How can I get my dogs to stop barking?

Every time the doorbell rings or if they see something out the window, my dogs start barking. How can i get them to stop?

There are a few different ways to get your dogs to stop barking, however when there are multiple dogs it does increase the degree of difficulty.

The first thing you could do is change the ring tone of your door bell. My dogs associate the tune that plays with someone being at the door and they race to the door in anticipation of seeing who has come to visit them today.

Another thing would be to have a friend come over at a particular time. When you know that your friend is due to arrive put your dogs on the lead. When your friend rings the door bell and your dogs bark give the lead a bit of a tug to get the attention of your dogs. When they are calm and Stop Barking, keeping them on lead, open the door. Repeat this several times and your dogs will learn that unless they’re quiet the door doesn’t get opened and they can’t have visitors.

You could try things like Citronella collars and anti-barking collars, but I’m not a fan of these. I much prefer the good old persistent training approach.

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