Dog sitting daughter’s dog who barks constantly

A couple thngs to try. Find something the dog doesn't like as far as noise. Like stones in a can, a loud clap if your hands, even a mist of water in the face if there is not a noise he doesn't like. When he barks, shake the can, or do,the loud clap or spritz the water in the face.
For the jumping, bend your leg, so your knee will contact him in the chest. He won't knock you over and he might stop eventually. Usually the knee in the chest just helps to keep him off your body. Also try the same thing I mentioned for the barking for the jumping.

wellington said:

..........There is no sense in training this dog, if everyone in the house isn't on bored. Everyone has to be a part of it and consistent with the training...............

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This is exactly what I'm afraid of. Both my daughter and her husband work full time on overlapping shifts with a 7 year old and a six month old baby. They just don't have the time and I work 11 hour days myself. I just have too much going on during the weekends plus I'm tired. My wife takes care of the baby while they are both working at the same time.
It would have been easy if I could just buy the collar and be done with it, but I guess that's not going to work. Plus I haven't even talked it over with my son-in-law.
Well I've been up since 2AM and I'm tired so I'm going to bed.

JohnnyB65 said:

This is exactly what I'm afraid of. Both my daughter and her husband work full time on overlapping shifts with a 7 year old and a six month old baby. They just don't have the time and I work 11 hour days myself. I just have too much going on during the weekends plus I'm tired. My wife takes care of the baby while they are both working at the same time.
It would have been easy if I could just buy the collar and be done with it, but I guess that's not going to work. Plus I haven't even talked it over with my son-in-law.
Well I've been up since 2AM and I'm tired so I'm going to bed.

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Collars are not rocket science....however, a collar on the dog without a consistent human to rely upon will simply create an animal that will develop a high tolerance/threshold for the stimulation that the collar produces--essentially voiding the purpose and surprise affect the device is designed for...a knee to the chest is only a defensive move and is not practical for a small child to be expected to perform...not much behavior modification can be expected until the humans in the household find it necessary and/or get tired of being held at bay do to the dogs behavior....as an adult have you taken on the offensive posture and walked right into the path of the dog so the animal does not get the chance to be the jumper....this is however not suggested if the animal has ever shown any other sign of aggression or dominance towards people...

Luckily for everybody the dog is just supper hyper and easily excited. She doesn’t show any aggression toward humans or I personally will have the dog removed from the house one way or another to protect the grand kids. If anything she needs a sedative and a strong one at that that.

If it were my dog, she would have been gone years ago because I just can’t nor do I want to deal with a dog like that. My daughter is always complaining about the dog busting up things in the house and digging along the fence in the back yard although the dog makes her feel safe when she is home alone with the baby. My son-in-law gets defensive about the dog and just doesn’t want to admit there is a problem.

I have security cameras and have observed the dog throughout the night when she is at my house. She only sleeps about 5-15 min at a time and then runs around the yard for about 15 to 20 min before lying back down again all through the night. The other dogs just ignore her and remain in their beds all night.

I may buy the collar anyway for when she is at my house which isn’t that often just to try it out. At least the neighborhood will be able to sleep without the barking if it works.

JohnnyB65 said:

If anything she needs a sedative

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I'm sure the dog needs more exercise and attention rather than a sedative.

You don't want to deal with her, you don't like her and she can feel that. I don't think this training will work out, regardless of whether you use that collar or not (and I'm happy that those things are forbidden in my country).
Maybe you could give your son-in-law a gift coupon for a dog trainer?

What breed of dog is it? We have selectivly breed dogs to have a strong drive to do a job. When they aren't given that outlet, they become restless and develop the behaviors you are referring to. Even teaching the dog to walk on a leash and taking it for daily walks does wonders. Running in the backyard is not a substitute for the stimulation a walk provides.Pherhaps you can find info on a club for the breed and discuss how it could benifit the whole family with your son-in-law.

TardisTortoise said:

What breed of dog is it? We have selectivly breed dogs to have a strong drive to do a job. When they aren't given that outlet, they become restless and develop the behaviors you are referring to. Even teaching the dog to walk on a leash and taking it for daily walks does wonders. Running in the backyard is not a substitute for the stimulation a walk provides.Pherhaps you can find info on a club for the breed and discuss how it could benifit the whole family with your son-in-law.

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I’m not sure. It is a very large red short hair dog with a large tail, hanging ears and long nose with lips that hang over her month. My son-in-law paid a lot of money for her and she was a very cute puppy. I think it’s some sort of lab, but I'm into mixed dogs from the pound so I don't really know. Maybe I can find a photo.

I Googled large red dog and found a photo, but still don't know the bred

WithLisa said:

I'm sure the dog needs more exercise and attention rather than a sedative.

You don't want to deal with her, you don't like her and she can feel that. I don't think this training will work out, regardless of whether you use that collar or not (and I'm happy that those things are forbidden in my country).
Maybe you could give your son-in-law a gift coupon for a dog trainer?

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All very much true

JohnnyB65 said:

I’m not sure. It is a very large red short hair dog with a large tail, hanging ears and long nose with lips that hang over her month. My son-in-law paid a lot of money for her and she was a very cute puppy. I think it’s some sort of lab, but I'm into mixed dogs from the pound so I don't really know. Maybe I can find a photo.

I Googled large red dog and found a photo, but still don't know the bred

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I used google image and came up with this.


I think your son in laws dog is a children's book

Do you get paper cuts when it jumps on you?

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I used google image and came up with this.
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I think your son in laws dog is a children's book

Do you get paper cuts when it jumps on you?

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LOL, yes I saw that too and modified my search a little to get right one

ascott said:

Collars are not rocket science....however, a collar on the dog without a consistent human to rely upon will simply create an animal that will develop a high tolerance/threshold for the stimulation that the collar produces--essentially voiding the purpose and surprise affect the device is designed for...a knee to the chest is only a defensive move and is not practical for a small child to be expected to perform...not much behavior modification can be expected until the humans in the household find it necessary and/or get tired of being held at bay do to the dogs behavior....as an adult have you taken on the offensive posture and walked right into the path of the dog so the animal does not get the chance to be the jumper....this is however not suggested if the animal has ever shown any other sign of aggression or dominance towards people...

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A knee to the chest was to keep this person from getting knocked over. Not intended for a child, or for any other reason then to keep the dog from a full on jumping up knocking over. Same as your move of walking into the dog is also not meant for a child, specially on a large dog whose face could be at the same height as the child's or who may tower over the child. More importantly, I didn't realize there is a child involved here, but a baby on its way. The dog needs to be trained before the child arrives.
Correction, just notice child/baby is already here.
After reading the op latest posts, this dog needs a new home. There is too much negative agaisnt this poor dog. Get the owners involved in exercising this dog or to rehome it. What is going on now is so unfair to the dog

The dog needs to be brought into the house and become part of your family. I would bark too if I had to stay outside all by myself. It's not hard to teach a dog manners, but he also has to know he's loved and he has a job to do. So try to get over the fact that you don't like him, and figure out his good qualities. There must be one or two.

Crate training is also a good method of keeping a dog quiet.

Looks like a Vizla. They are wonderful high energy dogs. He needs a job and like Yvonne said, love.

Yvonne G said:

The dog needs to be brought into the house and become part of your family. I would bark too if I had to stay outside all by myself. It's not hard to teach a dog manners, but he also has to know he's loved and he has a job to do. So try to get over the fact that you don't like him, and figure out his good qualities. There must be one or two.

Crate training is also a good method of keeping a dog quiet.

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The dog does live inside the house and even sleeps on the bed to keep him quite at night. I hate it when I have to fight the dog just to sit on the couch when I'm over there.
My dogs aren't allowed to set on the furniture and they are perfectly fine with it. Now it wasn't always that way, I used to let my dog sit on the couch and even sleep on the bed with me, but it became a problem as friends and visitors started complaining about the dog hair and also the smell. I never noticed the smell until I came back from a long trip and then my daughters said some other children at school had made comments about them smelling like dogs with hair on their clothes. I replaced all the furniture after the dogs accepted the fact that they were no longer allowed on the couch.
Oh I forgot to add that the dog only stays outside at my house because I have cats and the dog goes after the cats. When he is here my cats will not come out of the upstairs closet.

wellington said:

After reading the op latest posts, this dog needs a new home. There is too much negative agaisnt this poor dog. Get the owners involved in exercising this dog or to rehome it. What is going on now is so unfair to the dog

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Oh Absolutely! I've been trying to tell my stupid son-in-law that he just pick the wrong type of dog for years now. Its one of those deals where he buys a house and suddenly has to have a dog without any idea of what would be a good dog for him and his schedule.

JohnnyB65 said:

Oh Absolutely! I've been trying to tell my stupid son-in-law that he just pick the wrong type of dog for years now. Its one of those deals where he buys a house and suddenly has to have a dog without any idea of what would be a good dog for him and his schedule.

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Maybe if you showed him this, he would see that it would be a good thing he would be doing for the dog if he rehomed it? You might get put in the dog house, LOL, for starting this, but, he might also see that it was a good thing. Fingers would be crossed for you and we would back you up

JohnnyB65 said:

Oh Absolutely! I've been trying to tell my stupid son-in-law that he just pick the wrong type of dog for years now. Its one of those deals where he buys a house and suddenly has to have a dog without any idea of what would be a good dog for him and his schedule.

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http://www.yourpurebredpuppy.com/reviews/vizslas.html

Just a really good overview of this breed.....

Thanks Angela, I would never have known what that dog is.

Anyway I may be changing my position on the barking. My daughters Water Heater broke today so I went over there to replace it while both she and her husband were at work. My wife was there watching the 6 month old and I noticed new neighbors down the street were having a pretty loud party. Then I had to drive past the house after I finished installing the water heater and the street was filled with drunken 18 yr olds causing a lot of trouble. They looked more like gang members than average teens at a birthday party and I started to fear for my wife. My daughter doesn’t get home from work until midnight and her husband don’t get home until 3 AM. My daughter has a gun for protection, but I don’t think she will ever need it with that dogs barking. It was actually the only comfort I had in leaving my wife and grand baby there alone. I'm now staying up waiting for my wife to get home and to hear if anythings changed with the party.

I see everyone's reply's, but nothing from the original poster here. Whose thread is this and where have their answers gone? I don't think I have anyone on ignore, do I?

ascott said:

Collars are not rocket science....however, a collar on the dog without a consistent human to rely upon will simply create an animal that will develop a high tolerance/threshold for the stimulation that the collar produces--essentially voiding the purpose and surprise affect the device is designed for.

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Actually, quite the opposite is true.

Care to share what you base this on?