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Since dogs are very active animals, they tend to bark a lot, which can be very irritating to hear.You can’t stop your dog from barking fully however, you can lower his barking.There are lots of ways to stop your dog from barking and in this article, I will be answering frequently asked questions.

How to quickly stop my dog from barking?

As I mentioned earlier, you can’t totally stop your dog from barking but you can reduce his barking in a short time using citronella collar.This collar is harmless compare to other collars such as shock collar and has proven to work by all the dog owners.This collar contains risk-free chemicals, which is for a dog to find it annoying to smell.When your dog barks, the collar sprays a mist of chemical on the dog nostrils and this prevents the dog from barking.

I want to reduce my dog barking in a natural way without any collars how would I do that?

To teach your dog to stop barking in a normal  way, is first know the reason why your dog barks.Many dogs bark due to excitement, attention, fear and anxiety and in order for you to know which symptom  your dog has, you have to monitor everything your dog does.If you feel your dog is bored or excited, you should play games with him.Games such as fetch, catch the Frisbee, find the treat, etc are fantasic way to help your dog keep in good physical and mental condition and your dog will not feel bored, meaning he will bark less.

If you don’t want to play games with your dog, you can take him out for a walk.This is because dogs have large amount of energy that needs to be released and to achieve this, you should take your dog 2 long walks and 1 short walk. By doing this your dog’s energy will be released by half and he will be exhausted to bark.

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I trained my dog using both the collar and in a natural way but he still continuously barking. Is there any other way to reduce barking?I tried to train my dog with the collar and in a natural way but I didn’t get any results. Are there any other way to stop him from barking?

There are lots of ways for you to stop your dog from barking. If the first two didn’t help you, you can train your dog to stop barking.This training will help your dog to stop barking while you shout the command “STOP”.

The first part of this training is to discover wither or not your dog understand what to do when you say the command “STOP”.Right away praise your dog once he stops barking by giving him an award and petting him.

If your dog doesn’t stop barking, ignore him for couple of minutes by walking to another room and return back to him by going over the command again.If he stops barking, praise him but if he still carries on  barking, ignore him again until he stops.This is a long process but in time he will understand the command.

You ought to be persistent when using the command by not saying a different command such as “WAIT” or “BE QUIET” as this will baffle the dog and will not understand what to do.You should choose a command, which you like better and stick to it.

If these technique still didn’t work for you, check out stop dog barking article to learn more techniques.