Barking Problems
Step-by-step, humane fixes for specific barking problems: at night, when left alone, at the door, at people and other dogs, in the car, crate or apartment, and a neighbour’s barking dog.
How to Stop Your Dog Barking in the Car
A dog that barks the whole car journey is stressful and genuinely unsafe — it’s distracting for the driver and usually means the dog isn’t coping. The good news is…
Why Is My Dog Barking So Much All of a Sudden?
When a normally quiet dog suddenly starts barking a lot, it’s worth paying attention — a change in behaviour is information. Sometimes it’s a new trigger; sometimes it’s the first…
Why Does My Dog Bark at Nothing?
It’s a strange thing to watch: your dog stiffens, stares at an empty doorway or a blank stretch of wall, and barks at something that, as far as you can…
Why Does My Dog Bark at People (and How to Stop It)
A dog that barks at people — visitors, passers-by, strangers on a walk — is stressful and easy to misread as ‘aggression’. Usually it’s something else entirely, and it responds…
Neighbour’s Dog Won’t Stop Barking? What You Can Actually Do
Living next to a dog that barks for hours is draining in a way that’s hard to explain to anyone who hasn’t been through it. You can’t train the dog,…
How to Stop Excessive and Demand Barking
When a dog barks at the door, the window, the kettle, you, and apparently the silence itself, it stops feeling like a training problem and starts feeling like the dog’s…
How to Stop Your Dog Barking in the Crate
A crate should be your dog’s favourite den, not a place they protest. If crate time means barking and whining, the crate has become associated with isolation or confinement rather…
How to Stop Your Dog Barking at Other Dogs on Walks
Barking and lunging at other dogs on the lead — often called leash reactivity — is stressful and embarrassing, but it responds well to the right approach. This guide is…
How to Stop Your Dog Barking at the Doorbell and Visitors
The doorbell rings and your dog erupts. This kind of alarm barking is one of the most common complaints owners have — and one of the most trainable. It’s covered…
How to Stop Your Dog Barking When Left Alone
You close the front door, and before you’ve reached the gate it starts: barking, then howling, sometimes for an hour. Usually the dog isn’t misbehaving or being spiteful — they’re…
