We just removed the shrubs at the front window - landscaping from our perspective, but Schatzie can now see the street activity. Dog walkers, joggers, kids, leaves, dust, bugs, butterflies - and now she barks at everything! Took me a while to figure it out. Now, how do I get this girl to settle down? Its been well over a month! I don't want to scold, but she's wearing on my nerves. She's got to "alert" me to everything - and I mean EVERYTHING - and she's become more aggressive on walkies. What gives?
Possible solutions:
1) PUT THE SHRUBS BACK!
2) Get a 62 inch plasma TV and put in front of the window.
3) phenobarbitol for Shatzi, Valium for you.
4) Reflective covering on the inside - strangers can see in your house, all you see is a reflection of your living room.
5) Condos can be nice - anything above the fourth floor.
Karen :2funny:
We tried one of the ultrasonic boxes and it worked pretty well with our Schatzi. With your barking at things through the window, I would think it would work great. Our only problem was we were using it at the front door, and Schatzi finally learned how far away to stay from it to keep from setting it off and then should would bark (doxies are smart, remember?). In your case, the thing Schatzie is barking at is out the window and it is because it is being seen. If the box is in the right place, it just might work. They are available at PetSmart. Here is a link to it. When I got ours, it was on sale for 10.00 off.
http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2751312
Our problem now is Schatzi barking at everything when she is outside. She can see movement through the privacy fence behind us and beside us and she just goes nuts. I've got to find time to be out there and try to break her of it before the neighbors get really upset with us. There is an empty house for sale next to us so anytime we see someone looking at it or a realtor pull up with someone, we make sure we put Schatzi in (hopefully before she can start barking). We don't want to scare any potential neighbors away by them thinking they will have a barking dog next door!
I was looking into other things for barking and this one got better reviews and was less expensive:
http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2755417
Would have replied sooner, Karen, bit I was laying on the driveway watching the shrubs grow back after taking a few of those Valium you recommended. Dog still barking. I don't care. :wink: :wink:
large metal tin with nails or stones when the barking starts run shake the tin it worked with Amy.
Amy here, she frightened the &%#@ out of me a good few times all she has to do is go to da cupboard mum has it in and I've now become a goood citizen
I've had no luck with the tin can and pennies trick or the squirtgun with water for my barkers along my front fence. So, today, I took delivery of three citronella spray bark collars. It makes me a little sad I've had to resort to this, but running herd on all three barking at once is impossible. Luckily, Millie hasn't picked up the habit yet, so if I get it under control now, maybe she won't.
I have got to find something that will work with Schatzi. She will ignore the can with the coins if she is outside, and that is where our problem is. She just can't stop herself! We have not had anyone on one side of us since we moved here in June, but someone is moving in this week. They have lots of windows on our side and there is no way they won't hear Schatzi bark a lot of the time. I really don't want to make them regret moving here, and we really need to get her under control. At first, I knew it was because she was finally able to be outside and she had lots of new noises to react to. Also she sees movement through the privacy fence behind us and that really gets her going.
I hate the thought of the citronella collar, but it sounds better than the shock collar. I'm hoping it would only have to be used for a short time. If it works, it will be worth it. I've already decided I will take a container of treats over to the neighbors for them to give to Schatzi when she is outside. That should keep her from barking at them so much when they are in the yard. We made sure we kept her in whenever we saw them showing the house so she wouldn't run any potential buyers off! Once the same person is there all the time and is friendly to her, I think she will be okay with them, it's just everything and everyone else around.
ACTUALLY,
The only way you can get the incessant yapper to stop is to pull a Cesar Millan.
You have to GET between the pupper and the window, STAND with your hands on your hips, and STEP towards the yapper, while either tsk-tsking or saying, "Hey! Hey!' or "Uh, uh." This way, you are asserting that YOU are alpha, YOU own the space, YOU are responsible for the yapping alerts, and the Yapper is off-duty. If Yapper tries to end-run around you, LEAP in front of him/her, STEP forward and tsk-tsk. Your moving forward towards the dog shows your assertive domination in a clear way.
And you have to do it again and again until the yapper responds to you tsk-tsking or other vocal noise.
Good luck.
Merlin,
I love it that you are now doing your own posts instead of having to use aunt Karen's space! What am I supposed to do when she is outside? Run the whole backyard with her? What about when we aren't home and she is using the doggie door? That is the most important time. See, I just have too many questions and not enough answers...
Yikes, I don't know what to say. BUT....I just started renting The Dog Whisperer dvds from Netflix, and have applied his methods on Willy and Alex. Willy and Alex go beserk when Dan and/or I come home and they bark their heads off. But when we use the whisperers method, it works really good. Give it a try.
Quote from: PattyInAK on September 22, 2008, 10:54:32 PM
Yikes, I don't know what to say. BUT....I just started renting The Dog Whisperer dvds from Netflix, and have applied his methods on Willy and Alex. Willy and Alex go beserk when Dan and/or I come home and they bark their heads off. But when we use the whisperers method, it works really good. Give it a try.
AHA!! ANOTHER HOOMAN JOINS THE RANKS!! TWO MORE PUPPERS ON CESAR'S TEAM!!
WHAT A DEAL!! WHAT A COUNTRY!!
Quote from: merlin themagician on September 22, 2008, 07:52:06 PM
ACTUALLY,
The only way you can get the incessant yapper to stop is to pull a Cesar Millan.
You have to GET between the pupper and the window, STAND with your hands on your hips, and STEP towards the yapper, while either tsk-tsking or saying, "Hey! Hey!' or "Uh, uh." This way, you are asserting that YOU are alpha, YOU own the space, YOU are responsible for the yapping alerts, and the Yapper is off-duty. If Yapper tries to end-run around you, LEAP in front of him/her, STEP forward and tsk-tsk. Your moving forward towards the dog shows your assertive domination in a clear way.
And you have to do it again and again until the yapper responds to you tsk-tsking or other vocal noise.
Good luck.
Well, Merlin, you haven't met Murphy yet. He runs around me. I take a step, he steps to the side and circles back around. He pays me no attention :BangHead:
The citronella collars have definitely made a dent in the barking. Winston has definitely cooled off, and Murphy won't bark while he's wearing it (we're still working on associating "quiet" with not barking-Murph is a bit of a blockhead. I can't put it on Reilly-turns out she's too sensitive in personality. She was upset for two days after the first spray, so since she's not my worst offender (and prefers to be inside anyway), she's getting a pass.
BTW Merlin, thanks for the heads up on Auntie Karen's avatar :thumb: So nice to see that piccy-and it's seasonally appropriate!
I would love something for barking too! The only thing I've found that works for Cajsa is a muzzle. I had to get one to trim Gretchen's toenails. If Cajsa sees me get it out she immediately quiets and goes to her bed. Of course if she's really riled up she will run away from me barking. Or will 'woof' while wearing it even though it's not a full out bark. Gretchen isn't as bad as long as Cajsa isn't barking so I'm really wanting to break Cajsa from it. IT'd drive a person nuts some days.