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If you have a dog with a barking problem that you’re always trying to correct, then maybe your dog doesn’t understand why it is being corrected. And when a person finds that they are repeatedly correcting, this can be stressful and not only for the dog but for the people trying to correct too.

And no dog can be that naughty! As a matter of fact I’m pretty sure that dogs don’t know what that word means. However dogs bark for different reasons, and one of these reasons is because they are unhappy seeing their person go without them.

So what can a person do? Well if you don’t live by yourself you are in luck as one thing that the people that you live with can do when they are home and you’re not is preoccupy your dog while you go out. Though I’m not talking about molly coddling.

As what the other people who you live with can do is something like: giving your dog a bath while you get out of the house, and if there are other dogs in the household that can play with your dog and they get on well you could use this as an advantage too. As your dog can play with the other dog or dogs while you are out and if your dog can play with other dogs this is something that is very pleasant, and that they can look forward to. Also having back and front verandahs can help disguise the fact that the dog’s person is going or gone especially if you do know that your dog gets upset when they see that you’re going somewhere without them.

Then one other thing that really is important is: that the dog’s owner and also everyone else is really better off making plans that involve their dog, and another thing that can be done is work on the barking problem with other people, and don’t come up with all the ideas yourself as teamwork is important here because dog people are also better off if they allow their dog to mix with other dogs and people. Also having others that have something to do with another person’s dog when the dog’s person is gone away somewhere is far much better than having management problems.