I just found your channel. So good! Thank you for all the information!

I have a golden retriever therapy dog that is used to visiting students with learning disabilities at a local high school. She moves from class to class and will work with one student at a time or have multiple students all giving her attention. She is nearly 8 years old and I have never heard her bark until a few months ago when she started a new job with a clinician and an aged care resident (animal assisted therapy)/ A typical visit is one hour and she is not getting the attention that she usually gets - thus the attention barking has started, I have made this a habit unintentionally by touching her, telling her to stop, getting her to lay down and then rewarding her with a treat, and now a habit has formed. Things I am trying before the barking starts - - anticipating when she might bark and distracting, teaching her find with treats, snuffle toy with treats, stuffed kong, taking her a for a little walk. Any other ideas you have would be very helpful as the unexpected bark is often loud and upsets the resident. Thank you.

this was so helpful!! i just got a stray dog who had some terrible terrible habits. he legit will scream and bark at 1am if he wants my attention…. even if i’m dead asleep. i know he’s not hungry, needs to go to the bathroom, or needs to play bc i legit do this about an hour before bed. his previous owners taught him demand barking and negative attention is also good attention. this has helped me understand and know how to handle his demand barking for my attention! (he’s a husky)

Sheltie owner here, I feel called out, lol! My 3 year old was a rescue and she demand barks in the car- when I put the car in park, shut it off, and get out and let her out. Hard to break this, as the "reward" is her being out of the car. This is a hard one. She doesn't like car rides, but lives going places. Love we're moved into our two house our trainer will come and do private lessons with us.

This is fabulous! Thank you so much. Very clear and helpful - you've done an excellent job!

Thank you for this!

I feel like you didn’t actually answer the question of what to do if a dog is barking at you to play. You say playing with them in that moment reinforces the behavior, but then don’t elaborate on what you should do in that exact moment instead. You move right into what you should do during a play session, which is confusing.

Thank you so much!!

Do you have any videos/training on dog barking with visitors coming in or outside service people?

Our young dog does this. It’s like a little tantrum when we won’t let her have something she wants. She’s done it in her crate sometimes. But we try not to feed into any of it.

My dog’s bark is so deep and loud (and obnoxious in my opinion) that it scares my new puppy when my older dog wants to play so now my puppy is scared of my bigger adult dog to the point that my puppy urinates on the floor when he tries to play with him. :( Any tips? P.S. my older dog has some minor resource guarding issues (he doesn’t bite but we’re working on it) so there is a hint of frustration when the puppy has a toy that he wants.

My mini aussie Lucy does demand barking to play. She wants me to play with her all day! Usually she starts this after our morning walk when I go to my desk to begin working. Throughout the day she will periodically bark at me to try to get me to play with her. Sometimes I can distract her. I will tell her to go to her place and then I will get her a chew or a kong, but I'm afraid I may have reinforced the behavior. She gets 1 chew per day and 1 kong per day. We do go on short walks and play some games. I try not reward the barking with those activities though. I'd love to hear some more suggestions.

Help, please. At the member only dog park we visit, my dog will bark incessantly up close to 2 dogs are playing with each other. I distract her by throwing a ball (Chuckit obsessed). I dont know if she's telling them to stop, let her join in or what. Is there something else i should try? It's every day! She barks at me when i stop to talk to someone! That is attention seeking and i drop the ball thrower on the ground. That works for a minute. She's a 20 montg old lab.

Really useful video! Our dog has got into a bit of a routine of demand barking after we've all had dinner - sometimes it is because he wants to play, but other times think he just wants attention and now it is a habit (as sometimes we indulge him and sometimes we ignore). Sometimes we shut him out of the room to show that barking = time away from us. Have you got any other suggestions?! He has a snuffle mat at lunchtime and loves tricks - perhaps we should do some trick training after? Thanks so much :)

Hi, you mentioned that dogs can start barking to get outside when they don't need the toilet, our dog does this, i don't think you mentioned a solution for this. Thanks

Can you give examples of the treat tube you use on walks? I’m having an hard time finding the best type to hike with. I’m guessing its important to anticipate the behavior and offer the treat tube before barking starts? Wouldn’t it reinforce barking if you grab it too late? My dog mostly demand barks on hikes or at the dog park when I want to stop and talk to a stranger or friend on a trail. It’s a very embarrassing behavior if your friends aren’t as patient or understanding, or when there are other dogs who react to barking in the area. I’ve even had strangers say ‘you need to do something about your dog, she’s too loud’ when I try to ignore her demand barking behavior. She’s very food motivated so I think the tube would be great to try out if I can anticipate the behavior quickly enough. Thanks!

How long do you need to wait between the bark and doing a thing? Eg feeding?

Sofia my 15 month old Boxer demand barks and yelps 20 times a day to go run in backyard. It its never enough for her. Same with walks, she never wants to end walk 3 times daily. She fights me to go in house. lays down, refuses to get up grass rolling trying to break free after allot of exercise. She bites, attacks me for things. I tried everything I work at home always together almost. help

Hi. Thanks for this great video. My dog sleeps downstairs on her own and sometimes barks after we leave her at night. We think this might be demand barking. She wants us to come in and pet her! How can I stop this?

This barking if driving me nuts😭😭

When I put my dog in his cage when I’m cleaning or organising he starts barking at me

So u never answered the question. We know what it is bit how do we stop it?!