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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 407125" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>I have the same problem with my boy, Trace, barking when I leave. Trace is just a barker. He barks when I leave, even if I just go outside to walk one of the other dogs. It's a bit of separation anxiety with him because he had a history of severe abuse before I adopted him. He has become very attached to me and he panics when he can't see me. If he can't see or hear me, he thinks I've abandoned him. He quickly learned that the barking did him no good so now he just barks for a minute and then stops. Two things that I have heard of but haven't done yet - sounds kind of mean but it works. You can do this for any kind of bad behavior. Put a handful of pennies or small pebbles in a metal soft drink can - shake it when they are doing something they shouldn't be doing - catch them right in the act. It makes a horrible racket, it startles them, and whatever they were doing, they stop right away. Another thing you can do (and I know it sounds silly) ... get yourself a squirt gun! If he barks in his crate, squirt him right in the face while he's doing it! It gets tricky though because you don't want them to stop barking at all. I have this same dilemma with my larger mixed breed, Freebie. Freebie is a barker too, mostly at strangers. She's bigger than the Bostons but when she barks, she sounds like a HUGE dog. Freebie is the reason that I still feel safe living alone, so it's a toss-up with the barking. Although not all of us can use his methods (you'd never catch me on skates being pulled down the street by a herd of dogs!) Cesar Milan does have a lot of good suggestions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 407125, member: 1883"] I have the same problem with my boy, Trace, barking when I leave. Trace is just a barker. He barks when I leave, even if I just go outside to walk one of the other dogs. It's a bit of separation anxiety with him because he had a history of severe abuse before I adopted him. He has become very attached to me and he panics when he can't see me. If he can't see or hear me, he thinks I've abandoned him. He quickly learned that the barking did him no good so now he just barks for a minute and then stops. Two things that I have heard of but haven't done yet - sounds kind of mean but it works. You can do this for any kind of bad behavior. Put a handful of pennies or small pebbles in a metal soft drink can - shake it when they are doing something they shouldn't be doing - catch them right in the act. It makes a horrible racket, it startles them, and whatever they were doing, they stop right away. Another thing you can do (and I know it sounds silly) ... get yourself a squirt gun! If he barks in his crate, squirt him right in the face while he's doing it! It gets tricky though because you don't want them to stop barking at all. I have this same dilemma with my larger mixed breed, Freebie. Freebie is a barker too, mostly at strangers. She's bigger than the Bostons but when she barks, she sounds like a HUGE dog. Freebie is the reason that I still feel safe living alone, so it's a toss-up with the barking. Although not all of us can use his methods (you'd never catch me on skates being pulled down the street by a herd of dogs!) Cesar Milan does have a lot of good suggestions. [/QUOTE]
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