My dog won't stop barking!!!?

Question

My 6 year old Min Pin is driving me nuts!! He seems to bark continuously at everything. We just recently moved so I know that probably has something to do with it a little but he barks all the time. Is there anything that I can do to make him stop barking so much???? Please help!!!

Answer 1

try getting a bark control collar for your dog

Answer 2

Some breeds of dogs will bark more than others. So it might just be the breed of dog that you have. I don't know if Min Pins are the barking dogs, but I do know that they are very protective. As you said your moving probably has something to do with it, and as you know dogs can hear things that we can't hear. So he may be barking a lot because he's hearing things and he doesn't know what it is. So he's warning you. It might take him a while to get used to the new sounds and smells of your new home. That's why I advise you to take him on walks. You should take him on a walk and let him smell his new surroundings. He may be barking at another dog barking somewhere where you live.
If he doesn't stop barking than teach him to stop. Teach him that your in charge and that you don't want him to bark so much. Every time he barks unnecessarilly tell him to be quiet or use a distracting sound such as "ch" to stop him from thinking about barking. Making a sound works better than anything else. Dogs respond to it very quickly. Remember when you scold your dog not to use their name, because then when you call your dog they will think they did something bad.

Answer 3

Moving to a new place is definitely a lot of stimulation to your dog. I recently moved to a new place and my dog was the same way. Since then he has calmed down a bit and barks within reason.
I know you said he barks at everything but there must be something specific that is triggering it.
Do you notice he barks when people are walking by or is it the noise of someone going up or down the stairs? Squirting him with a spray bottle may work, it depends on your dog. I can squirt my dog all day long and the only thing it will do is make him saturated with water by the end of the day.
I always corrected my dog firmly everytime he went into a barking attack. Right at that very moment I clap my hands and I say no. It came to a point that when he starts barking I just say his name and he stops. Then I give him a treat.
Don't use the bark collar, it's inhumane.

Answer 4

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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 5

I found this out totally by accident. I had a Keeshond before who was very high strung and would bark at everything in the world. One day I was sitting on the sofa, got out a big bottle of aspirin from my purse to take some and the noise of the pills in the bottle made him sit down and stop barking. After that, when he'd start barking, I'd shake the asiprin bottle and every time, he'd sit down and shutup. After awhile, I think he just started associating barking with a noise he didn't like and he more or less stopped.

Answer 6

My friend had this same problem. She bought this little gizmo that you put on him and it has a remote. Whenever he barks, you press a button on the remote and the part on the dogs collar makes a piercing noise so he stops barking. Good Luck!

Answer 7

Hi
That's a coincidence, I too have a dog that barks and I specifically asked for one that meowed, there's obviously something wrong, nothing serious though, perhaps a phone call to the vet's might help, I mean you phone not the dog.
Best o luck mate.
Ray. West York's. U.K.

Answer 8

I think your dog might just be nervous. If you want him to calm down there is an organic product called PetCalm. I used it on my dog when we had a long drive and it made him soooo relax! It is completely natural and it is made from a company called SynergyLabs.

Answer 9

Everytime he starts barking, try giving him a little squirt with a water bottle. It'll get his attention, and make him stop immediately. Ask him to sit, and once he's quiet you can reward him.

Do NOT try a shock collar for barking. Really...would you ever dream of putting one of those on, and making a loud noise? Would you consider putting one on your child if they had a habit of being noisy in the house? Those things should be taken off the market!

Answer 10

electic shock collar as a last resort have the vocal cords removed