Dog Training: Top Reasons Why Your Rottweiler Barks

You may feel you had enough of listening to your Rottweiler barking in your home and finding ways to stop it from barking however have you ever wondered why it barks? You need to know the reasons why your pet is barking and you need to learn that a Rottweiler is born to bark. Dog barks because it has something to tell you, it is its normal way of delivering his message to you. Your Rottweiler may bark when he is angry, excited and when it wants to play. It also barks when scared.

Here are some kinds of barking and the message that you rottweiler wants to deliver:

Greeting Barking - he wants to be with his owners' side

Injury or Illness Related Barking - he might be sick or he is in trouble

Territorial Barking - senses somebody stepped into its territory

Alarm Barking - smells smoke

Attention Seeking Barking - needs its routinary walk

Compulsive Barking - it wants to release its energy by playing or running

Frustration Barking - eager to get something but it can't get it

Barking is a major characteristic of a Rottweiler and you can't eliminate barking from its nature however you can control it. Rottweilers are guardians by nature so they have an inborn instinct to guard their territory and protect their family pack. Make sure that you give attention to the barking because you may never know that it is already a warning that you need to be aware of to control your Rottweiler barking, you need to know what time of the day it usually barks, what is it is barking at and what triggers the barking. If the time of the barking is constant everyday then maybe there is something happening in the area (like children coming home from school).

The most common reason for a Rottweiler to bark is a territorial issue. So you need to create an environment where your Rottweiler will not feel the urge to exert its territorial nature to guard your property. Start by taking control and let him know that you are the alpha leader of the pack.

Try to to get rid of things or ways that your Rottweiler may see false threats to its territory - draw the curtains or blinds if it is inside, grow thick vegetation to limit its view of the area outside the yard. This way, your Rottweiler will not see the postman and everyone else walking by.

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