Dog.......He won't stop barking.

98TJ · Aug 24, 2015

AdamF said:
Take them for walks, and make sure you walk them and they aren't walking you. Don't let them stop to piss on anything until you're ready to stop, make the walk behind you, and don't even let them sniff the ground. You're the leader,they don't choose when to do anything. I never heard of spitting in their food, but when training I'd make them sit and wait while I was filling the bowl, and wouldn't let them eat until I actually said eat. That worked so well that my American bulldog will sit looking at his food for hours if I forget to tell him to eat lol. Also don't leave their food accessible all the time, they won't need you if they can eat whenever they feel like it.

I didn't like spitting in their food, but the guy explained it like this: In the wild, the alpha wolf eats his fill first, then the other dogs eat. They smell his saliva in their food and that tells them that he is the leader and will be doing all the thinking for them; so they just need to follow his lead.

As for taking them on walks and only stopping where you decide; that is a great idea. That also lets them know you are the alpha dog. As for them walking you; if they pull on the leash, don't just pull back. When he starts pulling, quickly give the lease a little slack and then emediately SNAP that leash back. Snap it back hard if you are dealing with a big dog. Try to spin them half-way around. Dogs will pull all day on a lease, but they hate it when the lease snaps them back. It only takes a few times and they will quit pulling. We were in puppy school many years ago and there was a very small black girl (90 lbs) with a very big Wrotwiler (140 lbs) dragging here all over the room. The trainer showed her how to snap that lease and by the end of the first night, she was walking the dog.

5BrothersFabrication · Aug 24, 2015

This is Daisy. I wish we had a farm so she could be a bloodhound.

http://youtu.be/4_2uc3g1nNg

BPINAZ · Aug 24, 2015

So, I got home today (on day shift this week) and my wife said he barked all day long. Went out there, flipped him on his back and held him down by just his throat. I didn't do it hard enough to hurt him, but firm enough to get his attention........he hasn't barked for about 2 hours. So far so good.

His name is Petie and he's a great dog when inside and just about everywhere else. He's protective when he needs to be (stopped 2 assholes from breaking in) and he acts good when friends are over. He just hates being in his kennel.