2 year old weim barks too much

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2 year old weim barks too much

Posted : 4/3/2006 9:31:11 PM

My weimaraner is neurotic. He will have a barking fit over seeing a butterfly in the window.
He tends to bark a lot and then jump on the windows.

I've tried a bark collar. He figured out that if he barks at the right pitch, the collar won't activate.
Plus I hate the collar bcz it causes his neck to get a little red and irritated.

Can I get him some doggie prozac?

huskymom

Posted : 4/3/2006 10:04:11 PM

I'm not sure you need to medicate your dog. You may but I'm not a vet so I wont suggest any prozac.

What I did with my barker(my now dogs are quiet but I had a lab that barked and barked and barked at everything) was to teach her to speak on command. Yes I know dumb eh? But after I taught her to speak, I taught her "Quiet". She'd be barking away and I would be barking right along with her then I would say Quiet, and stop barking. As soon as she stopped I would praise and treat. Then we would start all over. Soon she wouldn't bark unless I told her to. That is until something moved, like a leaf or a squirrel, or a tree, or a car, or a deer, or ... well you get it. The I would say Quiet and she would! It was great. I had to keep up with the training though cause if I didn't for a couple of weeks she would forget. I just couldnt ingrain it in her.