I wonder if you could help with my dog problem. My dog is usually
pretty well behaved and has had some basic training. She's usually
inside most of the time, but goes out when she asks for toilet, and
occasionally other times.
She'll bark when someone comes to the front door, then stops when we've
seen who it is, or the person comes inside (she's very friendly).
Our previous neighbors weren't very outdoorsy and I guess that was the
problem. Now we have new neighbors that are into gardening, and she'll
bark at them whenever she sees them. I didn't want to upset the
neighbors, so I just tell her off, call her to the door, get her to do
a couple of sits and drops and than let her inside. But I don't feel
that's getting anywhere.
I'm usually home, but I'm pretty busy, so this was easiest, and at
least it doesn't cause trouble with the neighbors, but I'm thinking
maybe we're actually rewarding the behavior. There's such a fine line
with when to reward to stop a behavior and when you're actually rewarding the bad behaviour.
So I thought maybe I should just do some training whenever I can,
right up near where she'd usually bark, sometimes with the neighbor
there.
What do you think? Will this do the trick? Any other ideas?
pretty well behaved and has had some basic training. She's usually
inside most of the time, but goes out when she asks for toilet, and
occasionally other times.
She'll bark when someone comes to the front door, then stops when we've
seen who it is, or the person comes inside (she's very friendly).
Our previous neighbors weren't very outdoorsy and I guess that was the
problem. Now we have new neighbors that are into gardening, and she'll
bark at them whenever she sees them. I didn't want to upset the
neighbors, so I just tell her off, call her to the door, get her to do
a couple of sits and drops and than let her inside. But I don't feel
that's getting anywhere.
I'm usually home, but I'm pretty busy, so this was easiest, and at
least it doesn't cause trouble with the neighbors, but I'm thinking
maybe we're actually rewarding the behavior. There's such a fine line
with when to reward to stop a behavior and when you're actually rewarding the bad behaviour.
So I thought maybe I should just do some training whenever I can,
right up near where she'd usually bark, sometimes with the neighbor
there.
What do you think? Will this do the trick? Any other ideas?