How can I get this dog to stop barking?!?

Have you considered giving some love, praise, and just general attention to your dog? Possibly getting out there and exercising him? The main cause of random barking is boredom and it defiantly sounds like your dog is bored and trying to get some attention.

You've got two animals that sit outside by themselves all day (and no contrary to popular belief a dog will not exercise by him or herself), crated when you're not home, crated at night, crated some days because the weather is no good... When are the animals getting exercised? Do you walk them? Play fetch with them? Anything to get them moving and get some energy out of them? Getting older doesn't always mean the animals suddenly want to lay round all day.

How much attention do the dogs get? The dog barks when you go past making it sound like he's wanting to get your attention. You take him outside, give him treats, give him toys, pay attention to him, and in general seem to give him a decent amount of attention when he barks... where's the reason for him to not bark?

I suggest getting him out for walks each day, playing with him more, not leaving him locked up as often, and see where that gets you before even bothering trying any further action.

C'mon, canines are canines, and that they bark :-) it kind of feels that your canines has an quite good guarding/secure practices intuition and she or he takes the activity of warning and calling the %. mutually very heavily. it is that she perceives the open door as a risky issue and she or he desperate to guard it. that's in no way uncommon, the overdue GSD of my mothers and dads could behave precisely an identical way while they left the door open. in basic terms for a rapid relief: possibly making an investment in a doggie-door could help? the 1st canines could have an option to pass out and the barking one does not likely recommendations. As a quick term answer, wearing a muzzle (gentle-weight, breathable you are able to particularly shrink the barking. Then, you will would desire to have a closer seem at barking behaviors of the 2nd canines. How is she behaving? Is she in contact? aggressive? nervous? without know-how what reasons her to act like that each little thing you are able to attempt are only rapid fixes - which, as you have already considered would or won't artwork. a robust start up os to understand your canines's physique language extra advantageous, there's a magnificent e book via Turid Rudgass "On speaking words with canines" - I rather propose it. Then there's a gorgeous watchdog habit clarification in Stanley Coren's "Intelligence of canines". Dr. Ian Dunbar has slightly on correcting barking behaviors with advantageous procedures in his e book "the thank you to coach a clean canines previous tricks" Why those books? because of the fact for me (and extra than a number of others I shared my know-how with) they proved to furnish lots sounder suggestion that those bunches of Cesar Milan's clones wannabe canines "running shoes". it would be additionally exciting why the 1st canines pees interior: are there some well being matters or the potty training is incompete? i understand, i've got written lots, yet i think there won't mandatory be a rapid fix on your issue.

hi,

An instinctive canine behavior, a bark now and then reminds you that your dog is still very much a dog. However, constant barking can be disruptive, if not downright nerve-racking. Fortunately, there are ways to prevent or curb problem barking.

here's how:

http://www.mediumurl.com/?r=3198581934354029347086...

hope this helps.

Can you get him bathed and groomed and bring him in to the main house??