Teaching Your Dog "Quiet"
"Quiet" is a handy trick, especially when your dog barks when it hears noises it doesn't recognize. You should first teach the trick "Speak" before teaching it to be quiet. It's a fun trick and a way to make your dog understand when it's allowed to bark.
1. This trick will be easy to teach if your dog already knows how to speak on command. First, tell your dog to "Speak". Once it barks say "Quiet". The second he stops barking, give him a treat. You should add a hand signal such as the "Shh" sign you usually give people.
2. Your dog may get confused on what exactly it's suppose to do because your using one command right after another. To make sure you know your dog knows how to "Speak" try using "Quiet" when he is barking at someone at the door. If it stop barking then your dog understands the command, and you should keep practicing the command in that way.
3. If you think that technique doesn't work, teach "quiet" when your dog is barking at someone. When your dog is barking wait until it stops barking even for a few seconds. Right when he stops say "Quiet" with the hand symbol and give it the treat. Your dog may start barking again but that just gives you more time to practice. Make the hand symbol again as you wait for it to be quiet. Once it stops barking say "quiet" and give it the treat.
4. Keep practicing "Quiet", and gradually increase the time of giving it treats from 2 seconds to 5 to more.
Here are some extra tips for teaching your dog "quiet".
- Don't overload on the command, only say it once your dog stops barking. If you say it while it's barking it will likely ignore you. However, when your dog understands the command fully, you can use it while it's barking.
- It's easier if your dog already knows "Speak"
- Even after the dog has mastered this technique it should be practiced regularly.
- Eventually you can try to phase out the food reward in exchange for lavish praise.
1. This trick will be easy to teach if your dog already knows how to speak on command. First, tell your dog to "Speak". Once it barks say "Quiet". The second he stops barking, give him a treat. You should add a hand signal such as the "Shh" sign you usually give people.
2. Your dog may get confused on what exactly it's suppose to do because your using one command right after another. To make sure you know your dog knows how to "Speak" try using "Quiet" when he is barking at someone at the door. If it stop barking then your dog understands the command, and you should keep practicing the command in that way.
3. If you think that technique doesn't work, teach "quiet" when your dog is barking at someone. When your dog is barking wait until it stops barking even for a few seconds. Right when he stops say "Quiet" with the hand symbol and give it the treat. Your dog may start barking again but that just gives you more time to practice. Make the hand symbol again as you wait for it to be quiet. Once it stops barking say "quiet" and give it the treat.
4. Keep practicing "Quiet", and gradually increase the time of giving it treats from 2 seconds to 5 to more.
Here are some extra tips for teaching your dog "quiet".
- Don't overload on the command, only say it once your dog stops barking. If you say it while it's barking it will likely ignore you. However, when your dog understands the command fully, you can use it while it's barking.
- It's easier if your dog already knows "Speak"
- Even after the dog has mastered this technique it should be practiced regularly.
- Eventually you can try to phase out the food reward in exchange for lavish praise.