I need some help with Ozzy, before I kill him.
Just kidding. But, I do need some help. He either has a low frustration threshold or something else. What I need to stop is the BARKING when he wants something like a toy or a treat.
We TRY to play chuckit in the mornings when its cooler, but I can only throw the ball once or twice for him because EVERY TIME I go to throw the ball for him, he will NOT shut up! I've been just ignoring the barking, not throwing the ball for him until he is quiet, but it seems like every time I raise the chuckit to throw it for him when he's quiet and not whining, he starts barking again. Throwing it WHILE he's barking only reinforces the barking (I've tried that), and it just gets worse from there.
The same thing happens if I put him in his crate to take Jett and work on her training. He will bark, howl, etc if Jett is getting asked to sit or getting treats for working (she hasn't reached any kind of proficiency in anything yet, so I'm still treating her often. )
When we try to play ball, or any kind of game, all he wants to do is bark until I throw whatever it is, or he gets whatever it is he wants. I can't do his flirt pole, I can't throw his water bumper at the lake, I cant even throw a tennis ball without him barking.
How do I teach him that being quiet means he gets what he wants. Right now, what I do is if he won't stop barking, I put whatever it is up and walk away from him. He will stare for a good fifteen minutes at where I put it and after that he will continue to go back and forth from me to the object for about thirty minutes. I just want him to STOP BARKING. ARGH.
Just kidding. But, I do need some help. He either has a low frustration threshold or something else. What I need to stop is the BARKING when he wants something like a toy or a treat.
We TRY to play chuckit in the mornings when its cooler, but I can only throw the ball once or twice for him because EVERY TIME I go to throw the ball for him, he will NOT shut up! I've been just ignoring the barking, not throwing the ball for him until he is quiet, but it seems like every time I raise the chuckit to throw it for him when he's quiet and not whining, he starts barking again. Throwing it WHILE he's barking only reinforces the barking (I've tried that), and it just gets worse from there.
The same thing happens if I put him in his crate to take Jett and work on her training. He will bark, howl, etc if Jett is getting asked to sit or getting treats for working (she hasn't reached any kind of proficiency in anything yet, so I'm still treating her often. )
When we try to play ball, or any kind of game, all he wants to do is bark until I throw whatever it is, or he gets whatever it is he wants. I can't do his flirt pole, I can't throw his water bumper at the lake, I cant even throw a tennis ball without him barking.
How do I teach him that being quiet means he gets what he wants. Right now, what I do is if he won't stop barking, I put whatever it is up and walk away from him. He will stare for a good fifteen minutes at where I put it and after that he will continue to go back and forth from me to the object for about thirty minutes. I just want him to STOP BARKING. ARGH.