How do you get yoru dog to bark when the doorbell rings. We have a 6 month old golden lab and we want him to go to the door and bark when the door bell rings. He hardly ever barks to begin with. He barked once and it scared him. I know-- wierd. Anywho. The only tricks he has learned is to sit. How do you teach him to bark at the ring of the doorbell. Please give me suggestions. Thanks.
2006-12-06 09:12:44 · 9 answers · asked by gingersnapgrad2003 2 in Pets ➔ Dogs
He also doesn't bark to go out either. He just sits there. I just need pointer on how to get my dog to bark :-)
2006-12-06 09:18:01 · update #1
hehehe... I'd rather my dog NOT bark when the doorbell rings! He won't stop!
I'd say treats are the way to go. Have a friend ring the doorbell, when the dog barks, give him a treat. I'd only reward a single bark, or a short series of barks, or you'll have a terror on your hands like me.
Repeat the ringing and treating several times in a row, so that he understands what action you are rewarding.
2006-12-06 09:17:22 · answer #1 · answered by Michelle F. 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I once had an elderly lady for a friend. She had a wonderful little dog. A mix of some sort. She had the dog trained well and it behaved very well. Learn here https://tr.im/zkYaQ
She kept an uncovered candy dish on her coffee table with candy in it. The dog was forbidden to eat the candy. When she was in the room observing the dog he did not even appear to notice the candy. One day while she was in her dinning room she happened to look in a mirror and could see her dog in the living room. He did not know he was being watched. For several minutes he was sitting in front of the candy bowl staring at the candy. Finally he reached in and took one. He placed it on the table and stared at it, he woofed at it. He stared some more, licked his chops and PUT IT BACK in the bowl and walked away. Did he want the candy, oh yeah. Did he eat it? Nope. They can be trained that well but most, I'll admit, are not trained that well. When I was a young boy, maybe 5 years old. We had a german shepherd. He was very well trained also. My mom could leave food unattended on the table, no problem. She would open the oven door and set a pan roast beef or roast chicken on the door to cool. No problem. He would not touch it, watched or not. But butter? Whole other story. You leave a stick of butter anywhere he could reach and it was gone. He was a large shepherd so there were not many places he could not reach. Really, I think the number of dogs trained to the point they will leave food alone when not being supervised is very small indeed.
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Now if we are talking obedience training, not food grubbing, that is a different story. Way back when I was first learning obedience training one of the final exercises was to put our dogs in a down/stay and not only leave the room but leave the building for 15 minutes. The only person that stayed was our trainer, not the owners. Most of the dogs in my class did not break their stay, which would be an automatic fail. I'm happy to report my dog was one of the ones that passed.
2016-07-18 20:09:25 · answer #2 · answered by ronald 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well my dog didn't bark at the door bell at all either. She was an outdoor dog for over a year before I got her.
She didn't even know that the door bell meant ppl where at the door.
On Halloween night though the door bell rang a lot, so that helped her realize doorbell means ppl are at the door. She still doesn't bark at the doorbell though. Only if its us family members and she sees us at the door, then she will bark. But she doesn't usually bark when the door bell in rung yet, in time I'm sure she will.
2006-12-06 09:25:22 · answer #3 · answered by Danny 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have a Yorkie, to get her to where she barks when she hears cars pull up, people knocking, or car doors shutting outside we just started saying who's here?? Over and over... she would get so excited and bark. Now we can say who's here, she'll still bark. But she also barks when she hears the sounds herself. I don't know how successful other people would be in doing that. It worked very well for us. If you have any questions, let me know! Good luck!
2006-12-06 09:16:56 · answer #4 · answered by gorillagirl 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You might be asking for something you regret
BUT
get REALLY REALLY excited when the door bell rings and run to the door. Keep asking the dog in the meantime "Who's here" and "Who's Home" That should get them going...
My dogs NEVER bark to go out I had to get them Poochie Bells. You can find them here
http://www.helpingudders.com/Poochiebells.htm
2006-12-06 10:02:17 · answer #5 · answered by Sara F 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I dont know - I just wish I could get mine to NOT bark when someones at the door.
2006-12-06 09:14:53 · answer #6 · answered by Kutekymmee 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
trust me, dont do it. my neighbour did that, and now the dog barks at every noise it hears like if i walk past their door, you'd hear woof!woof! rarf!
2006-12-06 09:17:20 · answer #7 · answered by Sk8ter girl 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You don't want to do that because it will drive your nabours mad. TRUST ME! You might get fined if your nabours get fed up!
2006-12-06 09:41:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
don't do that. my dog does, and it is the most annoying thing EVER IN THE WORLD EVER EVER EVER!!!
Oh my god you will regret it for your life if you do that. you are so lucky.
2006-12-06 09:15:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋