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Permalink Reply by Nicky Cruz on
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Have you tried the "no" in a stern voice? I know if you're trying to quiet her down, you can't use the dogs name and then say no, the dog will get confused. You could also try a water bottle. When she barks, spritz her. It can break the concentration and make her stop. You have to be constant with her, and associate if she's doing something that you don't like, with getting spritzed. If you need her to bark on command, teach her speak. You could also try the thunder shirt. She might have some kind of anxiety issue and I've heard good things about it. At one of the dog bakery/ feed stores that we go to, they sell an herbal pill that calms a dog. It's an all natural pill, so there's no kind of chemicals or medicine in it.
Since she is so young, it's kinda hard to say what will work on her. She is still in that learning age. Whatever you decide, just praise for the good stuff and scold for the bad. It really does go a LONG way. My soon to be 3 year old Pem. Corgi learned everything with the praise and scold method.
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Permalink Reply by Bev Levy on
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How much excersise is she getting? Some dogs are more vocal but the barking for no apparent reason is usually a sign that she has too much energy and is expending it that way. Walks at least a half hour twice a day(more for a high energy pup) and try teaching her tricks. Learning tricks expends a lot of energy. Also, look into some obedience classes,they will help as well as wear her out. After more excersise you can say no and shake a can of coins, if she continues to bark then put her in an area alone for a few minutes and take her out as soon as she stops barking.Also, she is at the age I call the" terrible twos" right now so just remain patient and train her with positive reinforcement while increasing excersise. She may outgrow all of this once she gets through this stage.
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Permalink Reply by Ludi on
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Corgis are "alert" type dogs. When they feel something is going amiss, you can bet that you will find out about it one way or another! Sometimes, an environmental change can trigger unrest in a dog who is otherwise very quiet - Ace started barking at random times when it became very cold. Nothing else had changed, just that the temperature dropped all of a sudden and he was wary about it.
Otherwise, like Bev said, it could be an exercise issue. A bored dog will find ways to get that excess energy out - often in destructive and annoying-to-us ways. A tired dog, on the other hand, will be happy to pass out on the carpet and snooze.
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Permalink Reply by Nora on
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I just want to say, my DouBao barked at midnight because the temperature was warm (around 0 outside)to her, and I closed the window before bed. So, I had to get up and open the window/or turn on the fan for her...yes, in the winter time, I think the heat makes the temperature a bit high and dry to her, even I had the cool mositurer on... Anyway, as soon as I let the fresh air in... She will be totally fine ans goes back to bed.
My point is, corgis are VERY alert and barks A LOT. YOU need to identify what kinds of her barks are for: alert, attention, washroom...
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Permalink Reply by John Wolff on
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ours use a wide vocabulary that includes barking and much other language. Mercifully, they do not do the yap yap yap barking at nothing. Much of their communication is silent, nonvwrbal.
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Permalink Reply by Momo Taro Lundgren & Mommy pk on
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My corgi is 14 weeks, and doesn't really bark, but when he does, we correct his "alert - there is a stranger out there" behavior.
We learned a training technique to let him know that we recognize the 'danger' and that we don't worry about it so he doesnt have to worry about it, cuz we are his leaders, from an online Dog Trainer, Doggy Dan.
Steps:
1. when he barks (his first set of barks), we acknowledge the danger from where ever we are. If we are sitting watching tv, we say "Thank you." to let him know that we heard him, and for him to leave the 'danger' alone cuz we aren't worried about it. BUT DO NOT LOOK, TOUCH, OR ACKNOWLEDGE him, just the danger.
2. If he continues to bark, we get up from where ever we are, stand in front of him and "look" out at whatever is "the danger" and say, "THANK YOU", still not acknowledge him, just the danger and walk away. Which means to him, "we've checked it out, and you need to stop worrying about whatever is out there. It's not dangerous."3. If he continues to bark, take him away calmly and gently and isolate him in a puppy safe room or crate or whatever you want to use as his timeout location. Somewhere he CAN NOT see you, until he calms down and quit barking. What we are saying to the puppy is, "If you are so worried about what danger is out there, LET ME take you somewhere safe away from the danger that isn't really dangerous."
Once he has calm down, you can take him out and let him relax where ever he wants, but if he repeats and starts to bark again, YOU REPEAT the above. After he's been isolated away from the family/pack for a while, he'll learn that barking at whatever he was barking at, isn't worth the worry, cuz you (the pack leader) isn't worried about. Which you are also letting him know that , "i'm the pack leader, and I will take care of all dangers that comes at our pack."
this really worked for us, tho our puppy isn't very vocal (at the moment), but he does have his moments when he becomes alert by all the noise of our apartment complex and is trying to figure out where the 'danger' is coming from.
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Permalink Reply by Beth on
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I think this approach is most likely to help with any alert barker, and many Corgis are alert barkers.
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Permalink Reply by Beca and Mishka on
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I stumbled on something very similar to this when Mishka turned 2 - and it works. He still sounds the alarm, but I get one bark or one aroooo rather than continuous barking. Thought I'd note that it's worth trying for anyone - even after a dog is out of puppyhood. Corgis seem to be lifelong learners.
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I do this with Jack (without the time out at the end) and it works much better than anything else.
Corgis were selectively bred to guard the farm, among other duties. Most of them are content to let you know something is up and let you assess whether or not it's dangerous. It's when their alerts are ignored that they get increasingly frantic about the barking.
There is another kind of barking--- motion-activated barking, I call it (playing, barking at running dogs, etc) that is MUCH harder (almost impossible) to stop. But the alert barking can usually be managed and reduced, though never eliminated.
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The approach sounds wonderful. I am gonna give a try --- we also live in the apartment and DouBao has a lot of alert barks.
Thanks for sharing.
PS: Mine didn't bark till she reached 5 months old...
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I want to find out how they alert when we are not home. I want them to make enough noise to give pause to a scouting intruder. maybe I'll enlist the new, strange neighbors as "intruders", while I watch unobserved.
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