when your dog barks,, you say??????

[micki76]

Originally posted by pitc9
If they are barking because someone is at the door, or in the driveway, I let them bark for a little. Just to let that person know not to do anything stupid!!

I do the same thing.

But if they're barking just to bark, they get a 'hush'. If that doesn't work, 'that's ENOUGH!' usually does the trick.

Sometimes I just say, 'hey, hey, HEY!'

[lute]

when beanie barks i just talk back. sometimes we hold on whole convos.lol

when i had maddie. she couldn't bark. she was de-barked. so when she would attempt to bark i'd say "huh? speak up i can't hear you!"

[Tina]

If they are barking for a reason I usually let them stop on their own. But sometimes Reggie doesn't know when to stop.

I usually say "Quiet" "Be Quiet" or "Stop Barking" if that doesn't work then I tell them "Shut Up" Usually "Quiet" works or "Be Quiet"

[Smilla]

I say "No Speak!" When it continues (it usually does), I say, "Lefty, stop being a pill." Then, "Lefty, if you don't quit it I'm going to wring your chicken neck!"

The Spoiled One has taken to barking at me when we're getting ready to go outside, especially after I get home from work and am trying to put my stuff down before getting his collar and a poop bag. It's VERY loud and annoying. My behaviorist suggested stopping all activity, folding my arms and looking away until the barking stops. It USUALLY works, though often when I start moving again, he starts barking again.

[ParNone]

If I'm busy or sleeping, I start off with "Oh, can't we just this once, let Timmy die in the well?". If it's Oz doing the barking though, I go investigate, because it's guaranteed there's a problem he's trying to tell me about. He immediately stops barking, once I go check. Figures his job is done, I guess.

[Amber]

Originally posted by ParNone
"Oh, can't we just this once, let Timmy die in the well?".

haha!


I just tell my 2 to "Shhhh!" or "Hush!"

[LorraineO]

Originally posted by ParNone
If I'm busy or sleeping, I start off with "Oh, can't we just this once, let Timmy die in the well?".

TOO FUNNY!!!!!!

[Smilla]

That really IS funny. I may borrow that.

[cocker_luva]

i say Jesse's name everytime she barks until she pays attention to me, then i say 'hush, bubby' she'll usually stop.

[Linda York]

I usually say "Boys, NO BARKING". Or just "No Barking".

My husabnd says, "BONEHEADS, KNOCK IT OFF"! Which do you think is more effective????
Him telling them to "knock it off"......... Has to be his voice!

I have learned to hate the pizza commercial on TV, the one where the door bell rings three or four times druing the whole commercial.

[LorraineO]

Very handsome boys you got there,,, ESP the furless one,,,,

[Rio and Me]

I dont hush Rio at all, i let her bark untill she thinks she should stop.
she's not a barking dog unless somone is around or she's herd somthing ETC, so i praise her for the warning.
I'm a scared person (eg the dark, strangers ETC) so i want a loud dog, i know she will never bark on comand but she will growl at strangers (thats their warning).
So It's "good girls" all the way.

Ky

[BCBlondie]

Monica is ALWAYS yapping at something.. It's veerry annoying. She just sits on the back steps and barks at the air. I'm always yelling, "NO BARKING!!!" lol

[ComedyDevil]

Toby and Squid only really bark if someone comes onto the drive or if someone stands outside for a while, so I let them bark.

Ollie barks at everything - even when there's nothing there. and when he's busy barking at something, he totally ignores me, so its "Ollie, OLLIE, OLLIE!" And when he finally looks round - "shush"

[Twisterdog]

I usually start with, "Hey! Hush!" ... which of course they don't.

Then I progress to, "Enough! Shut Up!" ... which sometimes helps, and sometimes not.

Then I usually end up screeching, "HEEEYYYYY! I'm going to beat your a**es!"

I never claimed to be calm and consistent.