How can I teach my dog to only bark at people approaching my home?

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I didn't teach my dogs to bark at people, they just do. I'm fine with them being protective of the house and barking if people if they are on our porch, but not neighbors across the street or people walking thier dogs! Do you know of a way I could teach them only to bark at people aproaching the house? Thanks! Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Female | spayed | 1 year and 10 months old | 33 lbs

Jessica Desrosiers · Accepted Answer

Barking is a hard behavior to break as it can be reinforced by seemingly random things (such as your neighbor walking back into the house, thus your dog thinks the barking lead to them leaving). You may need to either train no barking at all, or deal with barking at everything as it may be hard for your dogs to differentiate "neighbor walking past" and "stranger". You can try to use distraction techniques such as tossing a toy or performing other tricks such as sit for treats to break the barking and distract them from the behavior. If you are not home, preventing the dogs from seeing outside will also help stop reinforcement when you are not home to deter it.

How can I teach my dog to only bark at people approaching my home?

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