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winnie
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From:sherman oaks,california,USA
Registered: Dec 2003

posted 01-24-2004 02:42 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for winnie     Edit/Delete Message
Hello everyone, I was hoping maybe someone can give me some ideas on how to get my dog to stop barking at children. Here is some history. I got her at nine months(give or take), she is a lab and is now 15 months old. We go to the dog park a lot and some people bring their children, anywhere from 1month old to 17 years old. Some children know how to behave around dogs and are calm and quiet (these kind of children my dog does not bark at). But when a child is runnning around near her or screaming or crying, then she will run up and bark at them. She does not go after them in an angry way and has never bitten, she does not even get really close to them, just barks. Today i was at Starbucks with her waiting for my friend and her dog and a girl who was sitting with her mom came running up behind my dog to go get something else in the store. Well my dog started barking and barking and would not stop till the girl went inside. I know the girl probley scared her running up behind her. But is there a way to train my dog to not bark at children? I do not know any children to have come over and give her treats and stuff so i can not do that. I would rather train her myself, but if it does not work I will take her to a trainer or behaviorist but I want to try and do it myself first. She is very well behaved beside this and i have no complaints about her except for this. It was a little embarrasing when she started barking at these kids.I do not want to use a shock coller or anything like that because i dont like how they shock the dog. So if anyone has any ideas on how to correct this behavior please let me know. I was thinking that maybe before i adopted her, her previous owner had children who might have been to rough with her as a pup. Maybe that is why she does it, i dont know, please help!

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dhanson88
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From:newton
Registered: Jan 2004

posted 01-24-2004 04:32 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for dhanson88     Edit/Delete Message
I have a barker also. Mine is a 3 yr old black lab. He is good for the most part. He barks at the kids waiting for the bus stop and walking by the house. We tried everything, Beating (not really), bark collars (super cruel), and the we figured his problem out he wanted to play with all of them. He waits at the bus stop now with the kids. Some don't like him and are scared of him but he just wants to play with everyone. I now it's annoying but just tell the people that he is barking for their attention and that how I got Storm to stop barking and people starting loving him and he was a much happier dog. I don't know if that will help u at all but it's your dog and dogs bark if no one else likes it too bad.

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