My dog barks ALOT when I leave him alone, is their anything i can do?

Question

I live in a apartment, so its starting to be a problem. He proably gets left along MAYBE 2hrs a day...

he is trained. He is a lhaso apso, and its non stop bark, until someone gets home and my neighbors are complaining on me.

I leave the television on, his toys out, and lights on...

Answer 1

To prevent separation anxiety, dogs need to feel happy, secure, and comfortable when you're away. It's important to give them things to do while you're gone. Provide them with lots of toys, such as a Kong or Havaball stuffed with treats

Set aside scheduled time periods to give your dog undivided attention, play and exercise. A happy, well-exercised dog will usually sleep contentedly during the day while you are gone. Be sure that one of the scheduled play sessions occurs before you must leave for the day. Give your dog a chance to settle down before you leave and don't make a big deal of your departure - just leave without any emotion or commotion.

If your dog is already experiencing separation anxiety, then gradually accustom him to your leaving. Practice leaving and returning several times a day until he gets used to your departures and realizes that you are not abandoning him forever. Gradually leave for longer and longer periods of time, but start out by leaving for just 5 minutes and returning again.
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You might also try the chamomile tea. You can feed Chamomile tea to calm your dog before any stressful situation. Just dump the dry tea out of the teabag, and feed 1 teaspoon for a toy breed, up to 1 Tablespoon for a large breed. Mix it in a *little* moist meaty dog food. Feed about 30 minutes before you leave..

(dogs can eat and drink in some muzzles, but they cannot pant if they need to. Panting is a dog's only way to cool down, and a dog will get overheated just from stress. They are very dangerous to leave on when unattended)

Answer 2

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/J27jk

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.

Answer 3

Whenever I left the room, my dog (a papillon) would start barking. I tried yelling at her, but you can guess that didn't help. I then tried a muzzle. Everytime I left the room and she started barking, I went back in the room, yelled at her, and put the muzzle on her. I would then leave the room for about 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, I would return to take off the muzzle. Again, I tried leaving the room to see if she would start barking. When she started barking, then I would repeat the whole process all over again. It didn't take her long to realize that if she was quiet, she didn't have to wear the muzzle.

Just for those of you who are worried about my method, don't worry, I would never leave the muzzle on for more than 10 minutes. I know that dogs need to keep their mouths open to pant so that they can cool down when they are hot, and to eat and drink.

And just to let you know, my dog was very hard to train. She was so cute, but a little dumb. Teaching her not to bark was the only thing I didn't have a hard time doing. I was very surprised.

Answer 4

You can train your dog...
You MUST get a muzzle for now...it's not cruel -they can eat and drink while they have it on they just can't bark (praise the Lord)...cruel would be not to get it and to have to lose your dog...believe me it is not a bad thing- it is a great solution...

You can purchase muzzles cheap at Pet-co or other places-bring your dog to ensure it fits...

If you can afford obedience classes go for it, but if not get a book at the library or look on-line for dog training...

When you are home work with your dog and you can beat this problem...some people use a shock collar but I don't recommend it, just pull out the muzzle if she starts barking...
act like you are leaving but just step outside and wait for your dog to start barking and go back in and muzzle her each time...she will eventually knock it off and if not, a muzzle doesn't hurt her it just stops her from barking...

God Bless You!!!
Sista C

Answer 5

Leave a TV on for background noise might help. A less humane way is to try a shock collar. I have never used one, but heard they work very well. I would assume they would hurt them, but I don't know how badly.

Answer 6

Sounds like you will probaly have to move.One way to cure the barking is by pretending to go somewhere and when he gets to barking open the door and tell the dog in a strict voice to lay down.this may take a week or two but it`s worth it.

Answer 7

Oh please don't use a shock collar for this!!! There are other ways to fix this problem.

My suggestion? A Kong and some yummy Kong stuffers! :)

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They work wonders for dogs with anxiety and will keep them busy for hours! ^^ If you'll be gone for a long time you should look into buying a Kong Time Dispencer.

Answer 8

I have 2 small dogs that use to do the smae thing and one day we decided to turn the t.v on for them when we left and it worked. So now when ever we leave home we turn the t.v on for them.

Answer 9

Buy a bark collar on him, or if you want to wean him really slow, you get a clean spray bottle and fill it with water, and when he barks spray his nose. (the spraying method is considered more humane for people who love dogs or animals for that matter.)

Answer 10

Your dog probably has separation anxiety... maybe see a vet or get advice from a dog specialist or vet