Dog Barking
What does it mean when a dog barks?
The bark is a dog's vocalization, and it can mean several
things.
Barking is
caused by the presence of stimuli such as strange people, dogs,
sights or sounds, the owner's absence, or as an attention seeking
mechanism. Your dog may bark when he is alerting you to an
intruder, when he is afraid, when he is playful, and when he is
bored.
The easiest way to control barking is to socialize your dog to
make him comfortable around people, places and things and to
instill in him a strong chew toy habit so that he is mentally and
physically exercised and occupied.
However, just as you would not attempt to completely silence a
person, you should not try to completely stop your dog from
barking. Your dog just needs to learn some basic bark control
such as when to bark and for how long.
Regardless of the reason for your dog barking, your goal is to
properly socialize him, to teach him to focus on something other
than barking, and to teach him to speak and be quiet on command so
you can control when and for how long he barks.
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