my five month Vizsla seems to be going through a barky phase, me and hubby are trying to ignore it but dont know if this is the best way to deal with it, we dont give her any attention when she does it..is this the best way to deal with her, I knwo she is stil only a baby but want to do things properly..

Hehehehe, welcome to the wonderful world of sticking your fingers in your ears, for the next few months at least!

My lurcher hit that phase at about 6 months, oh joy. One minute a quiet biddable puppy, the next SHOUT SHOUT SHOUT. Shout for out, shout for in, shout for attention, shout cos bored, shout for food, shout cos he likes shouting........arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

You are doing the right thing, do not respond to ANY shouting, only respond to a quiet dog. Dont shout back, dont even look at the dog.

My  pup is now calming down on the shouty thing, he has however taught my older dog to do it, so now every time i sit down to do some clicker training, his first idea is 'see if shouting works' lol. Dogs, lovely eh!

Em

mine whines she is 8 months and whines constantly at the door even if she has just been for a walk. We sleep downstairs and at night she sits on the chair and whines until we stop talking then goes to sleep then starts again at 6am. Don't we just love them (D

In what circumstances is she barking? It might be for a very good reason, she might be scared of something outside, in which case you need to do more socialising. She might not be getting enough to eat (it's hard to get the right amount when they are still growing) in which case you would need to adjust that accordingly. She might be barking for attention, in which case you'd need to make sure she got enough attention when she was being good, so you can ignore the barking and therefore extinguish that behaviour but you're making sure her needs are met, and reducing her need to bark.

Have a look at the circumstances around it, and see if there's a pattern to it at all.

Jo