Dogs use their voice to express various emotions: excitement, irritation, joy. With a voice they warn of danger and they also declare their needs, all this is inherent in them by nature. Often, continuous barking is irritating enough, and we will introduce you to some ways of calming the dogs.
How to calm an excited dog?
Often, trying to calm our pet, we, on the contrary, train him on barking. Starting to scream at the dog, you even more provoke it. At this point, you need to keep an excerpt and try to ignore her barking. Many, in order to calm the dog, give her a treat , achieving an immediate effect. But you can not do this, so you only encourage the pet to be more active.
Train the dog. If you accustom a pet to the command "voice", then you must start training to the command "quietly". So, gradually, step by step, you can achieve considerable success in training the animal to calm.
To calm the dog on the street, you need to find out the reason why your dog barks. Often an animal does this by protecting its territory. Maybe the dog feels threat from coming strangers or teased by children playing in the yard, and even more often other dogs or animals. Another reason for continuous barking may be a dog's malaise.
How to calm the dog at night, when it is impossible to fall asleep yourself, and neighbors are concerned about this behavior of the animal? Again, to begin with, we establish the cause of the anxiety. It can be hunger, malaise, the flickering of lights outside the window, the noise coming from the street. To eliminate the last reasons, it is enough to tighten the curtains or close the window.
You can also apply calming agents for dogs , for example, flower essences, which are added drop by drop to food or drink, or to the dog in the mouth
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