You just got a new dog. Your excited about it and have decided on a name. Now that you have it home you have to train it. One of the first problems most dog owners have is teaching their dog when it is okay to bark and when it is not okay to bark. This article will take a look at a few ways you can get this started quickly.

Positive reinforcement is the first thing you have to make your dog understand. When the dog obays your command you will give it a treat as a reward. If your dog does not obey your command then you will not give it a treat.

Is there a reason your dog is doing all that barking? This is the most important question you need to ask yourself. When you know why your dog is barking you can address the problem more effectively. Is your dog just bored? Do you have a lonely dog? Are your neighbors teasing it while he is outside? Find out the reason for your dogs barking and then address the cause of your dogs barking.

Assign a command you want your dog to respond to and only use this command for when your dog is barking. For example, you could say “No Bark”. You should give your dog a behavior to go along with that command. You may want your dog to sit or go lay down upon your command.

The third tip is to crate train your dog. The crate can be used to put your dog in if he doesn’t obey your command. This is a good option if your dog likes to bark at someone excessively when they come to the door. On the other hand this won't work if your dog is bored and lonely.

The forth tip is to decide how you want your dog to really respond. Some people hate it when their dog barks at someone who rings the doorbell. But how bad really is that? Your dog is simply trying to warn you. You may want to allow your dog to bark three times and then respond a certain way. For example, you could let your dog bark three times and then go sit by the door.

The fifth tip is to use a stop barking collar if nothing else seems to work. Shock collars are not as bad as most people think they are because you do have some control over the amount of shock. Keep in mind that there are other types of collars you can use besides a shock collar.

Teaching your dog how to stop barking isn’t going to be easy. But now is the time to get started before your dogs barking becomes a real problem. So, put a few of these stop dog barking techniques to good use before things do get worse.