excessive whinning and barking
Hello,
I have a 14 month old penbrok cardigan mix corgi. He is the apple of my eye...but...I NEED HELP. I walk him daily and play willingly. My husband and I even take him to this amazing dog park. But we are still having problems with barking and whinning. Joey is his name and when he gets mad or wants something he starts barking that really high shrilly bark. To the point wehre it gives us headaches. We have done 2 obediance classes with no help on the constant barking. I can't hug my husband EVER with out barking and if joey wants attention he crys like crys like he hurt crys. He will step on you bark in your face what ever it takes to get what he wants. I can't clean the house becasue he barks and crys when I do.I would just like some help with training him not to bark I don't want to get a bark collar but i'm getting close. Hes a GREAT GREAT dog I love him so much but need some headache releif
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Permalink Reply by Jennifer Markley on
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Corgi's are notorious talkers. And they love to get the last word in. I'd try some positive reinforcement. Reward him when he's quiet, and scold him when he barks. Be consistent--spend days getting right on him--scold him right away, and the minute he is quiet, give him a treat. Tell him what you want the command to be to be quiet each time, and treat when he shushes. You can also use a clicker to reinforce the training. That works really well. Click when he shushes, and reward with a treat, or favorite toy. Corgi's are so intelligent, it doesn't take long to learn. The problem is they have a mind of their own--but they love to please you, and if you're consistent, it shouldn't be hard to do!
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Permalink Reply by Chrsiti L. Moore on
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WHat kind of scolding should i use no a tap on the nose a stomp. Thank you for your help
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I just use an "uh uh"...but it can be anything. A "no", "ah", "shush"...anything. But use it consistently.
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Permalink Reply by Beth on
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Besides Jennifer's suggestion, the other thing you want to do is reward him when he's being quiet on his own by paying attention to him. If he is laying there nicely being calm, that's when you want to pick up a toy and invite him to play, or go for a walk. Stopping incessant noise is a combination of teaching the "quiet" on command and also teaching them that being calm brings all good things in life, magically.
Our male is more likely to bark at my husband than at me in large part because if the dog is quiet, my husband will rarely initiate play.
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Permalink Reply by Carla on
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I agree with Beth. Rewarding calm/quiet behaviour when the dog is not expecting it teaches the dog to be "on guard" with calm/quiet behaviour more consistently. I started randomly rewarding Casey with treats/attention when she laid quietly on our front door mat while I was in the kitchen (the door mat is just outside the kitchen so she can see in, but is not in the way). Now as soon as I start cooking in the kitchen, she'll go over to the mat and lay quietly in the hopes of getting a treat. I'll always give her at least one treat while she's there and I'm cooking (and I'm usually cooking for at least 30 minutes to an hour) and she'll just lay there quietly and wait. It was something she was already doing on her own, so I used that to my advantage by rewarding it when she did it for longer and longer periods of time. We've been working on that for her dog bed in the basement as well, and it's coming along nicely (sometimes she still starts to whine when she's had enough of the basement, but she'll get there eventually).
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Permalink Reply by Jenn on
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I like the suggestions in this thread! My boy that I received six months ago is a sweetie, but he barks to no end. It's driving my husband up the wall! The people I took T from at two years of age thought it was cute whenever he barked to tell you he wanted somethine, so I'm struggling to break him away from that. Thanks for these suggestions!
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I just read your profile and it seems Joey is a puppy mill rescue, so of course he did not have proper socialization and it may take him longer than some other dogs to learn to communicate with you appropriately. Good luck!
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Permalink Reply by Sammie Esposito on
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The most important thing to do is to ignore him when he is doing unwanted behavior. If you do not like him barking, do not make eye contact or pay attention to him. It is the attention that he wants. If you don't give him what he wants whenever he barks he will learn barking gets him nothing.
My dog had the same problem when I first got him, It took about a week of ignoring his barking and whining and hes as quiet as can be now.
The important part is to let the dog know that you are in charge. You will give him attention or whatever he wants when you want to, not when he wants you to.
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