She barks when someone walks by our house. When the door bell rings, the tv makes a doorbell noise, when she "thinks" she hears that someone is at our house. When we are outside and she is inside ( for just a couple minutes ) she will bark until we come inside or walk to the house and tell her to shut up. I think she has separation anxiety, but even when people come over and are in our house she will just sit there and "woof" at them. "Woof" as in not a LOUD bark just an under her breath bark. She will "woof for 10 minutes at them until she finally calms down. She is a very large dog and looks scary to those who dont know her, she is harmless and has never and would never bite anyone. But she is intimidating. Help shut my dog up!
2007-10-02 19:30:08 · 12 answers · asked by iluvmytessadog 2 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Ok duh, I realize that all dogs bark. I mean compared to annyoing little yippie dogs Great Danes dont bark as much. I dont encourage her barking. We have a bark collar.
2007-10-02 19:45:38 · update #1
This is an excellent and fun way to control her barking:
Retraining Manic Alert Barking: http://www.clickersolutions.com/articles/2001c/manicbarking.htm
2007-10-02 19:44:59 · answer #1 · answered by Chetco 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pretty much any dog will bark, or at least make noise. Obviously yours has learned that barking gets her attention. She barks, and everyone looks at her - exactly what she wants (mwahaha....)
The first thing you need to do is encourage her to be quiet. If she's barking, stand in front of her, in a dominant position and say "Quiet". If she stops barking, immediately reward her with a treat. If she continutes to bark, wait until she stops. It could take seconds or minutes, but as soon as she stops and stands silent, say "good quiet" and give her a treat.
Tell others in the house and neighborhood to ignore her when she barks. Try to have them limit eye contact as much as possible. For a dog, even eye contact is a huge reward. Also teach them the "Quiet" routine with the treats.
You need to get inside her head: Make her WANT to be quiet by giving her treats when she is good, and ignore her when she is bad. She needs to learn that she'll get more attention by being quiet than by being loud.
Once she learns the "Quiet" command by heart, you can use it in other situations, like the mailman or doorbell. When she listens to you, reward her, and she'll get the point.
I hope this helps, but some dogs are just "talkers". This routine works great for my cousin's guide dogs in training, and for a lot of the local shelter dogs. We have the quietest animal shelter I've ever been to, but there will always be those dogs that have to tell you how their day went and won't shut up for anything.
2007-10-02 19:48:54 · answer #2 · answered by fuzzhead_smurf 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My dog does exactly the same thing. When he won't shut up I say SHHH and make him do a sit stay. Sometimes I have to say it several times before he does. Your dog is not the barky type. In fact she sounds like a below average barker to me. She is obviously only barking for a reason. If you ignore her barking when you leave the house, she will learn that it isn't worth it anymore. When you go back inside to yell at her you are giving her attention. That is what she wants and she will keep barking if you keep giving her that attention. So ignore her.
If you wanted a quiet dog that almost never barks, you should have gotten an ex-racing greyhound. They are super quiet.
2007-10-02 19:38:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our Dane Athena used to run beside us when we were driving our horse-cart and she often went with us on walks. Our drives would be for about a max of 3 miles, and she always seemed to love it. (We lost her to heart and kidney failure at the age of 10 years.) Now, Athena was a full-grown Dane in her prime, not a puppy, in healthy condition and at the time had no joint or skeletal problems. The horse/pony would walk and trot and we'd give the dogs time to rest, but usually they didn't need it. Our male Dane occasionally went for a walk, but he had come from an abusive home and was never as active as our female. Still, he enjoyed going on walks, as does our current Dane. Get your vet to check Ruby out very well. Even if she has a little arthritis, our vet told us that moderate exercise would be good for it. If she already has a serious degenerative condition or a heart condition, however, you might not be able to run with her. Only a vet could tell after a thorough evaluation.
2016-05-19 21:12:44 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Besides the Basenji every breed barks.
Dogs have many reasons to bark:
Fear, territorial behavior, told to, alerting, etc.
There are many ways to quiet down a dog. Re-directing and desensitizing are some of them.
Re-directing: Don't let her focus on any type of noise. Say her name, tell her to "Watch me", if she does, give her a lot of praise, a treat (at random, please. The last thing you need is her to learn how to bark for a treat).
Have her do some obedience exercise like sit, down and come.
Call her to you in exciting tone, that again is re-directing.
Take her to social outings a lot. Do you leave the house with her often? Have you guys been to obedience training?
Your dog may also be bored.
Give her a job to do - so she does not think barking is her job.
You could try to also randomly ignore some of her barking fits. I don't know your animal, so I could not tell you if it would work.
Another one is giving the dog a consequenze. There are more sensitive solutions then shock collars!
Metal Can (Not soda can):
Fill with about 10 pennies.
If she barks, say "QUIET". If she continues, shake can behind your back. She will stop, startled. THAT is your Q to say "Good Quiet".
Set her up for success, not for failure.
She will realize quickly the sound only appears if she barks - and if she does not like it, she will stop barking, because that keeps the sound away, too.
Don't let her see the can and never shake before you gave her the "Quiet" command.
Goal: She barks, you say quiet and she simply hushes up. Praise, praise, praise!
She'll bark less and less and less.
Please, do not expect her to never make a sound. Dogs bark - it comes with the species. Expecting them to stay completely mute would be like expecting them not to wag their tails =0)
Best of Luck to you!
And please enroll in some group classes and get her mind of listening for every darn noice, to keep herself occupied.
2007-10-02 22:00:30 · answer #5 · answered by DogNanny911 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Danes certainly do bark. The ONLY dog who won't is the Basenji, they make a different sound.
You'll have to train your dog to bark once, praise her, then don't let her bark a second time at what she's already alerted you to. You need to be pack leader with her--dogs do understand that.
2007-10-02 19:35:30 · answer #6 · answered by Elaine M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have 6 and you have been lied to! Mine bark at quite a few things but they stop when I say so! 'usuallly' lol
Get 6 of them breaking into an instant no warning bark fest over someone knocking on a door on TV and you about jump out of your skin!
2007-10-02 20:08:56 · answer #7 · answered by Freedom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great Danes do bark. Believe me, i've had one. Many years ago, Great danes were used as a wild boar hunter, and a bodyguard. The Great Dane is just like any other dog, when it comes it barking.
2007-10-02 19:42:46 · answer #8 · answered by i_want_a_pet_goat 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who told you that Danes don't bark?? Not in any of the research books you read? Dogs bark in general, Dogs bark A LOT if you don't correct them, or they are bored... Or you have encouraged barking. Correct him when he barks, praise him when he doesn't
2007-10-02 19:36:58 · answer #9 · answered by DP 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is normal. You can train them or get a collar that gives them a little shock each time they bark.
2007-10-02 19:40:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋