've let him jump on my bed without "asking" quite a few times in the past few days :oops: But I will put an end to that now :wink: Plus he's at that age right now and tests me to my witts end to see what he can get away with :-? :x :drinking:

So I guess just every time he's being a pest like that when we don't want him to be just correct it EVERY time right?

Oh, I don't know if there's a need starting a new thread for this, but Coal also has this BAAAD habbit of jumping on people, REALLY bad. Usually when Jared (my boyfriend) comes over I can hear him drive up on the quad, or I know when he's comming so I grab some cookies and put them in my pocket or whatever so when he gets here and Coal goes bonkers, I get him to sit and give him a cookie. Should I get Jared to give him the cookie? I asked him if he'd do that before and he said no :icon_rock: ... not sure if he was just being a brat or if he seriously didn't want to do it...
What do I do for un expected visitors too? I don't like putting Coal out or in a different room when people come over, I'm afraid he'll assosiate people ariving as punishment and a bad thing, and my last dog eh hem* wasn't exactly the friendliest... so I've wanted and tried to socialize Coal as much as possible with people, dogs, and everything. I can't keep cookies by the door because there's no where to put them he can't get into :roll: And I'm not sure how much all visitors will like comming to the door and have to give my slobbery mutt a cookie :lol: But I'm sure it would be better then being jumped on, Coal's gotten HUUUUUGE!! :o

[kendalyn]

I don't like asking visitors to help me train my dog unless I KNOW they don't mind. It makes a lot of people uncomfortable.

I would keep Coal on a leash and have him sit before you open the door. Let the visitors pet him, but don't let him jump. I would keep him on the leash until you are sure he's going to be calm when you let him off. :-)

[Peng1zrule]

Hazel, sorry it took me so long to see your reply to me. I would correct peskiness EVERY time it happened. Jumping up is a dominant thing, it's kind of one step away from humping. Just less aggressive than actually doing it.
If coal is not aggressive toward you, I would suggest doing some very dominant things toward him--like when he's just not "getting" what you are telling him to do (stalling or otherwise playing dumb until you get frustrated and let him off the hook) put your hand over his muzzle, lean in, and make your voice low. speaking from the back of your throat, tell him what you want. then give him a chance to respond. This is what I do with ALL my dogs. I will give a physical correction if I am not obeyed and it is a command I am SURE they know. This is a dominant thing-to grab the muzzle. I would not tell anyone to do it if the dog is likely to snap at the hand or the face.
Another thing I do is to put my arm over the dog's shoulder. It's hard to describe, it's not quite an embrace, more just a draping of the arm across the dog from one side, with the arm resting fully against the far side of the dog. Most dogs move away from this--it's a simple way of saying, "I'm boss" it's uncomfortable to submissive dogs and some dominant dogs just won't stand for it. Gypsy, who will sometimes disregard all her training and be very aggressive toward other dogs, will be calmed down and brought back into control after five or ten minutes of sitting still with my arm draped over her. It's quite different from a hug...if done right, the dog knows it's NOT a hug.
Good luck!