Barking "for Nothing".
Excessive barking is one noise nuisance you and your neighbours do not need to suffer.
Dogs bark for various reasons - to warn off intruders from their turf, to try
and communicate a need to their owner, to have a wobbly when they are not getting their own way, and dogs bark to call other pack members to a hunt,
for example.
Only when you understand what the actual reason for your dog's barking is, can you cure it, and only Natural Dog Training teaches this to dog owners.
The Natural Dog
Training programme actually removes the underlying cause of excessive barking. It is therefore stress-free to both dog and owner, and the results are immediate and long term.
Pam Whyte was approached by a vet at
the Animal Protection Institute in the USA to write a paper for them on curing excessive barking in the domestic dog for the holistic vets,
as they stated that her natural approach was the only non-pharmaceutical, non-surgical solution to the problem.
This is achieved by removing the root cause of the problem - rather than by simply treating the symptom by disciplining, so-called
positive and negative reinforcement, anti-bark collars, and cutting the dog's vocal cords. Which are not dissimilar to stifling babies'
cries to silence them, rather than attending to the need that they are trying to communicate to their mother!
Dogs also bark because we bark. Dogs are aliens, remember! So when we command them to stop barking, they think we are also barking. (And we think
they are disobedient.) I don't know what they think - perhaps it's better not to know. So how do we stop our dogs barking for nothing!? Dog
Training the Natural Way will give you a simple solution. Through knowing why our dog is barking, you can remove the actual cause of the problem, so the dog no longer feels compelled to draw attention to his need, to his stress, or to confusion. Or to himself.
Dogs that go to
obedience training bark at the next door dog, at dogs on their walk, at people that pass by. Dogs at dog training all bark, so because dogs learn by example, this is what they are actually learning. And because a command is also a sharp, loud outburst - they think their owners are barking too. And as we know, barking spreads from dog to another...
If their dog then stops
barking, the owner thinks that his or her dog is obedient - but in reality, there is no need for the dog to continue barking because he has accomplished his mission. (Provoked a reaction from his owner.) If he hadn't been to
obedience training - he would not have learnt how to make his owner "bark"… (In human lingo, to tell him to stop - in dog lingo, to bark too.) Once you have learnt to look at yourself through the eyes of the dog, it is all so easy.
Excessive barking can also result from dogs grieving when their owners go out. This does not mean that you must never go out to keep your dog happy!
It means that your dog needs to be more adaptable and to develop self sufficiency.
Dogs that bark whenever they don't get their own way are spoilt dogs that want to be the centre of
attention al the time, so when they are not the main attraction, they have a wobbly. Dog Training the Natural Way takes you gently through a
programme that shows you how to stabilize your dog's emotions, which gives him peace of mind, thus removing the urge to have a barking tantrum.
(Yes, it does work for children too. So Pam's clients tell her - and they should know.)
Natural Dog Training has a proven solution. Pam's house calls, Living with an Alien, her Home Training Kit and booklet on adrenalin-related problems
all give very high success rates. (And families, dogs and neighbours peace of mind.)
Whether your dog barks "for nothing", "barks all the time", "barks at nothing"' barks excessively", doesn't bark, barks at everything,
barks at everything that moves, never stops barking, barks at everyone that passes, barks at visitors, barks at children, barks at every sound,
barks at (and with) the next door dog, barks at cats…. (Which gives rise to legislation against barking dogs.) Dog Training the Natural Way will give you all the solutions! This will also make your dog a far better watchdog, because then you will know that when he is barking, there is a
valid reason for it.
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