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I hear people use the word "excessive barking" and I wonder what they mean. Like you rightly noted, barking is natural for dogs and it is their way of communicating. Different breeds have different characteristics and that means different breeds will bark differently. Stopping a dog from carrying out his or her natural inclination could have negative effect on the dog and ultimately result in poor communication possibly out of fear for the owner.

I think what we should be concerned about is recognizing what message our dogs are trying to pass across any time they bark.

With my dog, the following messages are always clearly communicated whenever he barks:

1. When he is in distress, i.e., the leach is tangled; he wants to poop or wee.
2. When he is excited.
3. When there is danger or he senses an intruder around his territory.
4. When the danger or presence of an intruder is too close for comfort
just to mention a few.

So let us understand the message that our dogs are passing across rather than hushing them.

@loveson200...i understand your view point,but what we should try to understand is that some dogs bark unnecessarily..i happened to have a dog that tend to bark ALL day just due to the fact that it doesnt like being chained or caged,it strongly exhibits seperation anxiety which is totaly off the mark cos then it begins to act as a leader..thats why every dog needs the right training and discipline in this regard so that they just dont back at every given instant but at when appropriate.

Fruzzy,

thanks for the point that you noted about dogs that will be agitated for example when chained or locked up, especially pups that are just being introduced to such situations. However, we often abuse such training and a dogs might be trying to communicate a serious situation and the owner hushes the dog. I cannot see any reasonable dog barking all night or all day if the situation does not warrant it. Definitely, there might be times when you might want your dog to be quiet. But let owners not abuse such training and at the end of the day defeat the purpose of having a dog that alerts in case of a security threat or any other situation worthy of alerting the owner.

@loveson200..yeah that wd be totaly wrong!..i had a friend who had an alsatian dog and always hushes the dog even when there were intruders trying to disturb the dog and i was like: what da hell do you think you're doing!!..such kind of discipline wdnt be right cos its responding for d right purpose and in no time if he continues such discipline like that in no time developes into a cat and stops barking..so i wd say its best to train a dog properly right from time(puppy)so that it knows exactly when to react to things bt admist that one should never totaly shut a dog when barking,thats against the rule...

@loveson200...what breed of dog do you have pls?

@Fruzzy,

I have two Caucs and they will never bark unless there is need for them to do so.

loveson200:
@Fruzzy,

I have two Caucs and they will never bark unless there is need for them to do so.

well trained!..i have two slant back GSD and two hyperactive caucs presently undergoing intensive training..

@Fruzzy,

I thinks its more to do with their age. I had to send my adult male for intensive training at 9 months. He was just impossible. However, I read that by a year six months Caucs tend to mature and some of their antics would be dropped, that's apart from aggression which gets worse everyday. I don't know the age of your dogs but by the time they are two years plus to three years I believe that the Caucs, particularly would cool down even if they only had obedience training which you can handle yourself. Slant backs are usually easier to handle as they are eager to please the owner and really extremely intelligent even if I dare say that apart from the Caucs frequent stubbornness they are nearly as intelligent as GSD. I trained my male for 90K (both aggressive and obedience training) and swore that I would train all my other dogs myself. Truthfully, aggressive training is not necessary for Caucs and I have been able to teach the younger female all the commands (obedience)that my trainer charged me heavily for.

Sorry if I am deviating from the thread.

@loveson200
i would just wanna believe it doesnt apply to all caucs,cos my brothers caucs is 2 1/2years old and its still so stuborn and even gets worse by the day!..even a friend of mine has one going to 3years 3days and stil manifest those traits..so considering those fact i dint wanna take any chances than to make them undergo the training to make things easier for me..am really nt a fan of caucs bt had to experiment with these two first..i love GSD:simply intelligent,smart and quick to learn,i trained mine all by my self..my plan is to get as many breed as possible..have u tried boerboel before?