Hi all, Im new here
Im looking for advice on my 8yr old JRT cross. He is very vocal & although has calmed down on certain things, other things to bark at are so bad - He barks constantly when excited (out on walks -constant, in the car - constant, when someone knocks on the door, etc etc.
He also has fear agression with other dogs, so barks even more when he sees another dog.
He has now started barking at our bedroom door in the morning to wake us up.

Im 21, live with my husband - I have had scruffy since he was a pup, but my parents never thought of taking him to training & i had no idea i should be training him - since moving to our hosue 2 yrs ago, he came with us & has been to training & i have also done a small training course - but cannot stop his barking..
I have tried, teaching him speak & stop - this only works in a controlled environment at home when he is not excited by anything, I have tried spray collar, water bottle, water pistol - nothing bothers him at all.
Ive tried stopping walking will hes quiet & carrying on, but he rarely stops barking for me to carry on - i have been stood at the top of my drive for hours before.
I have tried decensatising him to things that excite him such as putting his lead on, taking it off - going on boring car jouneys that dont end in a walk etc.

We cannot walk him much as he has bad legs, so we cant really tire him out in anyways.
I have just got married & we are now trying for a baby, but i worry how we will cope with his barking problem with a baby.
Hes a very clever dog - can anyone help me out please.

Thank you!
Sarah
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Forgot to add - he has been to 2 different training classes/behavouists & i have done a training course too but no-one can help him - we have looked at 1-1's but worry the will waste alot of time trying all the things we already have tried & we dont have the money that they charge.
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I personally can not recommend a solution to your problem. However, you should look into my website at the bottom of the page and possibly give one of these products a try. I personally used Sit, Stay, Fetch and it worked wonders with my pitbull/husky mix with similar but not as severe problems. Her issue was that weren't correcting her when she did these things (such as barking at the bedroom door to wake us up) and weren't rewarding her properly when she did something right.

Hi Sarah

It is normal for dogs to bark. However if your dog is barking to much that it cause disturbance to you and your neighbor, you have to do something about it. If you have tried taking him into training classes and it didn't work. Maybe you can try using a electronic bark control collar.

I read in puppies for dummies that you shake a can full of pennies which only made my dogs bark at the can or half water half vinager and sqirt um in the face when barking, that seems to work... but only temporerally, so if you get any better advice pleease pass it on.

let your dog intimidate with you..

I have an 18 month old Brussels Griffon. I have never in my life owned a timid dog and he's driving me nuts. He's scared of his own shadow. Of course, he barks at every noise. I don't necessarily mind him barking when someone comes to the door if he'd listen and be quiet like my Jack Russell does. I've tried the training him to speak and stop but it doesn't work when it comes to strangers coming in the house. No matter how much they ignore him, if they move he starts backing away, barking and he won't be quiet unless my daughter or I pick him up and hold him, which I've hear Ceasar Milan say not to do because it reinforces the behavior. I've had wonderful luck training my dogs over the years. My JRT is the smartest dog I've ever owned, has 25+ hand signal or voice words behaviors. He too barks when someone comes to the door but stops if I tell him too and he doesn't bark when strangers come in. I'm totally lost at what to do with my Brussels. Sometimes no matter how long someone stays, he never will let them get near him, and barks whenever they even move. My fiance' can't stand him because of all the barking...but my JRT loves him and I'd hate to separate them as my JRT is almost 8 years old. Strangely enough my Brussels doesn't bark that much when he's outside except if someone drives up in the driveway. I was thinking of getting one of the appropriately sized shock training collars although I've never approved of them. Any suggestions on how to work with such a timid dog would be greatly appreciated as I'm lost.

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