My dogs are going to drive me crazy!!!!! How do you stop them from barking and..

Ok, why not the pop rock? Kidding. it would be funny though. I had this problem too when I lived at my parents house. I used somethings called bitter apple. It is a spray you put in their mouths (won't hurt them a bit) and it is a very bitter tasting spray. It really REALLY works. I used to have a 70 pound alsation, and a 8 pound pekinese (did not spell right LOL) and a 56 pound coyote (yes it was one) and they all got on every ones nerves. So I bought the stuff and would spray in the the little ones mouth when she yapped, sprayed in the 70 pd one when he tried to bolt out of the house or chased the 5 cats we had and sprayed in the 56 pd one for all of the above. You know what? It really worked, well almost completely. When you are working with a stupid dog IE the little pek. you run into problems. She took longer, but she learned. Hope this helps.

I better keep a close eye on this topic and check out the website for barking dogs that someone gave you. I have five dogs who bark at nothing. They need no reason at all. I swear they hear the leaves falling. My cat will sneeze and the puppy will bark. But I try to look on the bright side, every time they bark I have to get off my lazy butt and see if anyone is at the door. So I think of this as my exercise.lol.

My dogs all know when I ask if they want a whipping that the rolled up newspaper is coming out. After a couple of whippings they know what the phrase means and all I have to say is...do you want a whipping??? They stop and look at me and slowly walk away. I raise mini dachshunds. It sounds like your Lily wants to be the alpha dog. It's so funny the big attitude these little guys have. I have two puppies left from last years litter I kept, one intentionally because she is partially blind (double dapple) and the other mostly to keep her company. The blind one is the dominate one. I never would have imagined that happening. Good luck with the barking! I know how annoying that can be. Attaching a picture of puppies for you.

It seems like many dog behavioral problems stem from boredom and lack of exercise. Beagles especially need a lot of running around time or they become crazy. I would suggest making sure each dog has enough exercise time daily.

Have you ever watched Ceasar Milan "the dog whisperer"? Ceasar's answer to almost any problem is a long walk. Apparently a 45 minute to a hour walk makes the dog fall into a calm submissive state where he's more prone to listen. You can usually catch Ceasar's show on the animal channel or go to his website and by a DVD that shows training sessions of some of his more challenging cases. Good luck!

There is this spray called Bitter Apple Spray...seriously after you squirt it in their mouth when they bark they will stop when you show them the bottle. Another trick is throw some change in a bowl with lid and shake it at them when they do something bad. It startles them and when they see it in your hand they stop.

nothing much you can do now........ may be 1 dog would have been good, 3 at a time with school going kids is really tough to manage...

Here is a site that i just looked up so maybe there is somthing on there that might help. I have never had barking dog problems, i know my dads dog barks all the time too. http://www.barkingdogs.net/

Hi Brokentia, Although I've never used one, bark collars are available. A small receiver is placed on the dog's collar, which can be operated by a remote control to give the dog a little shock when it's barking. It's designed for behavior modification. Meaning, that you wouldn't use it permanently. Rather, the intention is to teach your dog that incessant barking is not acceptable. After the dog makes the correlation between the shock and you saying "no bark" (or however you respond verbally), the collar would no longer be necessary. I tend to be 'old school' about dog training, so I have no personal experience with bark collars. However, it sounds like you may have some territorial issues, and as another poster mentioned -- maybe some bored doggies. I propose a possible solution that may work on both issues simultaneously. When Bailey initiates a 'bark fest', try throwing a toy into the middle of the room to attract Bailey's attention. Then, if you can use one or two more toys to draw in KC and Lilly, you may find that the three will occupy themselves with the toys, and play amongst themselves ... leaving you in relative peace & quiet.

I think that you should try the Pop Rocks only add some caffeniated soda! Just kidding (I think!) LOL. Can you put the dogs outside in a rotation? Put Bailey out for awhile, then mini Kujo? Oh, and I'm very jealous that you're sitting around with your windows open ... I look outside and there's 5 foot snow drifts!

The only ways I know to stop a dog's barking would be either removing the ability with surgery or placing a muzzle on the dog. The dogn's main drive is to protect territory. Barking is hard wired in!

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Electric collars can do the job