If the following question has been ringing in your ears in the middle of the night - stop your dog from barking!!!! Then don’t despair there are ways to solve the problem. But before you can even attempt to stop your dog from barking, you need to understand a few simple but important facts. Dogs bark for many reasons and you need to understand the reason before you can attempt to train them out of the habit. Many times, barking behavior varies among different breeds. Some dogs were bred to bark only under certain circumstances: when they consider a person or situation to be threatening. Specifically, this characterizes the guarding breeds, such as Rottweilers, Dobermans, and German Shepherds.

You may or may not know the cause for the excessive barking. It could be every time someone walks past the window, barking at other dogs, the list goes on and on. First things first you need to work out what exactly is making your dog bark so excessively and it may not be the reason you first thought. There are many types of barking such as reactive, territorial, separation anxiety, excitement, warning, guarding, fear, and frustration barking. First steps should be working out exactly which type you are having problems with, so you can work out the best obedience training method to stop your dog barking.

People often jump straight in with using an anti bark collar. These will usually come in two types, either shock or sound frequencies. Don’t put your pet through this method of trying to stop your dog barking.  First try a reputable obedience training course and see whether you can stop your dog barking by training him. Another option open to you would be hiring a professional dog trainer to help save your dog’s behavior problems.  However, why should you spend a ton of money on dog training classes when you can educate yourself and start to train your puppy or dog in the comfort of your own home?

Many dog owners want their dogs to bark only when there is danger present. When someone is trying to break into your home, it is good to have a dog around. Not only may he scare off the intruder, your dog’s loud bark will alarm you that you should be on guard because something is wrong. You need to stop your dog barking about nothing in particular or else you won’t actually know whether there is any lurking danger or not! Also incessant barking is very irritating to you and your neighbors. Your dog needs to be trained to know that unnecessary barking won’t be tolerated.