Episode Details

Does your Doodle bark at you until you give in? Kristi Benson, barking specialist and Academy for Dog Trainers instructor, joins me to explain why “demand barking” is really “demand working,” how we accidentally train it with textbook positive reinforcement, and why both bark collars and “just ignore it” make things worse.

You’ll learn how to tell an upset bark from an asking bark, why Doodles are especially quick to learn this job, and Kristi’s three-part plan: run an enrichment audit, teach a well-practiced sit as the new way to ask, and use a long down-stay or a calm 30-second timeout when the answer has to be no. No fear, no pain, no shame.

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Corinne Gearhart is the founder of The Doodle Pro®, a science-based training platform helping Doodle parents raise calmer, well-mannered dogs using positive reinforcement. She is the host of The Doodle Pro® Podcast and author of Your Doodle’s Daily Schedule Blueprint™.

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