subject: Shih Tzu Dog Teaching - How To Manage Woofing [print this page] Shih Tzu training means controlling some behavior that's hard to get at. Excess barking could be one activity that's very hard to stop. Here's one way that can work for you and your pet.
Excess barking by any dog very rarely bothers a dog. It irritate owners and neighbors too, regularly almost to the breaking point. This is one of those issues that call for real planning.
Often the cause for the barking can be discovered with some observation and thought. It could be as easy as just solitude or boredom. In all cases, extra time spent with a dog may cause extra quiet for you.
Remember that some dogs just bark a lot. All dogs bark, it's just when it is going on and on that it becomes a major nerve rattler.
One way to communicate to a pet that the noise is undesired with a training collar. The citronella spray collar may be the finest choice. Definitely preferable to an electrical collar which appears to be a very bad idea for several reasons;
This is how a citronella collar works.
Citronella oil possesses this insipid sweet odor that even works as a bug repellent. Not harmful, it definitely presents an offensive smell. I will try and imagine how stinky it has got to be to dogs with smelling ability far beyond ours.
The collar includes a sensor to detect barks, a reservoir for the oil and then a spray unit. All this fits in a miniscule box with an on / off switch.
Turn it on and here is what happens. As fast as the dog barks, the collar sprays this cloud of mist right below the dogs jaw. Not an electric shock results, nonetheless it does produce a shock which will border on stunning.
Our dog when presented with this device barked once, then a second time and then got quiet to think about the problem.
Those 2 barks were really all it took for Belle to get the idea. Not that she ever barks now. Why she even rarely wears the collar now. She quickly got the assumption excess barking was a terrible idea. So the collar now is on reserve for an occasional reminder that barking should be done moderately.
Shih Tzu dog training often can profit from the utilization of a few tools. It could be a citronella collar could be a helpful tool in your box of tricks.
