Christy
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Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Sylva, North Carolina (the far Western Tip of the State)
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I hate to be the weird one, but sometimes a dog barks in the box for different reasons. it could be excited and want to go hunting and that should be corrected with the shocking collar/discipline method.
BUT, if the dog is barking because of box anxiety, or being scared of being in the box, then all shocking and whipping are going to do is make it worse. In this case you have to make the dog realize that the box is a good thing and not a bad thing so it will feel comfortable in the box.
Here's a test.
Take the box out of the back of the truck. Put the dog in the box, usually if he has anxiety issues, that will be enough to make him bark because he's in the box. If it's just excitement, he might bark, might not.
Then another thing, next time he's in the box pay attention to when he starts barking. Does he bark when you are moving? or still?
We had a dog years ago that would bark like hell when the truck was moving. When it was still he was quiet. We put covers over the vent holes and wala. No more barking. We figured either he didn't like the wind coming through the holes or maybe it made a noise that hurt his ears or something.
We also had a male several years ago that had been beaten severely in a dog box. when he got in there he would go to the back corner and just dare you to reach your hand in. if you let him come out on his own he was fine, but he was scared to death to see a hand coming in the box at him because he was afraid he was going to be whipped. it took us weeks, but we got him over it. we started out with petting him as he came out of the box, and then made him go in and come to us and petted him as he went backwards. Several weeks of coaxing and petting and praise and he finally figured out that we were not going to hurt him in the box. Now anyone else, they had to gain his trust too.
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