08-25-2024, 11:17 AM
For what it’s worth:
I’ve raised generations of chocolate labs and have lived next to all sorts of disruptive barking dogs. In my experience, many dog owners become accustomed to their dogs barking and don’t realized how disruptive it can be. So communication can help.
More importantly, with some effort and no punishment, you can train dogs to not bark when someone or something goes past their home or when they are frustrated or unhappy. I trained my dogs to only bark briefly when someone was standing in front of my door. No barking when anything walked down the street. That way barking was a single woof or two and occasional and anyone who wasn’t a friend would know I had a protective dog. You can teach a dog to not bark even with someone on your doorstep as well. You use the quiet command and rewards when dogs are quiet, but not punishment or even scolding when they bark. Your dogs want to please you and they will figure out what you want, if you put in the effort. Also, you must insure that your dogs are happy, healthy, well exercised and feel secure. You have to be their alpha. The internet has many resources for the process. A group of dog owners could probably find someone to come up and help train their dogs too.
I’ve raised generations of chocolate labs and have lived next to all sorts of disruptive barking dogs. In my experience, many dog owners become accustomed to their dogs barking and don’t realized how disruptive it can be. So communication can help.
More importantly, with some effort and no punishment, you can train dogs to not bark when someone or something goes past their home or when they are frustrated or unhappy. I trained my dogs to only bark briefly when someone was standing in front of my door. No barking when anything walked down the street. That way barking was a single woof or two and occasional and anyone who wasn’t a friend would know I had a protective dog. You can teach a dog to not bark even with someone on your doorstep as well. You use the quiet command and rewards when dogs are quiet, but not punishment or even scolding when they bark. Your dogs want to please you and they will figure out what you want, if you put in the effort. Also, you must insure that your dogs are happy, healthy, well exercised and feel secure. You have to be their alpha. The internet has many resources for the process. A group of dog owners could probably find someone to come up and help train their dogs too.