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Articles and information on training your dog to behave and not bark excessively.
How to Teach Your Dog to Not Bark
Dogs which yelps or barks indoors, generally do so because there is some legitimate reason such as annroach of a stranger to the house or because they have been encouraged to become excited when some trick or game is played. The wise owner should discourage the latter perform- ance, as barking is a habit which usually becomes worse as time goes on until the animal may be- come a nuisance. But even more of a nuisance is the dog which is kept out of doors in a kennel, and barks at intervals during the night. Such a habit may cause considerable annoyance both to the owner and his neighbours, and is often difficult to check. Loneliness is sometimes the cause of this restless night barking, and if a rating or smacking fails to check it, the dog must be brought into the house to sleep unless the owner is willing to acquire another dog, and to kennel the animals together, But often the dog barks at night because it is uncomfortable; a very clean dog may be restless if it has not had a sufficient opportunity to relieve itself before being fastened, or shut up, for the night; in very cold weather, the dog may bark because it cannot keep warm owing to damp, or insufficient bedding; and lack of water or a scanty evening meal may also cause the animal to be restless. Sometimes there is some extraneous which accounts for the barking, such as the passing of a cat (or, in the country, of rabbits and other animals) and, if such is the case and other attempts at correction fail, the only way to ensure silence is to keep the dog in a kennel which can be closed up or placed in such a posi- tion that the outlook is obstructed.
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