Obviously in some cases it might be impossible to drown out all the noises, but reducing them still is beneficial. You can do this by closing the blinds, putting on the tv, fans or white noise machines. Try to prevent your dog hearing the noises when you are not around or not able to give your dog feedback. USE PREVENTION – Prevent your dog hearing the noises while you are not able to be there to train your dog and give your dog information. For example, if you train your dog 100% of the time while on a walk around your neighborhood not to react to people or dogs, but then while you are at work an he reacts to the sounds of the people and dogs outside, it will prevent your training from progressing.ġ USE PREVENTION – Prevent your dog hearing the noises while you are not able to be there to train your dog and give your dog information.Ģ “NOISY” TRAINING SESSIONS – Set up fun and easy training sessions to work with your dog in successful approximations.ģ REAL LIFE TRAINING – For every noise give your dog “feed back” 100% of the time until training is complete. Reacting to noises while at home is usually one of the root causes of other behavioral problems that show little or no improvement no matter how much time is spent with a behavior modification plan. Worrying or being excited about what is outside while inside can mean that your dog will not be getting as much sleep and this can even cause chronic stress. There could also be the aspect of communicating to the other dogs and family members that they have heard a noise, which no doubt we selected dogs to do for thousands of years.īarking can cause problems for us humans, like getting an angry note from the landlord.
We can assume that dogs are barking at noises they hear outside the house because they are either startled, aroused or worried about the noise. This article addresses the issue of barking at noises while in a house or apartment when the owner is home as well as absent.
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