Hey everyone! I haven't been able to spend much time on the site but I have a question:
I have a six year old labrador retriever (from a breeder
), who will NOT stop barking! She only barks when people are walking by or are coming up our driveway, and when they do she goes into "attack mode". She begins shaking, growling, barking, and the fur on the back of her neck stands up. Then, if they are coming up are driveway she jumps off from the couch (we have a big window she looks out of when she's on the arm of the chair), she runs to the door way (sometimes scratching whoever is on the couch), and then barks at the door visously.
Also, if your talking on the phone and say "bye", she begins barking and growling. If you open to door to leave, she goes into her mode. She has even goine as far as to try to grab your clothing to hold you back, but a couple times, she might just miss. **ouch**!!! Thats one thing that worrys me.
One
more thing is that if we happen to have any little kids over, which is rare, and my mom goes to pick them up, my dog gets jealouse and begins to rub against my mom or try to give my mom "kisses" on the face, which as you can imagine, doesn't end well.
Now Carly would
never hurt anyone. She is so sweet and loving and playful, but people are often scared of her when they come to the house. When they open the door she dives through then begins wagging and shaking and picks up the nearest item to greet them with. I just don't get it!
I have tried the "Ceasar" method where when she barks I give a a little tap on the neck and say "sh", but she just keeps it up until the point where I like grab her collar and pull her away from the window. Obvisouly I do NOT like doing this and my whole household is just getting fed up with it. I feel likes it's only getting worse.
Does anyone have any idea's on how or why she's doing this? It's getting to be SUCH a nuscience that if someone so much as slows down by are house in a car she goes into her mode. Thanks in advance!