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I’ve never had this specific problem (pretty funny), but I think I’d try to make the dog associate the guitar with something it REALY likes, like food treats. Maybe you could leave a trail of goodies right up to and onto the guitar or case and turn it into a scent game. I’ve also had good luck using citronella dog collars to control & train dogs with unwanted barking.
https://www.caninejournal.com/citronella-dog-collar/ |
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Too much to get into in a post, but our dog barked incessantly at our vacuum, among other things. Brought in a trainer and within 5 minutes our dog never barked at it again. Not only that, but the trainer asked my wife to pick up the vacuum, step inside the exercise pen with our dog (small 10 sq ft area) with the vacuum and stand there. She just sniffed it and then ignored it. 5 minutes.
95% of the time when a dog barks, it's asking you "should I worry about that"? Your job is to tell it... no! This can be fixed.
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Everyon's a critic.
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If the dog's owner is interested in working on this (or any other training issues that a six month old Westie puppy might have!), there's a lot of good training info here:
http://www.clickersolutions.com/articles/index.htm including a couple of articles specifically addressing problem barking. Here's one: http://www.clickersolutions.com/arti...nicbarking.htm |
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Have to agree 100% with the posted squirt gun method. It works, and works very well most of the time!
If you have really tried and tried it, the next level is to bring along one of the fake squeeze lemons from the grocery store. Have the owner catch the dog while barking and squeeze a few drops of juice in their mouth. No commands, no anger. Just as calmly as they can, juice the dog when it barks at the guitar. Try the squirt gun first, though. But the juice worked wonders on the dog I had that ignored the water....for years after three juicings, if the dog slipped, all I had to do was show him the lemon, and he stopped for a long time. Of course, he makes himself scarce when I make a batch of lemonade, too, now..... |
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Take a banjo to your friends house. Be sure to say, "I'll give you something to bark about," as you uncase the banjo. A couple times of this and the dog will be happy to see the guitar.
My cat loves when I play and sing. |
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As a long time dog owner - I have had to come to terms with reality.... Dogs are not nearly as smart as we wish them to be....
Sometimes - dogs are a bit nutty... The smaller the breed - the more compromises were made during breeding.... There is simply less room for brain inside a teeny little skull... And as such - small dogs do weird things when the cogs and gears inside their skulls don't mesh right... I had a daschund who would run out into the yard snarling and gnashing teeth at fallen branches.... Full on Don Quixote.... Then she would arrive - ready to attack.... Finding only branches - she would look mystified and wonder where her prey got off to.... Cogs and gears... And she was the sort of dog who would probably bark at a guitar... Cogs and. Gears... |
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if dogs are doing this:
then here's the solution: Ludwig |
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semi-relevant.
Lately, when I take out my guitar my 3 year old son likes to get me to stop and play with him instead. He can be totally engaged in something else but as soon as I pluck out a few notes he drops whatever he's doing and runs over to me. One time he walked up to me where I sat on the bed, placed his hands gently on the strings and said, "No Daddy." Another time I sat in the living room and he said "GO!" pointing to the bed room. My wife and I laughed. Not to be bossed around by a toddler but just to humor him, I went to the bedroom and sat on my wife's side, near the door. He said "GO!" again and pointed to my side where I normally sit, pointing in to the room where I can only assume it is quieter. At that point there was no recourse except to tickle him until screamed and ran away laughing. Everyone is a critic. smh
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I guess I'm lucky- mine come and curl up near me when I play acoustic. They like "pretty" sounds I guess. If I rock out on electric my dog sometimes likes to join in with a good howl. Seems appropriate
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Original OP here. Thanks for all the suggestions. I think the squirt gun might be useful. It is a strange situation. The dog loves it when i come over. we play, go for walks and he lays down against my leg to take a nap. The guitar, not even played , drives him crazy with barking though. Maybe it could be the resonate sound of his bark at first, but he continues to bark at the guitar even after put back in the case. Will test a few suggestions from you all, thanks.
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Come on.
All that dog is trying to do is sing along.
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That’s great!
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