morning all
I know this has been covered before but he's driving us mad !
Murph barks all the time ( well it seems like it ! ) .He barks for attention but then still barks :(
we've tried :-
ignoring him ( he can go for ages and my ears hurt )
squirting him ( he barks and runs away ! )
grabbing his snout and telling him no
just simply walking away from him ( very annoying in the middle of a film )
at the moment we've resorted to putting him in his crate -but that's not ideal -I don't want that to be the punishment block
any suggestions before I go and borrow Dizzy's baseball bat :D
thanks
Liz ( almost deaf now ;) )

Lara has great ideas for this- that doesn't include the baseball theory:) Hope she picks up on this thread for you:)

Stacey x x x

Hi Lizzy :D
I know how you feel, since we moved Floyd (8 mth Rotbag) has taken to barking to be let out ,let in again or just for attention, trouble is he's started doing it at 5 in the morning!!
I don't mind the 'in/out' barking but the attention one is a real pain, too loud to ignore, but as soon as you tell him off he thinks he's won by getting your attention. Can't win really ;)
I'm afraid I'm at a loss on this one as well, if you really try to ignore him he just swipes you with his paws, fine a couple of months ago but he's getting a bit hefty now.lol
Hopefully someone will have a cure, or Dizzy will have to go into full time production of the 'baseball bat'!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
jue

Liz,
Earplugs!!:-D.
Seriously tho' when Cava did this I used to take hold of his collar and put him out of the room, don't speak or look at him just remove him from room for a couple of minutes. Let him back in after he's been quiet, still ignore him then a bit later call him ask him to sit and fuss him.
Hope it helps
Anne

nothing wrong with the "BASEBALL BAT" :D

Hi all -we don't have another room -the hose is open plan .....hence the crate
Yes , I have whacked him !!!-----I know some say you shouldn't but I am getting to the end of my tether with this :(
The neighbour commented a few weeks ago about the dog and she said she thought his name was 'NOOOOOO' !!!!
He is generally a good dog ( I know I paint a bad picture of him on here :) ) But the constant barking is driving me mad !
Dizzy -is the baseball bat a standard --one size fits all ? :D
Liz ( almost deaf -and watching the new christmas tree like a hawk ;) )

Oh well that's that one up the chute then. Can you tell when he is going to start and call him too you before he does, ask him to sit or down then praise, sort of distract him.
Anne

Hi Anne
We've tried the distraction -giving a command instead of just saying no but he just carries on :(
Having said all this -today he's been a tad better ( must know I'm talking about him ;) )
I don't want to stop him from barking altogether just to stop on command ! and stay stopped :D
Liz

Liz,
Nothing else for itthe baseball bat :-D
Anne

I've ordered 2 ! one for each hand :D
Liz
( seriously It's comforting to know others are in or have been in the same boat --I don't feel such a complete blitherbox :D )

Hi.
Afraid nothing worked on our past dobe re. barking. and believe me we tried. we found he had different barks for difference occasions , one for when someone at door (very low pitched and loud), a low yap yap when locked outside and wanted to come in , a frenzied salivating v. loud bark when he saw a cat and his - what we called - Brat Yap - a very high pitched yap yap yap when he wanted attention and you were not giving it. We tried alsorts - ie. shouting quiet (worked for the space of one bark), squirting water , throwing a cup ful of water (again stopped him for space of one bark) and finally putting him in kitchen by self until he had barked himself out.

We had this for 131/2 years! but still loved him v. much although neighbours probably not very keen

Our new puppy is 16 weeks and decided to use method of teaching him to speak and then teaching him to be quiet. We are doing well in the speak department but have yet to see if he will do the quiet when goes full pelt into a barking session. as he has not yet done that - thank goodness.

Good luck.

forgot to say - if our old dobe was really getting on our nerves with barking or prancing about back and forth we found the fire a great way of settling him down - in summer or winter. It was well worth the cost in gas to be able to sit and watch telly once in a while with no dog yapping or demanding attention in other ways.

Karen if he carries on he'll be on the fire !!!!!
we taught him to 'speak' on command which is fine and the in and out barking I can handle ,but like you say the bratty squeaky bark which then developes into full flow ....well lordy take me now !!!!!
( we don't have a fire to hypnotise him with either :( )
Liz

Hi there
Morgan is also a very 'vocal' dog and he has been getting worse as he grows up. He barks for food, attention and also if he has a tantrum when he doesn't get his own way. I would love for him to bark when he wants out but he just uses subtle hints like staring and walking in circles. We had a bit of a nightmare a couple of weeks ago when he decided that it would be fun to bark through the night (non-stop) for four nights:-( I took him to the vet but he found nothing wrong with him so we made sure he was comfortable every night and just ignored him and it eventually stopped :-) As for the barking for attention, I spoke to a man who told me that if I could teach Morgan to speak, it would then be possible to work on the shush part. Well Morgan can now speak on command but we haven't quite managed the shush yet. I don't know if I'm in a better or worse situation now. We will be working on it over the next couple of weeks and I'll be sure and let you know if it works. I know how annoying it can be and I hope you find a solution

All the Best
Shirley

We did all that was suggested here, and it worked to a point but didn't stop most of it. We finally broke down and borrowed an Aboistop citronella collar and within a week she got the picture. We bought one to keep as every so often she needs a refresher, but it was definitely a lifesaver for her and us! If you can borrow one first that's the best idea as they don't always work. I understand that some vets offices have them for loan.

Wendy