Shih Tzu Dog Coaching - The Best Way To Manipulate Barking

Shih Tzu training means controlling some behavior that's hard to get at. Excess barking might be one activity that's extremely hard to stop. Here's one way that can work for you and your pet.

Excess barking by any dog infrequently bothers a dog. It irritate owners and neighbors too, frequently just about to the breaking point. This is one of those problems that call for real planning.

Regularly the cause for the barking can be discovered with some observation and thought. It could be as easy as just solitude or boredom. In all cases, additional time spent with a dog may result in additional quiet for you.

Remember that some dogs just bark a lot. All dogs bark, it's just when it goes on that it becomes a major nerve rattler.

A method to communicate to a pet the noise is undesired with a training collar. The citronella spray collar might be the best choice. Actually preferable to an electrical collar which seems to be a very bad idea for a few reasons;

This is how a citronella collar works.

Citronella oil has got this haggard sweet odor that even works as a bug repellent. Not dangerous, it definitely presents an offensive smell. I am able to just imagine how stinky it has to be to dogs with smelling capability far beyond ours.

The collar contains a sensor to see barks, a reservoir for the oil and then a spray unit. All this fits in a small box with an on / off switch.

Turn it on and here's what occurs. As quickly as the dog barks, the collar sprays this cloud of mist right below the dogs jaw. Not an electrical shock results, but it does produce a shock which will border on surprising.

Our dog when presented with this device barked once, then a second time and then got quiet to consider the matter.

Those 2 barks were actually all it took for Belle to get the idea. Not that she ever barks now. Why she even barely wears the collar now. She quickly got the idea that excess barking was a terrible idea. So the collar now is on reserve for an occasional reminder that barking should be done in moderation.

Shih Tzu dog training regularly can profit from the utilization of one or two tools. It could be that a citronella collar may be a handy tool in your box of tricks.