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I got out of bed with dog barking on the brain this morning. That is due to laying awake listening to my neighbor’s insane pack of dogs barking at coyotes all night long. This gave me plenty of time to ponder all the many nearby dogs with barking problems, and the various reasons that caused these behaviors. Thinking about it made me realize I was in a neighborhood periodically terrorized by relentless barking episodes.

Below I have listed several of the very common reasons your dog may have a problem with excessive barking behavior . You will have some work to do with your dog to correct the problem if he suffers from this behavior-actually I think we suffer a lot more from the barking than they do. It is unfortunate that this is a problem that will not stop until you take the time to work with your pet to correct it.

• One very common reason that a dog will start barking is when it sees another dog or a stranger somewhere within its visual range.Dogs instinctively want to guard and protect their territory and family so this behavior is quite understandable. This becomes problem barking  when a dog just won’t stop the barking even after it has made its point. He gets a form of positive reinforcement when the other dog or human has moved away because in his mind he has scared the dog or person away.

• Often the problem begins when dogs  respond to hearing other dogs- or in my neighbor’s case, coyotes- barking in the distance.  If you have a dog that  is out in the yard  engaging in long distance barking you can teach him not to be doing that. Excessive dog barking  is a problem you should not ignore, especially since all that unnecessary barking is annoying for you (and your neighbors, too).

• Dogs that are all stressed out and insecure are much more likely to bark even for insignificant reasons. These types of dogs have a lot of nervous anxiety issue,a dog will bark for no obvious reason whatsoever. These are the kinds of dogs that often  bark on and off all the time unless their masters are with them. My good friend’s dog was such a nervous Nellie that it would bark if a leaf fell down form a nearby tree. That dog was really nervous. It doesn’t take a big leap of imagination to realize that this dog barked all the time-for nothing.

• If a dog is bored and lonely enough he may start a barking rant, just to let everyone else know how he feels.  A dog that is left alone most of the time and doesn’t get enough attention and playtime and  from its master is the most likely dog to have this behavior.

• Sometimes a dog just wants your attention, and will continue to bark at you until he gets it-he doesn’t care if you are busy doing something else. If the dog respected its master as the Alpha dog, he would not be trying that. Unfortunately if you give in to this barking, you are in a way training your dog to boss you around. Until I put an end to my dog’s training of me, my Lab used to get a kick out of bossing me around when she wanted to play some more.

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