Problems with pets

[ladybootlegger]

So we have a 23 month old puppy who loves to bark. We also have neighbors who legally forced the neighbors on their other side to get rid of their dog due to barking. I've tried EVERYTHING to correct my dog's barking.

I went to Petsmart to get one of those sonic bark stopping thing. The sales lady talked me out of it, saying that it is a waste of money, the dog will just learn to tune it out. She told me to go with the shock collar. I ended up going through 5 shock collars to no avail. Although I did notice that the dog had developed two sores where the prongs of the shock collars had touched him. I'm absolutely horrified at what I had paid money to do to my poor puppy!

My mom told me about an info-mercial she had seen for "The Perfect Dog" selling something called "The Control Collar." I looked it up on the internet, watched a few of their "success stories" and I was sold. So, I purchased it...$80!

It took two weeks to get here. The control collar looks like some sort of torture device! It is made of plastic...PLASTIC...and is a series of triangles. They aren't sharp, but the idea is that when the dog does something you don't want, you yank...really hard on this collar. The triangles will pinch the skin to get the dogs attention, thus teaching the dog not to perform such acts again. Well, in my opinion, this is just cruel!

Next thing I new, I won training sessions from Bark Busters. After just one 2-hour session, the barking issue is all but resolved. My little monster is a totally different dog, getting better and better every day! I'm not sure how much a session with Bark Busters usually costs, but I'm here to tell you it is worth it!

Luckily, the control collar has never touched my little boy, and we will be able to return it for a full refund.

[Noble Dreg]

Excellent...And Kudos to you for being a good pet owner!

I have a dog, love her to death.  Far from anti-dog!

My old neighbors had two pain-in-the-ars wiener dogs that yapped every time I stepped out the door.  Love animals but wanted these two rodents gone in the worst way.  No ones pet should make others feel unwelcome in their own yard!  When these little buggers started leaving "presents" in the yard I had a chat with the neighbors, friendly mind you.  I too would have taken legal action if required.

Dogs are not for everyone, you did the right, kind, considerate, and socially proper thing.  An effort rarely made these days.  Again I say Huzzah!

[LadyFae]

Good for you!  I love dogs like crazy but even the yappers will get on my last nerve at times.  Now if only we can find a way to get my GSP to stop whining...

[Becky10]

I have a sheltie. Its a barker on 4 feet. Luckily my neighbors rescue greyhounds and the people behind me have two pitties that always bark and on the other side a yippy poodle. Its a virtual land of barks.

[Lady Christina de Pond]

i live in the woods the neighbors on one side of me has a dog that barks like there is no tomorrow when they pull down the driveway and keep barking until it gets attention
the other neighbors have a irish settler and a golden retriver and a settler/retriever mix
my parents boxer barks at things in this puppy play bark but she doesn't all the time only when the cats lay close to her yard or if she corners something she's played with two frogs and flattened them as well as a baby king snake and had found a box turtle saturday( thankfully Dad was watching her and rescued the turtle).
My dashund pug mix likes to bark at anything that moves which if she does at night sets the neighbors settler and retriver off which sets the boxer off.
so we wind up with a barking circle to stop it i just take the pug dashund mix inside

[LadyStitch]

It isn't the barking that drives me batty it is my Boston's insesent whining.  He is great at the very high pitched, ever so quiet whining that greats the nerves.  His favorite is camping out next to my head and doing it in the middle of the night. He also will sit next to the couch and whining, not for food, but for the DH to stop paying attention to me, and pay attention to him. I want to break him of the whining but not sure how.  It's getting really frustrating.

Normally I'm not as upset at him waking me up because it means he is got going potty in the house, BUT it is not condusive to a happy human to be woken up evey 45 minutes, epecially after having trouble falling asleep in the first place after a very stressful day. He did that last night for half the night until we discovered the goob had spilled his water, and was now thirsty.  Once we filled his water bowl back up he didn't move from his bed for the next 4 hours.

[ladybootlegger]

Like I said in my first post, my little monster is a completely different dog since our first session with Bark Busters. I don't mean to post shameless plugs for them here or anything, but I will say it is WELL WORTH IT.

He no longer whines for my dinner, jumps up on people...or the counter, he walks "at heel" with me, he no longer picks on the other dog, or chases the cats, he won't wake me up in the middle of the night anymore for water, or to go outside. And best of all... he doesn't bark incessantly while he is outside anymore!

[Ginette]

So what would you do if it was your neighbor that had the barking dog?  For intense my neighbor has 3 dogs and 2 of which are barkers and it's the board, lonely bark.  My husband and I have talked to her about it and it will be fixed for a day or two then the dogs are barking again.  It has gotten to where my daughter and both our dogs do not want to go into the back yard in an effort to not have to deal with the barking. 

[William_MacKean]

So what would you do if it was your neighbor that had the barking dog?  For intense my neighbor has 3 dogs and 2 of which are barkers and it's the board, lonely bark.  My husband and I have talked to her about it and it will be fixed for a day or two then the dogs are barking again.  It has gotten to where my daughter and both our dogs do not want to go into the back yard in an effort to not have to deal with the barking. 

Call the city when the barking begins.  Inducate that it is a daily event.  They usually send someone out to listen for the period of time mandated by law and issue a fine.  Money is the only way anyone will silence a barking dog.

[LadyFae]

Hey LB, any ideas on how LadyS and i can get our dogs to stop whining?  What do you think the BarkBusters would suggest (based on your experience?)

[ladybootlegger]

They recommend staying calm is the main thing. Next would be, not to yell at the dogs, or strike them or anything. They recommend using a noise... "BAH" but say it like kind of a growl. Whenever the dog whines, use the BAH growl. Bark busters also uses a training tool to go along with BAH, if necessary. The lady gave me a couple of them. The are a length of chain...about 6-9 links, sewed into a pouch. If the BAH does not work, the pouch of chain is to be thrown NEAR the dog (not at the dog) to get their attention. After a while, the pouch of chain would no longer be necessary. I already hardly use them, and it hasn't even been a full week yet.

The pouch of chain doesn't seem like it would be hard to make. I had planned on making more of them, but, as it turns out, the two she left me was in fact plenty.

Be sure to let me know if it works for you!

[LadyStitch]

They recommend staying calm is the main thing. Next would be, not to yell at the dogs, or strike them or anything. They recommend using a noise... "BAH" but say it like kind of a growl. Whenever the dog whines, use the BAH growl. Bark busters also uses a training tool to go along with BAH, if necessary. The lady gave me a couple of them. The are a length of chain...about 6-9 links, sewed into a pouch. If the BAH does not work, the pouch of chain is to be thrown NEAR the dog (not at the dog) to get their attention. After a while, the pouch of chain would no longer be necessary. I already hardly use them, and it hasn't even been a full week yet.
The pouch of chain doesn't seem like it would be hard to make. I had planned on making more of them, but, as it turns out, the two she left me was in fact plenty.
Be sure to let me know if it works for you!

Did the bah thing.  Didn't work he just goes away 5 feet and then comes back.  We did the pennies in a pill jar thing, but he does the same thing with that.   Funny enough we have have gotten him to sit & fetch , almost on command.  He is smart but this is a habit that he learned from his first owner and we have yet to train it out of him.

[ladybootlegger]

I'd say keep trying it for a day or so. And maybe try using pennies in a pouch of some kind, like I mentioned in my previous post.

The other thing they recommended is to ignor the dogs. The trainer said that when they start whining, or sit there staring at you, that if you give in, or look at them it re-enforces that they are "in charge." I have discovered that if I ignore the dogs when they start doing this, they typically give up.

Maybe that will work. *shrugs*