This video goes over how to train your dog to stop barking at the door.
This video tutorial is for dogs who are friendly towards visitors coming into the house but bark at the door. If your dog is fearful or aggressive towards strangers, DON'T do the exercises regarding people coming in your house, as this could actually send your dog over his threshold and make the problems worse. For more information on training dogs that are fearful or aggressive towards people and dogs:
Check out the free videos on this subject on my website at:
http://dogmantics.com/free-video-list/reactivity-and-barking/
I also made a DVD on reactivity which you can find here:
http://dogmantics.com/product/reactivity-a-program-for-rehabilitation/
Another wonderful way of working with dogs who are reactive and aggressive is BAT – created by Grisha Stewart. Find out more here: http://functionalrewards.com/
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Stop barking at the door training tips: Use the most reinforcing treats possible. For example, real meat. If you use low value treats, the training will not be as effective.
It's better to nip the problem in the bud with 2 weeks of 1-3 minute training sessions every day and then touch up lessons, rather than fooling around every once in a while when your dog starts to get on your nerves.
Prevent your dog from seeing and hearing the triggers outside of training sessions during the training process.
Figure out how to "Change the picture" to prevent your dog barking.
1 Meet guests outside with your dog on leash at a distance
2 Have your dog in a crate in another room with music on if you do not wish to work with your dog when guests come over.
3 Put a note on your door saying not to knock and instead call you.
4 You can be ready with treats and your dog on leash further away from the door for when the guest comes in.
If your dog barks:
1 Go back a step and set your dog up for success
2 Put less time between the trigger and feeding the treat
3 Stop and try again when your dog is more relaxed
Thank you for watching!
#stopbarking #dogtraining #behaviormodification
You are fabulous to produce these vids Emily. Thanks once again for an informative and inspiring video to encourage people to use R+ methods to train their dogs. I’ll be sharing it all over the place.
Thanks 🙂
How long should each session last? My dog has all of these same issues and it drives my roommates crazy. Also, what would you consider a high-value treat? My dog is pretty much excited by the sight of any sort of food haha 🙂
This is very helpful though!
nevermind, answers were at the end 🙂 Thanks for this awesome video!
Everything you say makes such good sense that I wonder why on earth I hadn’t thought of doing it like that myself. As I watch you training I think to myself “yes, of course, that’s exactly how to do it!” Thank you so much.
Thank you for this video! We have the problem of a LONG driveway, and Luke starts barking when a car is coming down the driveway, usually before we even know it’s there! This makes it hard to set up a controlled scenario. Any thoughts?
I so appreciate all your training videos, and YOU!!
I love how you broke down the sessions for the person and the dog. This will help many!
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I know it varies from dog to dog, but how long do you keep your sessions typically? And How many sessions did you do for this particular behavior? I love all of your videos! I am just always curious about how long each behavior took and how fast you typically move.
Super helpful. My dog has already improved with one session of training. My only trouble is that I do not live alone, and others in my house do not stick to the rules, boundaries, and limitations. Thanks for the how to. Super cute pups you have.
I’ve been sampling various dog trainers on YouTube and I have come to the conclusion that Emily’s videos are technically the best. She structures the videos so well with explicit instructions, but unlike many other trainers, she also actually explains the logic and rationale behind the methods. So instead of just relying on step-by-step instructions to train specific behaviours, she also teaches in a way that viewers can learn the building blocks necessary to train other behaviours. She is a great ambassador of positive training methods. Does Emily have a book or a patreon account? I want to support her production of these YouTube videos.
Beautiful done! You are a master of breaking this stuff down for ANYONE to learn. Thank you SO MUCH for making a difference in the dog training world by offering this YouTube channel!
Thanks!
New article: Solving barking at noises outside of your house or apartment : https://dogmantics.com/solving-barking-at-noises/
Dog Training by Kikopup , good morning! Can you recommend which video to use for this situation? A friend comes over four days a week to take my four street rescue dogs, two at a time, for a walk in a grassy park. They all sense when he is near and go wild with joy. I have to put one on his transporter, the other I. The same room with the door closed and the remaining two bark and wiggle like crazy. The littlest one is the worst, she gets excited, jumps on one of the other dogs to excite her further. I Ray to eat them to wait on the patio and it has not worked so far. Please help! Thank you.
Excellent advice, this video was quite helpful.
Hi there 🙂 I really like your videos and I have been trying to train my dog not to bark when someone knocks at our door. The thing is though by now I have trained my dog not to bark when I am knocking at the door myself. (its been 6 weeks since we started the random knocking training and him not barking when someone knocks at the front door is still a kind of an accident situation)
It seems he knows exactly the difference between the “training situation” and “real visitors”. I just can’t figure out what it is that I’m doing wrong… We usually have lots of visitors, friends coming over, postman knocking at the door so it’s getting really annoying when our dog gets into his barking-spiral 100 times a day (white swiss shepard, even scares some people off when barking). We’ve had him from the beginning (now 1 year old), and he has never made any bad experience with anyone at the door ever. What would be a common mistake while training? How can I teach him not to bark when strangers knock at the door? Could you give me some advice?
Holy cow. Never have I seen something so structured, explicit, logic and for explaining everything. Wish all teachers were like that. Mad respect to you.
Thanks!
Great video. I’m so glad I found this. I was using the intimidation with water spray bottle and yelling, of course getting nowhere. This is so clear, step by step, very helpful.
Thank you for this!
I just found your YouTube channel a couple of days ago and I wish I’d found it sooner! Your videos are so well done and informative. Our pit mix loses her mind barking every time someone knocks on the door. I watched this video last night and started her training this morning. UPS just came by and knocked. Although she still barked this is the first time she looked to me, stopped her barking and took a treat. Now I’m confident we can get there. So thank you for that!
I recently found your channel and I really appreciate how well and detailed you explain everything. I have a dog who reacts very similar to Kiko at the beginning of the video. Using your tips I have been able to successfully change his reaction to ‘hello’ and phone calls/ringtones, which is amazing! However, I live in a house where there is a workshop and we have people going back and forth between the two multiple times per day every weekend. He is set off by this and is rehearsing the bad behavior every time someone reenters the house. I am able to calm him during training sessions but I feel like I can never move forward because I cannot think of a good management method in the meantime. I don’t want to leave him in a crate in the basement for hours a day. During the week he also reacts every time someone comes home from work. We have tried having him on leash or out in the yard when they arrive but he is so excited to see his loved ones he is barking like crazy. I am not sure how to make smaller steps for him to succeed. If you happen to see this any tips would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Ah! Love the idea of knocking “in general” first on other surfaces! Great tip. Thanks as always 💕💕
This video is absolute gold. I feel like this gives me and my dog real hope. He goes absolutely berserk (fearful aggressive / reactive) at anyone coming near or into our house. I’ve been looking and looking online for help with this problem, and your explanation is by far the best I’ve ever seen.
My dog is fearful reactive though, so I think it’s going to be harder than if he were happy excited reactive. But luckily he’s extremely food motivated, so there’s still definitely hope. Thank you sooooo much for this video, I’ll probably be watching it several times over the next few weeks.
I know this won’t be a quick fix (he’s been practicing this behavior for years now), but this is so clear-cut and easy to follow, I know we’ll make lots of progress.
Superb video. Thank you. We have a two yr old and have lived this battle for over a year. I’d seen this method elsewhere recently and was about to try it.
Your presentation is just right. No frills, no intro, no happy clappy rubbish. Thanks again.
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it really depends on the puppy- a behavior thats easy for one can be hard for another- like some puppies can automatically fetch when you throw a toy and others can take months to learn to want to do it