Shiba Barking
Skippy is now 1 year old. As of the last 2 months or so if he sees someone driving up (lives in country), he'll put out a little "werf" then gradually let out a "bark". If someone knocks on the door, "BARK". If he knows the person, he just sits there and is OK but stands his territory. If he doesn't know them, he lets loose on the barking until I put him in a kennel and sternly telling him NO. I don't want to get the instinct of alarming me when someone is here, however his fierceness when someone is entering the house is a little disturbing. Is this just something that Shibas go through...What should I be doing to help train him that it's OK to warn but not to let loose and constantly bark at the strangers.
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When Miso starts barking more than a "werf" or a small "bark" we say "THANK YOU" and if he stops barking we click(if you are into clicker training) and treat. So far he is learning really well, the other night in fact I was upstairs and he started barking and I yelled "THANK YOU" and he stopped and ran upstairs looking for his snack!
Jesse