My pomeranian wont stop barking! Is it okay to use a Ultrasonic Anti Bark Dog Stop Barking Control Collar?
Posted: April 9th, 2011 | Author: admin | Filed under: Common Questions | Tags: Anti, bark, barking, Collar, Control, okay, Pomeranian, stop, Ultrasonic, wont | 3 Comments »PLEASE READ ALL BEFORE COMMENT!
I rescued a pomeranian from the shelter 2 years ago and she never barked so much before but this year shes being so Ornery and barks at everything. My fiance will drop something soft on the ground in my room and she will start barking all the way in the living room and wont stop until an hour later. I have tried the holding the muzzle thing and telling her firmly NO but that doesn’t work at all so we found a ultra sonic anti bark collar on ebay should i get it?
All it does is makes a loud sound well…it shocks too but i read i can turn that part off. do you think the sound would stop her from barking every time?
Thanks but i tried that allready and we have little iams treats too and i say shhhhh loud then wait and then hand her the treat and say good girl but this no longer works for some reason.
Thanks but i walk her EVERY DAY i promis you on that one she and i love to walk i have to walk my doctor said so. thats acualy the reason i got her is so i have a walking companion. we walk at least 30 min a day so please something els
Dogs will usually respond to you making a SSHHH sound because it’s not a sound use in normal speech. I would try that and the second she stops barking reward her with a treat and praise her. She’ll soon lean that sshhh means to be quiet.
My guess as to why she has become “ornery” is because you are not giving her enough real life stimulation and exercise.
Do you participate in Obedience or Agility classes with this dog?
Does she get to play in a large area for a few hours a day?
Pomeranians ARE high energy dogs. They were bred down from sled/herding dogs. They are a Spitz, they are a breed that always had a job.
The reason they get “yappy” is because they are bored out of their mind.
I suggest you enroll this dog in some classes and get her some mental stimulation. Increase her activity. This means making her walk on the leash, not carry her.
I would also put a leash on her, and when she does the unwanted barking you give her a leash correction and a command- like “out” or another word.
All my dogs have the “out” command which means cease what you are doing.
If you just want a quick fix I will tell you the most humane thing to do would be have a surgical bark softening procedure done. It will soften her bark.
Its a five minute procedure done at your vets. Way more humane then shocking her every time she barks. I know dozens of dogs who have had the procedure done, including a Pomeranian.
I own Pomeranians, none of them are “yappy”. I treat them like real dogs which includes plenty of exercise. They do Obedience and Agility (the puppy is too young yet for agility).
If she is that determined a barker, then she will probably bark right through it.
Obviously, if she was not a hard core barker when you got her, she is a barker now because you have allowed it. Why not just train her to stop barking?
When she starts barking, get up and see what she is barking at. If it is not something you want her to bark at, tell her “hush” or “stop” or whatever word you want her to learn means stop barking.
If she ignores you, tell her “stop”, reach down and give her a sharp poke in the shoulder with your finger. That is all it takes with most small dogs.
If she ignores the finger, get a spray bottle and fill it with water. When she barks say “stop”, use the finger poke, and then spray her with the water. Do not just spray her, go through the entire process each time, because you want her to eventually listen to only the verbal command. Once she understands that if she ignores you she will be corrected, and corrected harder if she ignores that, she will cooperate.
I have had some hard-core barkers (my chi was surrendered to the shelter because of her barking) and I have never found one that will ignore water.
Save the treats for when you are teaching her to sit.