What should I do if my dog keeps barking when seeing strangers? You can try these methods
Keeping dogs as pets can provide us with good companionship, but there are also corresponding troubles in life. For example, dogs always bark when they see strangers. If relatives come to the house, this situation is quite embarrassing. How should we deal with or improve it? Let’s take a look~
1. Use snacks or toys to divert attention
Dogs often bark when seeing strangers because they have a strong sense of territory. Therefore, when a stranger comes to the home, the owner can take some snacks that the dog likes and let the guests feed them to the dog. You can also throw some toys that the dog usually likes to distract the dog, and slowly interact with the dog to eliminate the dog's hostility towards strangers, so that the dog will not bark all the time when they meet again next time.
2. Give a certain amount of comfort
Some dogs are timid, so when they see strangers, they may be nervous and scared, and bark non-stop, hoping to achieve the purpose of deterrence in this way. At this time, the owner needs to comfort the dog in time, such as gently petting the dog, patiently communicating with the dog, etc., to make the dog relax and stop barking.
3. Carry out reward and punishment training
If the dog is young, due to insufficient socialization training, it will also cause it to always bark when seeing strangers. In this case, the owner must conduct training to correct it. First of all, when the dog sees a stranger barking, the owner needs to immediately stop it with a simple and unified command. If the dog stops barking, he can praise or reward him with snacks, so that the dog will understand that there will be rewards when he does not bark. After repeated training, the dog will become more and more calm.
