Comments on: Stop Separation Anxiety and Stop Excessive Barking?

By: L Oz

L Oz — Sat, 23 May 2009 07:49:52 +0000

My neighbor has a basset hound and now a collie. We’ve been asking them nicely for almost 2 yrs now to get the basset to curb its barking. It starts the minute they leave at 7am and doesnt stop until they get home 12-14 hours later. The poor thing is left outside all day long and only has interaction when they feed it at night. We live in Las Vegas by the way where the temperatures get extremely hot and cold. They think now that we’ve resorted to making a police report that we are harassing them. But after 2 years of bringing it to their attention and me working nights and sleeping during the day…or lack of sleep I’ve started to experience physical side affects from the barking. What else can we do to get them to take care of their dog and be better dog owners?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 20 May 2009 21:11:17 +0000

Hmmm….clearly your dog is reacting to the new environment. Maybe you will need to go back through the steps of crate training again, slowly working back into the more lengthy times in the crate. Just my thoughts, anyway.

I am not a dog trainer by profession — just a dog owner and dog lover. This may take a bit of time and some patience, to help your dog get readjusted. If it doesn’t get better in a month or so, consider hiring a local trainer to come and consult with you. You may be able to purchase a small package of lessons with the trainer, so you can get some one-on-one help. Keep checking around. It may not be terribly expensive. Certainly worth it to not make enemies with your apartment complex manager and your new neighbors.

Best of luck to you,
Cathy

By: r pillai

r pillai — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:55:20 +0000

I just moved into a new apartment and my dog who usually is okay with her crate is now barking incessantly when left at home alone. I will employ your suggestions, but is there anything else I can do?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 06:08:31 +0000

Hello Terry,

You definitely have a problem on your hands, and if it doesn’t get corrected, the neighbors may begin to complain (if they have not already). In this case, because of the two dogs, I would have to recommend that you hire a local dog trainer — one that comes to your home to give private lessons. This way, the trainer can see the behavior and the environment and come up with a plan for correcting it.

Hope that helps.

Cathy

By: Terry Shackelford

Terry Shackelford — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:58:30 +0000

Help, I have a 2 year old lab mix. I live in downtown Tulsa,OK. The back of my home is surrounded by a 6ft privacy fence. The gate is also six feet, but it is slatted (open)so, my dogs can see everyone and everything, including all trafic on the bike trail across the street that goes by my home.

I also have an Shepard/Chow mix. (very sweet dog and never barks at anything). Here is my problem. Everytime I go out and start to get into my car my Lab goes insane running the gate back and forth, jumping up and down and barking like crazy. And as I leave he gets more insane, with the same behavior. I can hear him barking inside my car almost a block away.

I have to keep the gate locked because of living downtown, so I can’t quickly open it to try and correct him.

I try to verbally correct him, but it just makes him worse.
Do you have any advise? I am absolutely deperate.

Terry