We got a letter from Animal Control in the mail yesterday... It seems one of our neighbors complained that our dogs bark "All day and nite, they never stop".
I did a search of the forum and read 6 pages of threads on barking!
Our dogs are inside, crated, at night. They do bark during the day, but they are in and out and if I am home when the barking happens they are corrected and brought in. We are home more often than not. We have 3 dogs. I am going to leave them inside when we leave now, I guess.
One of my dogs (A Border Collie/Corgi X) has a shrill, loud bark and she joyfully barks when they are playing or when my male barks. When I am kicking the soccer ball for one of them, she will bark the whole time. I am teaching her to stay on the outside pillow while we play, and she is catching on fast, but that means she gets no excercise that way... She has social issues, she is super shy and somewhat skiddish... She responds to my correction noise instantly, and she is a pleaser.
I was thinking that she might respond well to a citronella collar. If not, I am not sure what to do.
I feel bad that a neighbor is being disturbed, thought I wish they had talked to me about it. I feel bad for my dog. Everytime they make any noise I will cringe and wonder if they are going to call again.
I did a search of the forum and read 6 pages of threads on barking!
Our dogs are inside, crated, at night. They do bark during the day, but they are in and out and if I am home when the barking happens they are corrected and brought in. We are home more often than not. We have 3 dogs. I am going to leave them inside when we leave now, I guess.
One of my dogs (A Border Collie/Corgi X) has a shrill, loud bark and she joyfully barks when they are playing or when my male barks. When I am kicking the soccer ball for one of them, she will bark the whole time. I am teaching her to stay on the outside pillow while we play, and she is catching on fast, but that means she gets no excercise that way... She has social issues, she is super shy and somewhat skiddish... She responds to my correction noise instantly, and she is a pleaser.
I was thinking that she might respond well to a citronella collar. If not, I am not sure what to do.
I feel bad that a neighbor is being disturbed, thought I wish they had talked to me about it. I feel bad for my dog. Everytime they make any noise I will cringe and wonder if they are going to call again.