Adult Dog Training - Woof Relay - Retro Dunbar S1E15

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Join us for a trip down dog training memory lane as Dr. Ian Dunbar leads us through how letting your dog bark can be a great training opportunity.
A lot of people struggle with dogs that bark excessively or at inappropriate times. If you want to get control of your dog’s barking, you have to teach your dog to bark on cue. Once your dog barks on cue, it’s easy to practice getting your dog to STOP barking because you can practice repeatedly and you can practice at times when your dog is not overly excited.
Once you’ve taught your dog to bark on cue you can play fun games like the Woof Relay where two teams of dogs race to see which team can have all of their dogs bark three times each, but one dog at a time.
More importantly, the next time your dog is barking at an inappropriate time you can simply ask them to “Shush.” Of course, barking is a part of being a dog so you’ll also want to find time when your dog can bark and then you can tell them “Woof”!

[@watchmoivies123]

Can you tell us a little bit more about what this means none of these dogs look reactive I thought maybe this was a reactive class

[@DunbarAcademy]

You are right, this is not from a reactive dog class, this is from a class for Adult Dogs and it's an activity we call a "Woof Relay" where dogs bark on cue and then stop barking on cue. Unwanted barking is one of the most common problems that people have with their dogs and one of the best ways to solve this problem is to teach your dog to bark on cue. It's counterintuitive but by putting Bark on cue, it makes it much easier to put "Stop Barking" or Shush on cue, because now you can practice repeatedly, whenever and wherever you want. It can also be super useful to have a dog that barks on cue for safety and also for fun. Some dogs love to bark but they rarely get an opportunity because their person hasn't taught them the skill.

[@watchmoivies123]

Oh yes, I used to teach my German shepherds to bark on you and then I told them quiet and I think that is good for a dog that barks because then you could have an on and off switch but the only problem my dog would have in a class settingwould be all the other dogs barking because he’s a highly motivated over aroused Border Collie and that might get him going but other than that yes I think it’s wonderful. Thanks and keep up the good work you guys

[@watchmoivies123]

By the way, I did see you at Sue Sternberg’s many many many years ago. It’s so wonderful that you’re still training dogs.