I have a year old French toy poodle. Great dog, full of energy, and very well behaved. I only have one gripe with this dog. When he was younger (we adopted him from a pound in Ecuador), he had medical troubles which made him very sensitive to diseases and such. He is fine now, but for about half a month or so, we couldn't walk him or pretty much take him outside at all. This led to him not being socialized ideally with other dogs or other people besides my family. We've started walking him, but there's a problem. During walks, he barks at any other person he sees, once they're about, 50 or so feet away from us. He loses all consideration for my commands and just barks wildly without mercy until we're far enough from the people, or dog, he's barking at. Aside from this, he's very well behaved. I've trained him to do about 10 commands (sit, stand up, jump, roll over, etc.) and I'm certain he thinks of me as a dominant figure. I'm the only one who walks him, so I know he trusts me. I've tried smacking when he barks and rewarding when he doesn't, but that hasn't worked. The same applies to when we have guests over. Other than this, he's been just fine. We play fetch and wrestle everyday and what-have-you, but the barking problem is huge. But because of this, I haven't been able to bathroom train him properly. What methods have any of you guys found to be effective to suppress bad barking behavior? Many thanks to anyone who gives a suggestion.
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dog barks at anyone around him or in front of us. I'm the only one who walks him, and need to know how to stop him from barks when we're far enough away.
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I have a year old French toy poodle. Great dog, full of energy, and very well behaved. I only have one gripe with this dog. When he was younger (we adopted him from a pound in Ecuador), he had medical troubles which made him very sensitive to diseases and such. He is fine now, but for about half a month or so, we couldn't walk him or pretty much take him outside at all. This led to him not being socialized ideally with other dogs or other people besides my family. We've started walking him, but there's a problem. During walks, he barks at any other person he sees, once they're about, 50 or so feet away from us. He loses all consideration for my commands and just barks wildly without mercy until we're far enough from the people, or dog, he's barking at. Aside from this, he's very well behaved. I've trained him to do about 10 commands (sit, stand up, jump, roll over, etc.) and I'm certain he thinks of me as a dominant figure. I'm the only one who walks him, so I know he trusts me. I've tried smacking when he barks and rewarding when he doesn't, but that hasn't worked. The same applies to when we have guests over. Other than this, he's been just fine. We play fetch and wrestle everyday and what-have-you, but the barking problem is huge. But because of this, I haven't been able to bathroom train him properly. What methods have any of you guys found to be effective to suppress bad barking behavior? Many thanks to anyone who gives a suggestion.
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My dog barks wildly at people and other dogs when we walk him and I don't know how to deal with it. EDIT: Thanks to everyone who has offered their advice. I plan on training him from the ground up and will hopefully be around
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