Barking and noise sensitivity in dogs can be a rough behaviour to manage when it becomes habitual. It can quickly become a nuisance and needs to be managed before long. It’s important to remember dogs instinctual bark and for many breeds it’s a purposefully bred Trait. Particularly hounds and herding breeds. Something to consider when choosing a dog.
When it comes to barking, context and body language is key to determine the underlying root of the problem barking. Reactivity training – praticing “engage, disengage ” from things that cause any fear or distress to our barking dog is critical as barking can be a learned coping behaviour from dogs that have a fight or flight response to potential triggers. Ideally when a dog is frightened,they would rather flee a situation, when there is no option to flee a fearful reaction will often escalate to barking as a coping mechanism
*teaching quiet cues – quiet command*
