No it’s not impossible to stop my dog from barking! Although a times you might think that it is.

Having you pace shattered by constant barking can be a total nightmare; can lead to a lot of stress and frustration. This makes it very important to get a handle on it immediately.

The most common reasons for dogs barking are:

• Dog Separation Anxiety
• Excitement
• defense

Once you have identified why your dog is barking you can then work on the ways to prevent this behavioral problem.

We had quite a few problems when we first brought Fig home with barking. He would bark at people approaching the front door (poor post woman); bark at strange sounds during the night; bark when he got excited ; bark if he spotted anything strange when we were out walking (like carrier bags blowing in the wind); and of course he barked at any other animals that we encountered.

The only things that he barks at now are other animals, he doesn’t always do this and he is quite easily distracted away from this behavior so we are almost there!