I came across this issue in another thread and thought I would share the success I have had training a recall during out of control moments.
Bambi is/was a more out of control dog when it comes to barking, she has always barked at dogs and people but it started out of frustration and spiraled into madness after a dog park incident.
I have handled on leash barking differently but this is what I have done with her going nuts at the door.
She is single minded and nothing has been able to stop her in the past when she gets like this. I used to manage this by asking her to go into another room with the door shut. I can now call her in a normal tone quietly and she comes running, the recall has lessened her intensity overall and she is barking more appropriately.
I recommend a whistle that you "charge" before hand because it is consistent and loud, When nothing was happening I trained a recall with the whistle around the house, I even asked her to stay and then call her with the whistle across the house to speed this up. Once she Was good with that I prepared to put it into action by getting some super tasty treats and showed them to her, let her know I had them. I set up the situation and tried to whistle right before she started barking It took quiet a few times of this before she started coming to me before she was done barking, when she waits until "it" is gone to come I just tell her "too bad" and no treats for her. I found it important to drop my anxiety about her barking, she already does it and annoys whoever already so being anxious about disturbing others doesn't do any good.
After the initial stage I stopped showing the treats, moved farther from the door and switched to my voice and had to yell so she could hear me, I have 2 barkers (Bambi and my retriever Carmella). I have already trained an emergency recall (special for Bambi a long time ago) where I yell because emergency situations are not calm and I don't want to take the chance of being frantic and she being unsure about my tone.
Then as Bambi became more reliable with coming I lowered m voice to become quiet and moved farther away(where I normally am in the house), treated if she came and said "too bad" if she came after it left. I moved to scarce treating with rare Jackpots at this time(as she is used to). I think this took about 2-3 months with opportunities to train multiple times a day. But remember I let Jaden and Carmella do their thing because Jade gets excited but doesn't bark and C barks appropriately when she is not encouraged by Bambi, I was asking her to ignore them and focus on me which is hard! It takes longer but is worth it, you might be able to get this done a lot quicker if you don't have to fight the pack mentality.
A little note about the yelling thing, a long time ago I taught Bambi that my tone of voice and level means nothing when I am calling her to me by varying it slightly time after time and using good treats and lots of praise when she reached me. She was so submissive and somewhat fearful this was just a way of proofing her recall.
I would love to hear other stories about the success you have had with barking or other, using positive reinforcement.
Bambi is/was a more out of control dog when it comes to barking, she has always barked at dogs and people but it started out of frustration and spiraled into madness after a dog park incident.
I have handled on leash barking differently but this is what I have done with her going nuts at the door.
She is single minded and nothing has been able to stop her in the past when she gets like this. I used to manage this by asking her to go into another room with the door shut. I can now call her in a normal tone quietly and she comes running, the recall has lessened her intensity overall and she is barking more appropriately.
I recommend a whistle that you "charge" before hand because it is consistent and loud, When nothing was happening I trained a recall with the whistle around the house, I even asked her to stay and then call her with the whistle across the house to speed this up. Once she Was good with that I prepared to put it into action by getting some super tasty treats and showed them to her, let her know I had them. I set up the situation and tried to whistle right before she started barking It took quiet a few times of this before she started coming to me before she was done barking, when she waits until "it" is gone to come I just tell her "too bad" and no treats for her. I found it important to drop my anxiety about her barking, she already does it and annoys whoever already so being anxious about disturbing others doesn't do any good.
After the initial stage I stopped showing the treats, moved farther from the door and switched to my voice and had to yell so she could hear me, I have 2 barkers (Bambi and my retriever Carmella). I have already trained an emergency recall (special for Bambi a long time ago) where I yell because emergency situations are not calm and I don't want to take the chance of being frantic and she being unsure about my tone.
Then as Bambi became more reliable with coming I lowered m voice to become quiet and moved farther away(where I normally am in the house), treated if she came and said "too bad" if she came after it left. I moved to scarce treating with rare Jackpots at this time(as she is used to). I think this took about 2-3 months with opportunities to train multiple times a day. But remember I let Jaden and Carmella do their thing because Jade gets excited but doesn't bark and C barks appropriately when she is not encouraged by Bambi, I was asking her to ignore them and focus on me which is hard! It takes longer but is worth it, you might be able to get this done a lot quicker if you don't have to fight the pack mentality.
A little note about the yelling thing, a long time ago I taught Bambi that my tone of voice and level means nothing when I am calling her to me by varying it slightly time after time and using good treats and lots of praise when she reached me. She was so submissive and somewhat fearful this was just a way of proofing her recall.
I would love to hear other stories about the success you have had with barking or other, using positive reinforcement.