Dogs barking is a pretty common thing with all dogs. One thing you should always remember is that dogs generally bark for a reason and not because they are just trying to annoy you. This is generally why dogs are such great protectors. I know our dog Wrigley can hear my husband coming home when he is pulling in the neighborhood and he is so excited that he starts barking at the garage door to let him out. He loves to great him outside ans show him how much he has missed him. So really try and figure out why your dog is barking.
I wrote an article explaing why dogs bark and there is always a reason:
Dogs bark for a reason, and unless you understand why your dog is barking, it’s very hard to put a stop to it. Here are some common reasons for dogs to bark excessively:
- Alert their pack (that means you!) of an intruder in his territory. Unfortunately a dog’s definition of intruder can be quite different to ours. He may try and chase birds from the yard, or bark to chase a squirrel from his territory.
Some dogs take this a step further and bark at anyone walking past their fence, or even dogs in the next yard. In this case, you can often solve the problem by restricting the dog to an area where he can’t see the fence, or the dogs. There’s nothing to trigger his barking, so he should stop.
