she is great apart from her barking and it gets a bit too much at times!
2006-10-31 02:58:44 · 16 answers · asked by tash 2 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Good luck. Terriers bark. It's what they do best. I have a Rat Terrier who barks at absolutely everything, including the toilet flushing!!!
2006-10-31 03:01:48 · answer #1 · answered by Kathleen M 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have a Jack Russell too, and I have found the perfect, kindest way to make him stop barking. However, long-haired dogs pose a completely different problem.
2006-10-31 11:10:21 · answer #2 · answered by ed.knight 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Teach your dog a “quiet” command. When he begins to bark at a noise or a passer-by, allow two or three barks, then say “quiet” and interrupt his barking by shaking a can filled with pennies or squirting water at his mouth with a spray bottle or squirt gun. This will cause him to stop barking momentarily. While he’s quiet, say “good quiet” and pop a tasty treat into his mouth. Remember, the loud noise or squirt isn’t meant to punish him; rather it is to startle him into being quiet so you can quickly reward him. If your dog is frightened by the noise or squirt bottle, find an alternative method of interrupting his barking (throw a toy or ball toward him).
2006-10-31 11:04:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
This isn't really an answer. I ahve the same problem with my jack. Nothing works - lentils in a can, stones in a bottle squirting water, everything is a game to him. He knows he shouldn't be doing it but test you at every given time. He's asleep now. So peace and quiet.
2006-10-31 16:42:25 · answer #4 · answered by Rickyd 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's the only thing you can do, it sounds mean, but it does work. You can get a shock collar with a remote,set it on the lowest setting, when the dog barks shock it. If the lowest setting doesn't work then move it up. Unfortianantly, these types of dogs are barkers and this is one of the only way around it.
2006-10-31 11:05:37 · answer #5 · answered by Jenna 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
She's a terrier so it's part of her personality. If you really want to put a lot of time in, you can do it... You have to watch her and catch her just before she's about to bark, and tell her no. You'll have to do it over and over again to break her of the habit. It's not impossible, but darn near it.
2006-10-31 11:47:51 · answer #6 · answered by Ms. K 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
remove her from the room every time she barks and allow her back after a few mins imediately she barks again remove her she will come to associate her bark as her removal from the room.and she wont want to be requesting that too often.it takes a while and patience but as soon as it sinks in peace is resumed
2006-10-31 11:06:10 · answer #7 · answered by nendlin 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
first, I have never seen a long hair Jack Russell! I bet he/she is cute!
Jack Russell's are high strung animals, full of energy. Very willing to please their Owners. You have to train a Jack to respond they way you want them to. You have to be the ALPHA dog. That is a tough on with an animal so smart and hyper!
that dog takes it clues from you!
2006-10-31 11:03:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
buy one of those machines that you put in the living room that emits a high pitch ring (humans cannot hear this pitch) and it makes the dog quite barking. it listens for the bark and when it hears it, it puts forth the sound
2006-10-31 11:07:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
get a bottle and fill it up with lentils half way every time she barks shake the bottle and say no it will detere her from barking and distract her keeep doing it wil work good luck
2006-10-31 11:11:57 · answer #10 · answered by welshlads2kuk 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋