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puppyexpressions · 3 months

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How to Stop a Dog From Barking When They’re Home Alone

It’s a common problem, but an annoying one: Your dog is well-behaved when you’re home. But as soon as you leave, they can’t stop making noise. Your dog has their reasons for acting out. Boredom, restlessness, fear, and separation anxiety are all common reasons that your dog might bark and whine while you’re gone. Wondering how to stop a dog from barking when they’re home alone? Try these tricks to distract or redirect their behavior from barking.

Make Sure They Get Exercise

Make sure you give your dogs enough exercise before you leave in the morning. Tired dogs are more likely to want a quiet rest time. If possible, have a dog walker come during the middle of the day to provide more exercise.

Try Toys and Canine Puzzles

There are a number of commercial and homemade products that give your dog something to do while you’re gone. You can stuff a hollow toy with a spreadable treat, like dog-safe peanut butter, and the dog will work to get the snack out. You can also hide dog treats in an interactive dog puzzle. Your dog may be too busy to bark, since they’ll be looking for their treats.

Turn on Familiar Sounds

For dogs who bark when owners are gone, trainers often suggest leaving the dog with some familiar sounds such as a radio or television. The idea is that these sounds resemble the household noises when the owner is present, which may reassure your dog.

Citronella Collars

Citronella collars spray a burst of citronella when the dog barks. Citronella is made from the oils of lemongrass, and it is often used in perfumes, candles, and incense. This collar is seen as a humane alternative to shock bark collars.

Anti-Barking Devices (Non-Collar)

There are several anti-barking devices that do not involve collars. These devices detect barks and sends a high-pitched sound that only dogs can hear.

What to Do if Barking Continues

If you try these solutions and your dog’s barking continues, you might need to play detective and explore beyond the simplest solutions. Keep in mind that as the dog’s trainer (or animal behaviorist), finding the function of the behavior is important. Once you identify what triggers their barking, you can go about reducing or eliminating that trigger.

If you’re not able to stop a dog from barking, you also may want to take your dog to the vet. They will be able to identify (or rule out) any underlying health issues.

What About Separation Anxiety?

A study on dog separation anxiety confirmed that this a complex problem. Remember that anxiety is a term that means your dog is sufficiently stressed that there will be some physiological signs that will be manifested by behaviors such as pacing, whining, panting or drooling.

Your smartphone can be a very useful tool for diagnosing the root of your dog’s behavior. Consider using a smartphone app like Barkio or Pet Monitor VIGI to observe your dog remotely, or a simple dog camera or monitor. By watching your dog’s behavior from afar, you’ll be able to see any signs of anxiety in your absence. You can also see if they bark when squirrels are in the yard, or if your dog gets destructive when they’re simply bored.

Separation anxiety can be a tough problem to treat — but these best practices can help you make inroads on the problem. Some of them are similar to the more general fixes for barking:

Exercise your dog vigorously before you leave. This allows your dog to rest well in your absence.

Leave “activities” to keep your dog occupied. Examples include a safe chew toy, or an interactive game where your dog works to get a treat out of a puzzle.

Provide training while you’re home. Leave the dog for a few seconds, come back into the house, and reward them for quiet, calm behavior. Add a few seconds at a time. Although this process does work, it requires a lot of patience. It’s a good idea to avoid adding too much time at once, since that won’t work.

Depending on the severity of your dog’s anxiety problem, you may want to talk to your dog’s veterinarian. They may prescribe anti-anxiety medications for your dog that you’ll eventually phase out.

Recruiting a professional dog trainer can also help. Training an anxious dog isn’t always easy, and your dog is very clued in to your mood. Involving a professional makes it easier for you to stay calm and relaxed, which in turn helps your dog stay calm too.

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petsmartinfo · 1 year

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How to Train Your Dog to Stop Barking

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atomikats · 4 months

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this tiktok trend just killed my mother

#who else up thinking abt how zoro went from ‘you will not stop me from achieving my dreams’#to ‘i will sacrifice myself so that you may achieve yours’#they make me CRAZYYYY #one piece #ワンピース #zoro #roronoa zoro #pirate hunter zoro #luffy #monkey d luffy #strawhat luffy #anime #my art #digital art #thriller bark #thriller bark spoilers

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aurum-g · 23 days

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Roronoa "Stay out of it, Captain! You moron! I can't let you get close to luffy " Zoro.

Zoro in wano unleashed his first mate over-protective mode the moment he was reunited with luffy and i live for it. Zolu in wano is everything.

Note that all of the straw hats are protective of luffy but zoro's protectiveness is on another level.

#zolu #zoroxluffy #my beloved pirates #protective zoro #can't stop talking about wano zolu just like how dudebros won't stop talking about zoro sacrifice in thriller bark #one piece

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obsob · 10 months

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oaky no long tentatively exploring idea im aromantic. i am aromantic

#barks #HUUUEUWUWU #im collecting 'a' labels #autism asexual aromantic babyyyy #also i saw asteroid city 2day. so good !!!!!#i might do drawing for it might not depends how small brain decides 2 b #ive been feeling rlly guilty abt my disability being disabling n i did a tarot reading being like :( how stop being sad #n apollo was jus like I LOVE U!!! :33333 n immediately i feel better KAJJSSKW #i dont want 2 b kind to myself i want to microwave my brain

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uservillanelle · 17 days

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JODIE COMER as WOMAN THE END WE START FROM (2023/24) dir. Mahalia Belo

#jodie comer #jodiecomeredit #the end we start from #tewsfedit #killing eve #villanelle #userbbelcher #dailyflicks #moviegifs #fyeahmovies #femaledaily #filmgifs #creation #shabby baby™#how is she so fine im-#will never stop barking fr #one of the superior looks in this entire movie #thats what i call handsome comer™#if you get it you get it

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darkwood-sleddog · 2 months

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more and more i become of the opinion my dogs are not reactive to strange dogs but in fact it is unreasonable to expect them to NOT be reactive when the dogs we pass are unwalked, understimulated rural hellions that thrash at the windows of their houses, bark at us and follow us for entire lengths of properties, snarl at us, run at us with tense body language etc.

is this because a neighbor (who does skijor!) moved in half mile down the road from us a half a year ago with the most polite, unreactive dog that my dogs glance calmly at as they walk by? as it is unrestrained (no underground fence) on the property? absolutely is.

is this because a few years ago a neighbor's very nice pitbull mix got out and when it walked up to us with polite calm body language my dogs reacted just as calm and we were able to walk this dog home? absolutely is.

like i am a human woman and have lived in areas with much larger populations than i do now. i remember being followed by strangers, yelled at by strangers in aggressive ways. it made me tense and yes...reactive in those moments to ensure my own safety and needs were met. but was it my fault for having to react that way? To call friends and family and be on the phone any time that i walked alone? to check in when i got to where i was going? to bring pepper spray and iron knuckles to walk less than 10 minutes away from home? I don't think it is. Rather it's the failure that allows that behavior towards me which is at fault. i should not have had to carry those things with me. or call a single soul.

same with my dogs. my dogs aren't reactive, i'm just the only person who walks my damn dogs in my rural neighborhood. even though we can walk for 4+ miles either way on safe dirt roads out of our driveway before we reach pavement. nobody else. walks. their. fucking. dogs. yes i manage my dogs behaviors, it can be embarrassing when they get riled up, but know what? it is not their fault so many other dogs fucking SUCK. and it is not those dogs' fault that they suck either. i encountered more politely behaved dogs when i lived in the suburbs and city than i do now because those dogs at least had some sort of experience with being around other dogs (passing them on the sidewalk even) out of necessity. Rural people truly just throw their dogs outside and expect that to be enough. if you're lucky they install a little underground fence that will maybe keep fido in the yard (like uwu WE don't want to have a look at a fence and we're going to make all our neighbors GUESS if our dog might run into the road at them uwu).

#dogblr #dog behavior #is it unreasonable to ask completely neutral behaviors from my dogs #when they're being fucking harrassed? when they just want to do their sniffy thing and pee on a bunch of stuff??#can't even like loiter in some places bc people's dogs loose their fucking shit even if they stay on the property or are inside #like...real containment and stimulation when and now please?#nothing happened but neighbor with a dog that barks and screams at us from inside non stop #put in an electric fence and assured me this under 1 yo dog will never leave the boundary #like...okay...#sure.#let's see how that goes #like my dogs have wonderful temperaments #sorry if they're going to tell your dog off for being a piece of SHIT brenda #my dogs obviously know our yard is their territory #but they don't make a single peep for people walking on the road which is NOT theirs #i can be out of sight of entire dogs with properties out of the sight of the road #and their dogs will still be fucking yelling at mine! like shut the . fuck. up!!

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rat-rosemary · 9 months

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Mmmmmmmm Dnn au where Sapnap and George are both selkies and they haven't told Dream but he knows, and he doesn't blame them for not telling him, he gets it, and they always keep their furs hidden until one day someone breaks into their home and steals their furs, and while the two of them are freaking out because this is literally the worst case scenario ever and what are they going to even tell Dream, Dream goes after the guys and just kills them

Except Dream fucked up and now he's freaking out because he got fucking blood on their coats! He can't give the coats back with blood in them, that would be so rude and gross and what if the blood sticks to it after it dries????

So Sapnap and George suddenly feel a new pair of hands touch their coats, different from the ones that had grabbed and thrown it around and hidden. No, these hands tremble slightly as they touch their furs and they feel so familiar and then there's the feeling of water which... is very weird? What the fuck is happening to their coats??

But yeah, Dream washes the blood off and them puts the coats in the drier on a low setting with a bunch of towels (which is a very very weird feeling to Sapnap and George) and he leaves the coats on their beds without them seeing and now they kinda smell like the laundry cleaner Dream uses and it drives George and Sapnap insane (/pos)

#dont come for me its way too early for me to be awake #just agsjavjsjemdkdk silly #at some point while Dream had the coats George and Sapnap stop freaking out about the coats being stolen #they just sit in the living room squinting at space trying to figure out what the fuck is even going on #while Dream frantically googles how to clean fun and tries not to cry because he cant make this very bad traumatic experience to his friend #worse by giving them their furs back with BLOOD in them #the dog barks #dream smp #dreamwastaken #sapnap #georgenotfound #dreamnotnap #dnn #dsmpshipping #dsmp au #dsmp shipping #the whole 'our furs now smell like you' thing rewires George's and Sapnap's mind #because eventually they figure that it had to be Dream who got them their furs back #which is... scary because that means that he knew all this time #but it also means he knew and never tried to use it against them #so they kinda just snap and start doing some dumb shit #such as wearing the furs that used to never leave their hiding spots around thr house #or trying to bait Dream into petting said furs so they can compare his touch to the shaking one and make sure its him #... and then baiting him into petting the fur again and again because his touch feels so nice on it #and then covering him with them when he falls asleep in the couch #they just #they need him to be their mate NOW

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spaceratprodigy · 26 days

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💋 Cybill and Iris 💋

@grimreapersbutt — it is mandatory Looking At Them hours btw

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#cybilliris truthers come get ur food #actually if I don't draw them being in love and smooching 87 times in a row I'm going to blow up in front of everyone #if I become relentless abt reblogging these it's because I'm kinda obsessed w how they came out #they are. so soft #they invented love. they invented romance #having a blast creating ngl #but alas my other wips are glaring at me rn lmao #also bestie. my friend. the art u sent me the other night. I hope u understand I have not been able to stop looking at it #Them. oughhhh. I am rattling the bars of my cage I am barking I am zooming in on every detail it is so good #kicking my feet twirling my hair #can you tell I like drawing the blorbos from our brains #okay everybody clear out. they need their privacy #<3 #cybill x iris #my art #sole survivor #friend oc #fallout

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abirddogmoment · 4 months

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Two weeks with Aurora! Here's a recap of life so far.

Our targeted socialization was pretty successful, we managed a bunch of different experiences and she rocked them.

Monday: Busy street at rush hour

Tuesday: Train station

Wednesday: Construction site

Thursday: Bike path next to train line

Friday: Outside a coffee shop

Saturday: Baby hike in the wild

She's still doing great in overall good citizen behaviours. She has specifically been crushing:

✅ Sleeping through the night

✅ Name recognition

✅ Basic training skills

✅ Recovering from being startled

✅ Being crated quietly

Honestly she's doing amazing, I am so so proud of her. 💜

Areas for improvement for the week include:

✴ Bullying Pike (which is improving but still not great)

✴ Demand barking and overall noise level

✴ Chewing on the couch in excitment

Our biggest victories this week include:

🎉 Baby hike 2.0 with beautiful ranging, reasonable baby recall, and great enthusiasm

🎉 Calling off play with Pike on multiple occasions

Our big goals for next week:

🚀 Less harassment of Pinecone

🚀 Working through the foundation levels of the baby conditioning class I'm taking

Really excited for the next few weeks with this girl! 💜

#dogblr #rory borealis #about aurora #she is snuggling really really well without biting me #and she 'asked' for a training session the other night which was soooo sweet #i want to take her on the train today #and i want to take her to see some blow up xmas ornaments before theyre put away for the year #i would love for her to stop barking #but im remembering how loud mav was and he grew out of it pretty quickly #so im hoping she grows out of it as well #the conditioning class is pretty cool!#its for dogs 8 weeks to 8 months #conditioning is a weak spot of mine - i dont know enough to work through it on my own #so i think this was a great purchase #im excited to work through it this winter #i feel like if any dog can use more body awareness and core strength its probably a brittany #this photo is from last week by the way we have like no snow left

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silverskye13 · 14 days

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As is my want, my brain has cycled back around to that really tragic sculk horror au I still desperately want to write.

#spazzcat barks #i oughtta make like.... a bullet list of everything #or an outline #to get the thoughrs out #the impulsive little idiot in me wants to 'just write it really fast'#'see how much you could jam out of your system in a month'#notably: thats how MSH stopped being worked on in favor of RnS #this is why icarus had to drown if he got back up hed just grab more wings and try to kiss apollo again #sculk horror au

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thegoblinboy · 10 months

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So like, I had this random thought. What if Eddie is in the hospital slowly recovering from his wounds in the upside down, and he is someone constantly getting his hands on a pack of cigerattes that have actual cigs in them when he first gets them. Though he isn't supposed to be smoking while recovering and well, someone has taken it in their own hands to replace his actual cigs with candy and they never fail to do so. No matter what he does. And Eddie's actually impressed with how well they are keeping up with him but god damn it he needs a smoke or else he is contemplating actual homicide this time.

Did I actually write something small for this? Yes, yes, I did.

Eddie gives a Sincere smile as he waves goodbye to the small group of people that dropped in to check up on him. Taking turns visiting him and Max, swapping rooms with the other half of the group after a while. It was exhausting on Eddie, but it was so worth it to be able to see that everyone else was okay. Though the second the last of them are out the door, leaving to head home he's shoving his pillows around and folding his body in half in a weak attempt at grabbing the pack of cigs he hid in the box spring.

Hands shaking with desperation, he thinks that he's going to finally be able to get nicotine in his system. Hospital be damned. He struggles to open the cardboard, before he pinches his fingers together like claws to reach in and grab a cancer stick. To only groan and throw his head back dramatically when he realizes it was a diabetes stick. What was once real cigs were now candy cigarettes and he was plotting murder. The amount of money that he has thrown at a brick wall to only receive sugar sticks was starting to piss him off.

Whoever was doing this was a fucking ninja. How the hell did they get underneath his box spring without him noticing. Better yet how the hell did they know he hid them in there. Once again it was very impressive but very annoying.

Sighing, he flops his head back on the pillow and turns his tv on as he slides one of the sticks in his mouth and starts to suck aimlessly.

Thing is, no matter where Eddie hides them the person finds them.

Under the bed? Found

Outside on the windowsill? Yeah, they found it.

Eddies shenanigans only get worse when he finally gets his hands on medical tape.

Taped behind the tv? They found it.

Taped under neath a chair? Found.

Taped to his ankle like a house monitor? Found.

Thing is Eddie still wasn't full recovered to really be able to pay attention to everybody when they visited. It was too overwhelming and exhausting that somedays he just fell asleep in the middle of a conversation to only wake up with his uncle in the chair next to him now.

He was slowly starting to not have the urge to smoke, but out of spite he was still going. He was still bewildered at how the guy pulled the swap out with it being taped to his actual body. Besides spite, he was also doing it for the candy cigarettes. Swapping one addiction for another.

Its been a few weeks, and Eddie was starting to be able to stay awake for long periods of times. Along with that but he was able to stand on his feet longer to hide the cigarette boxes. Now, you would think he would smoke immediately after buying them, but he couldn't. Not with the nurses around. That and a million of other excuses he finds himself making when he sees a opening to smoke.

Even though he bought a pack once a week, it seemed like the culprit was always able to swap them out the same day he got them. This meant that it must be a inside job, but all of the nurses really didn't seem that invested to commit to this for so long. Not only that but he was positive he would be more hypervigilant about a nurse getting up into his personal space. So, it has to be one of the children.

So now whenever they come in, he's so busy watching them that he doesn't catch whose switching them out.

It was slowly starting to grow old, not nearly as exciting as it used to be. To be rebellious.

So, if that's how he finds himself purposely buying a pack of cigarettes, using a old empty box and making sure to act normal so be it. And if a piece of paper is hidden in the box challenging whoever to find every single cigarette in the room than that was god's plan. And if Eddie proceeded to sit in his bed with a cocky smirk the next visit around then that was for him to know.

Though he is caught off guard when he finds a note finding its way in the box. Handwriting sloppy as it read

"I knew there was a reason why I never liked you."

It was obviously a joke, one that causes Eddie to laugh harder than what he has in a long time.

And if he finally ones up the culprit, putting a cigarette in his ear and "Falling" asleep, to only jump up and make King Steve piss himself.

Well then, that is only for him and everyone else who watches the video the staff gave them for their wedding. Numerous clips showing Eddie walking around like a goblin hiding his boxes. He feels dumb about forgetting the cameras. But what he is more shocked about is the two-gallon sized bags of cigarettes that Steve pulls out to show just how many he prevented Eddie from smoking.

Like, I wrote this while falling asleep so I know it isn't that great so if anyone wants to run with the idea go right ahead. I found this whole concept adorable. I know there are plot holes but it was just a quick drabble.

#steddie #stranger things #eddie munson #steve harrington #steve x eddie #bxb #steveharrington #steveddie #eddie stranger things #steve and eddie #This is how Steve gets Eddie to stop smoking #Eddie used to be a chainsmoker #Now when hes stressed he sucks on #i won't finish that sentence use your imagination #my thoughts are wild #This is adorable and I want to read so much more #i was supposed to write the next part to bark at the moon but instead i wrote this so I could post it in the morning #I am feeding you with content #feel blessed

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emptyportrait · 3 months

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people who hates house targaryen and yet cannot shut up but giving their opinion about targs are so funny cause why are you always spending time talking so much about characters you claim to "despise". do you all even try to have fun???

#you would think they will just ignore things that gives them supposed “ick”#but wow all i see here is that people constantly talking about how targaryens are evils and people who like them are evils too #like bohoo idgaf get off my asks and stop barking how i'm a moron for enjoying high fantasy fiction #seriously though #i don’t even bother replying to these asks cause it’s mental illness 😭#house targaryen #asoiaf #fandom wank #💀💀

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psychotickenesis · 29 days

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Overheard roomje 1 ask "how can we stop the dog from barking at the door??" Roomie 2 answered "uhhh well uhhhhh we need people to warn us when theyre coming to the door and uhhh we cant do much once he starts barking"

#im going to kill these people #i sent an article on how to train yr dog to stop barking like hey couldnt help but overhear. lol #roomie 1 is so sweet and roomie 2 is so fucking stupid and stubborn and hates to put effort has no intention of training her dog

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tempestat-ignis · 6 months

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