dog barking?

Question

I have three chihuahua! They are typical chihuahuas that bark! Too damn alert. Its so irratating because Lately I been having migraines. Any suggestions to help this barking problem? They bark at everything. Lil noises. Everything. Especially at the dog park. They bark at people lol

when they're in house, i do put muzzle on sometimes. They can still bark really loud. My have one purebred chihuahua and the other two are chihuahua mix with mini pin. They bark real loud and can still howl with the muzzle on when I leave real quick! Shock collars? I'm afraid to use that on my dogs. Is it cruel? Painful? Or just a pinch feeling?

excuse me lovepink, it was a pretty common question. I never allowed them to bark,but what can I do. Of course I never really allowed it,but they do it anyways. They are chihuahuas. I always tell them "no barking" and give them a light tap if they get REAL loud like howling. It just been bugging a whole lot more because I been having a lot of problems.

hey JUJU it is easy for you to say because your dog doesn't bark like that. I do live in a burglary prone zone. In the ghetto. Los angeles. I am awake 15 hrs a day. My dogs are just barkers and I'm just trying to once again, find another solution or something to ease the situation.

YES they encourage each other and thats hard already! They are over a year old now too

Answer 1

um... you have Chihuahuas... they bark(too much) get a different type of dog or call that dog whisperer guy...

Answer 2

http://www.kittenkaboodle.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?store_code=KK&screen=PROD&product_code=CUB-50

this is an ultrasonic bark stopper, can be set to inaudible for humans. Personally, never used this kind, but have used bark shock collars, which work wonders and are not cruel. They allow a few barks then they react with a small static electricity type zap. Much less cruel in my opinion than voice box surgery for a dog that cannot stop barking. Small dogs might be better off with these bark stoppers?
At the dog park, a correction should stop it, otherwise, no park until you get the dog's yap under control. It has to learn that when you say Shhh, it means SHHH!!
Good luck and try some imitex with aleve (naproxen sodium). Works excellent on my migraines. It take 50 mg of imitrex and one 250 tab of Aleve together. They are working on this for migraines and it will be out soon, I forget what they re going to call it, but it does work GREAT!!

Answer 3

Bring them to puppy class. One at a time because they are a handful, LOL but you can apply the things you learned to the other ones at home.

There is one in my class, he has improved A LOT so there is hope. You need to distract him when you see he is going to loose it, so he will snap out of it.

The fact that you have three does not help because they just encourage each other.
There is an excellent web site to visit for your dog issues:
http://www.cesarmillaninc.com/index.php

Good luck.

Answer 4

I think you're lucky to have such an all alerted Mans best Friend. Perhaps I'm jealous about your Dog because mine is completely opposite. The solution is shift your Residence to any Burglary prone zone & one day you'll be the proudest one in the world about your Pet.

Answer 5

You cant just let them bark for so long and then expect them to stop when you have a headache... they dont know any better. It was ok to bark before... So why should it be any different now?

Answer 6

I found this great e-book download that covers all kinds of dog training including excessive barking. Check it out here: SitStayFetch

Answer 7

We have had great success with a scock collar. Get a good one with a variable setting. The dog will let you know if it hurts by yelping.

Answer 8

Get a bark shock collar for each of them. It will emit a tiny shock every time they bark. Give it a day or two and they wont bark any more.

Answer 9

Shock collars (little ones)

Answer 10

see if this helps (too long to copy and paste)
http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=pets_barking