I have a 9 month old cockapoo and I guess he's in the guarding phase of barking. He barks at nearly every single little noise. We've been working on the quiet command and he does pick it up good when someone has knocked the door and I say quiet he stops before I open the door. But when he just almost randomly starts barking at nothing he goes on, and on, we got told to ignore this type of barking.
I work from home and he isn't allowed in my office so it's almost like he's home alone but not as i only leave my office every so often and not in and out all day ( hoping this will help with him not developing anxiety sep & settle himself). He sits at the top of the stairs and looks out the window, if the neighbour is outside he barks, people walking by barks. I've sat with him and just watched people go by and he's fine if I'm there but when I'm not he barks, I will say he has got better and barks less, but still a lot
He absolutely HATES dogs barking at him on walks though. He only barks in his garden but not on walks at other people or dogs or anything( he more so pulls and wants to go over to them that's a whole other issues i'm working on slowly)
Is this something he will outgrow as time goes on along with learning the quiet demand. Or have we just got a barking dog? any other advice than just the quiet demand and ignoring the unwanted barking. We are also working on his exposure to more busy place, busier parks, seafront, taking him to pet friendly shops etc (we live in a small town and on the outskirts so it's really not a lot of foot track about outside out house so it's far and few between but once he barks he's going for a while)
This is my first dog as an adult and my childhood dog wasn't a barker but I don't remember him in the puppy phase, so maybe he was at the same age?
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