How many times have you observed this scenario? A dog gets
excited and starts to bark. The owner begins to frantically yell
at the dog, "No! Stop that!" Instead of becoming quiet, the dog
begins to bark even more excitedly, and his master must now
escalate his actions, and may ultimately resort to physical
violence against his pet to try to achieve some quiet The real
problem here is that the dog's master does not understand the
basics of dog language. To a dog, loud, short words like "No!"
"Shut up!" "Don't bark!" and so forth sound just like barks.
Think of it this way: the dog barks to signal a potential
problem. Now you (who are supposed to be leader of his pack)
come over and also bark. This clearly indicates that you agree
that this is the right time to sound the alarm, so the dog moves
his barking to an even higher level. Many different techniques
have been tried to stop dogs from barking. They range from
staring directly into the dog's eyes in a threatening manner and
shaking the dog to methods involv