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Dear Daniel,

We have your online book(s).....but cannot find anything on how to START your dog barking......only how to stop. We want our dog to bark when he hears a knock or the doorbell, if not any strange noises outside or within the house. What can we do?

William and Barbie Treiber

Secrets to Dog Training Reply:

Hi there William and Barbie,

Thank you for your email regarding encouraging a dog to bark on command. Teaching the "Speak" command is not too difficult and can be quite useful in situations where you want to be alerted when someone is at the door or if there are strange noises around the house. I guess it just pays to be careful that you do not encourage nuisance barking. The way to do this is by only rewarding your dog when he or she barks at certain times.

In order to initially train your dog to "Speak" you will need to:

Wait for him/her to bark
When he/she finally does bark and it is a situation in which this is appropriate, say the command "Speak" and give your dog plenty of praise and attention.
Over the period of a week or two, continuing to do this should slowly allow him/her to learn that barking is associated with a reward!
After a couple of weeks you should then begin giving the "Speak" command before he/she barks, if a bark is given, be sure to give plenty of praise and food treats.
With time, you will then be able to condition him/her to "Speak" after certain sounds or events.
Once he/she knows the "Speak" command you can begin condition the dog to the sound of the doorbell or strange noises by giving the command Speak at the same time as someone else in the house 'making' these noises!

It will take a bit of time, but with plenty of rewards and training, I am sure that your dog will pick this up soon enough.

I guess the only thing to watch is that you do not reward your dog for barking in a situation where he/she shouldn't be – such as at a family friend or neighbor. Also be sure that it is only barking being observed from your dog, rather than full out aggression.

Best of luck with your training and please do let us know how you get on with this command. As you will see on page 127 of Secrets to Dog Training, the "Speak" command is covered, but only very briefly. We will no doubt be adding more to this section now after your request for help.

Kind regards,

Daniel Stevens and the Secrets to Dog Training Team

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