Our apartment was broken into about a month ago, and since then our two dogs have been very reactive to any noise in the hallway outside our apartment. It doesn’t help that our neighbor and their friends are very loud and slam the doors and yell in the hallway often.
Whenever they hear the door downstairs slam or people coming in and out, they bark like crazy. The puppy will listen when you tell him no, but the older dog won’t stop no matter how many times you try to correct him. Even when it’s one of us returning home, they bark like crazy at the sound outside the door. It’s very annoying to us and it’s starting to bother the downstairs neighbors as well since the dogs bark every time they come in and out, which is often since they are smokers and partiers and have people over often.
I’m trying to teach a quiet command, but the older dog isn’t food motivated and won’t take treats unless he’s in the mood.
The older dog belongs to my boyfriend and I’ve tried talking to him about the fact that his dog won’t listen but he doesn’t seem interested in solving the issue by training and thinks just yelling at the dog to stop is enough.
Any suggestions would be very helpful.
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