Barking Hound Village Training

Barking Hound Village Training is a dog training business in Chamblee, GA. It holds a 5.00 rating from the customers who have reviewed it.

The training approach centers on understanding why a dog behaves as it does before trying to change the behavior. Barking is treated as natural canine communication, and the work begins with reading what a dog is saying through it, since a bored dog and an anxious dog need different things. From there, owners are taught to stop rewarding attention-seeking barking, to avoid yelling because negative attention still counts as attention, and to teach an alternative behavior such as lying quietly at their feet or sitting and making eye contact. Silence is trained deliberately: waiting for even a second of quiet, rewarding it with a treat, extending the time required, then adding a cue such as "quiet" or "stop" just before the dog falls silent. A smelly treat held to the nose can interrupt a dog that never pauses, and clicker training can mark the exact moment of quiet. For dogs that bark at visitors, training a dog to go to a crate, bed, or mat gives them a place associated with calm. Frustration barking is addressed through obedience work and impulse-control games such as "leave it" and "wait at the door." Owners are also advised not to leave dogs alone in the yard, where they bark at squirrels, falling leaves, other dogs, and passersby, and to treat solitary potty breaks as no substitute for mental stimulation and physical exercise.

Barking Hound Village Training is located on Liddell Drive NE in Chamblee.

Its 5.00 rating reflects a positive response from the customers who have reviewed it.