there is perhaps nothing more annoying
or frightening than waking up night
after night to the sound of your dog
barking
what is actually worse is when it is
your neighbor's dog that is barking
the good news is that you can stop a dog
barking at night but it does take a
little bit of work
the first thing to keep in mind if you
want to stop your dog barking at night
is that there is a good reason why your
dog is barking
your dog usually barks because they hear
a noise that frightens them and since it
is their job to protect you they will
bark in order to alert you of a
potential threat
although this may not be what you want
them to do it is in their nature to do
so
one way that you can stop your dog
barking at night is by training your dog
to bark just once or twice at any noise
they hear
this may not seem like an easy thing to
do but by using a citronella collar or
other natural device you can let them
know that one bark is fine but more than
that is not
this allows them to do their job barking
while not disrupting your sleep
another way to prevent your dog from
barking when you are trying to sleep is
to try to get them on the same sleeping
schedule as you
this often means keeping them up all day
long which can be hard if you aren't at
home
one way that you can do this is by
calling your home phone to wake them up
or leaving the television or radio on
for them
this kind of disruption is often enough
to make them a lot more tired at night
and thus less likely to bark
getting your dog to stop barking at
night for seemingly no reason and all
will take time and patience on your part
don't give up though and whatever you do
do not yell at your dog
yelling serves no purpose whatsoever in
fact yelling may even cause your dog to
bark even louder or longer
here is another problem with yelling it
reinforces the idea that there is
nothing wrong with your dog's barking
there is no discernible difference
between yelling and barking to a dog
both are loud both command attention and
both are disruptive
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