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by cnity
1529 days ago
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> the issue is almost always a lack of attention, a lack of discipline and/or a lack of awareness I'm not sure exactly what sort of regularity you're talking about with barking, but I think this take can be counter-productive. Let's say your neighbor gets a puppy. The puppy at some point will begin barking (because e.g. they will overtire themselves and sometimes need to be confined in order for them to sleep, or they want something they cannot have). Interpreting this as "lack of attention" (and thus urging the neighbor to respond to (read: reward) the dog's barking) will teach the dog that barking gets them what they want. Thus for a period it is likely that a new dog will go through phases of barking which simply have to be endured in order for the puppy to learn that they don't get rewarded in response to barking. Alas, this can take time and some dogs are naturally more vocal than others. There's no way around this issue except from living somewhere dogs are either not allowed or are far away enough to be of no concern, and educating people about dog training. |
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As a more concrete example: my neighbors have two adult dogs. Both are at least partially from a breed which requires a lot of attention from their owner(s) and a lot of space to move. They are known to get extremely rowdy if their needs aren't met. Just recently, the two were separated with one in what I presume to be a relatively dark area and almost no human contact. The one inside would bark very often, for hours on end, with the owners not responding at all. The barking was loud enough to penetrate the walls. They also aren't trained properly at all, barking at anything in sight even if it isn't remotely close to or interested in their territory.
Obviously there are multiple factors at play here. But it's not something you should be doing to a breed of dog which grows extremely attached, set in its ways and needy of its owner. Even if they would learn not to bark in such a neglected state, that's not good for the dog either.
As an aside, I've never had issues with puppies. They don't bark nearly as loud as most poorly trained adult dogs do, and most people are still in the honeymoon phase with their dog at that point.