stupid $$%^##@## dog!!!!

3mnkids1

3mnkids1

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I am getting to the point where I hate my dog! hate!!!!!!! He is sooo fixing to go bye-bye. Its storming here of course and he wont shut up! I just want to rip my arm off so I have something to throw at him. He woke the entire house up with that barking. Everytime it storms I hear this. Im getting so tired of it. We have tried calming him. nothing works he just paces and barks and barks and barks. I can feel my blood pressure rising as I type this and he barks. aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!
 
Ok...take a deep breath and slowly let it out. There is help out there. Breathhhhhhh.... :laughing: When we got out dog, he decided to bite me one day, and had just become unruly. Ended up with a few stitches, and my husband said he was going back to the pound. Of course, I threw a fit, but even I knew his behavior couldn't be allowed to continue. Try one of the zapper collars. I know some people are gonna think I'm a fiend for using it on him, but it honestly doesn't hurt them. There are 10 settings on it, and my husband tried the highest setting on himself, so we know what it felt like. That thing was a godsend!!! I can't say enough about it. You put the collar on them and set it at a low setting and up the setting until they feel it. I think we had ours set at 4. There is one button on the remote for a zap and another button for a buzzer noise. When the dog does something wrong, you first make the buzzer noise, and then you give them a little zap. They get the message quickly!! I think I only had to zap my dog about 2 times, and after that, the buzzer only did the trick. I now how the best, most loving, well behaved dog in the neighborhood. When even too him on vacation with us last year, and he was a dream dog. Those collars work. They are a little pricey, but they are soooooooo worth it, and a heck of a lot cheaper than obedience school. I also think petsmart has a collar for just barking dogs, so that may be all you need. I think they work by automatically giving something to them when they start barking.
 
:sunny: There are other alternatives, although I have no problem with people using the zapper. You can buy calming drops or tablets such as:

Nutri-Vet Pet-Ease Chewables for Dogs

Unique combination of ingredients that helps dogs through stressful events- travel, boarding, grooming, storms and sometimes day-to-day living
Easy-to-give liver flavor chewable tablets
Soothes and calms


I have used the drops on our dog when she first started traveling and they do work.
 
You could also try the better living through chemistry solution...Tricycling antidepressants-for the dog, not you. A nice dose of elavil at bedtime and the dog is just going to be snoring even if deranged psychos break in and rip the place to shreds. As any human on the list that has taken the stuff can attest, it knocks ya right out. And its cheap.
Your vet can fix you right up with the correct med and dose to send puppy off to slumberland nightly.
 
One of our beagles is prone to seizures and would absolutely freak out in a storm. The vet put him on phenobarbital 2 times a day for the seizures. He still gets a little nervous when it storms but most most of the time he walks around looking lost in space :crazytongue: :laughing: I still love him to death though... all 7 of my beagles! :)
 
thanks guys. I feel better. I played gears of war and got rid of some of my frustation. :laughing: Im going for the shock collar. one that is automatic. If a button has to be pushed I better let my husband do it. :whistle:
 
You shouldn't use the shock collar for thunderstorms. The barking is a fear response. The shock is a punishment. Your Vet can help you train your dog to be calm in a storm.
 
If it was just the barking at storms It wouldn't bother me that much but he barks at everything. squirrel, rabbit, birds, cars driving down the alley behind the house. he actually will run in circles when he hears a car and then go berserk when they go by the fence. I have tried the muzzle, calming medicine, talking to him calmly and petting him like the vet said and nothing helps. This is the same dog that chewed holes in the wall. There is something wrong with him. I understand that dogs bark, they cant talk so that's what they do but this is ridiculous.
 
I totally understand your frustration. I have a hound that bays uncontrollably at everything. I have found some success with a sound box that emits a loud sound inaudible to humans. It works on him, but not my lab. Storms freak him out. Usually, I can hold and calm him. Or, I turn the TV or radio up a little and it seems to calm him or at least distract him from the storm noise. He is so sensitive to noise, when I cough it sends him into another room. If he wasn't the sweetest angel in the world, I would scream. If you have ever heard a hound bay in your ear, you would understand. I don't think there is anything that loud in the world.

I have a friend that had to give her dog sedatives to get it through fireworks and storms. It may be worth a try. They also have citronella collars that spray citronella in the dogs face and it keeps them from barking. Again, like the sound box and shock collar, they work for some and not others. Hounds have a very high threshold for pain, so shock collars are not good training tools for them. They don't even recommend fenceless systems for them as they don't work in a large percentage of cases.

Barking is a horrible problem that only trial and error will solve. What really worked with my lab is a spray bottle of water. After squirting him maybe 3 or 4 times, now I only need to shake the bottle and he stops his behavior immediately. He hated getting sprayed with the water. Shaking it works with the hound too as long as I don't have to spray it. Once I spray it, you can see his eyes saying it ain't so bad! :laughing:

Just some ideas of what works for me. As far as the eating thing goes, some dogs just do it. Both my hound and my lab were horrible chewers. One day, they stopped. I was lucky, it was only one antique chair and one sofa. :headbang:

I had to crate them both and I hated doing it. But one chewed power cords and the other chewed the other dog. Now, they curl up on their beds and sleep until I get home. I have found with all my dogs, with age the chewing stops. The barking, well that's harder. Hang in there and be creative. That is my best suggestion.

Good luck.
 
It reminds me of the movie "Because of Winn Dixie", if you haven't seen it ~ just get it and watch it. The dog during the storm will either send you into peels of laughter or screaming fits. We had a poodle that would have a cow over thunderstorms, car horns, fireworks, cats, opera music, and people passing gas (which was just so funny). She tore up my Mom's new curtains, peed on her rugs, scratched her doorfacings, and broke her pitcher and bowl set to name a few things ~ back then you just didn't medicate animals. She lived to the ripe ole' age of almost 17 years old!! Somehow we learned to tolerate her ~ I hope you find something that works with your dog soon!!
 
Please don't medicate your dog, if not medically needed. I think that is cruel and unusual punishment to medicate an animal to the point that it is not cognizant or attuned to its' surroundings. If all other remedies have been tried, I would recommend the shock collar to train the dog to not bark for mundane things.

Like Wolfie stated, a dog barking during a storm is a fear response. Some of the storms that barrel through here at times, makes me want to bark in fear! :crazytongue: Please be sure to use the shock collar only for the right reasons...a dog trained to not bark at any noise, is a dog that may not be able to alert your family to intruders or a fire in the home, etc.

Also, animals have a sixth sense when it comes to certain things like storms, earthquakes, etc. They can sense when an earthquake is going to strike, or when a tornado (perhaps) is imminent.

A couple of swigs of Nyquil may do wonders for you, however...at bedtime. :crazytongue:
 
Yup, the elavil pretty much turns them into a furry doorstop. :crazytongue:

inthesticks said:
Please don't medicate your dog, if not medically needed. I think that is cruel and unusual punishment to medicate an animal to the point that it is not cognizant or attuned to its' surroundings. If all other remedies have been tried, I would recommend the shock collar to train the dog to not bark for mundane things.
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Ya know, sometimes re-homing is just the best option. Why not let someone who won't be bothered by the dog's behavior keep it? Then the dog can be who he is and someone will love him rather than wanting to beat him with their own severed arm! :laughing:

All kind people hope that when they bring a pet home it will be forever. Kind of like marriage. Perhaps in some cases divorce is a better option than life-long misery. I truly hope you are able to work through your dog's behavior problems, but it's not worth driving both you and the dog barking mad if you can find a home that would be a better fit for him.
 
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