Beyond Obedience | Dog Training, Dog Behaviour Training, Scared Dogs, Reactive Dogs

135 | Beyond the Bark: Tools, Boundaries & Understanding {Series Part 3}


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Hey Dog Lover! 🐶
Welcome to Part Three of the Beyond the Bark Series! In this final episode, we’re wrapping up my contribution to a recent article on barking with some of the most practical — and controversial — questions around the topic.

Here’s what we’re covering today:

  • How furniture placement can actually reduce barking (yep, where your couch goes matters!)

  • Using tools like curtains, crates, and X-pens to prevent escalation and create calmer spaces

  • Why too much “free reign” often leaves dogs feeling like they have to control too much real estate

  • The controversial topic of bark collars, shock tools, and water guns — and why I believe leadership, fulfillment, structure, and boundaries should always come first

  • My closing thought: the key to everything with dogs is learning to understand them, not forcing them to fit into our human world

This episode ties it all together and helps you rethink barking not as a nuisance, but as information you can actually use to lead your dog more clearly.

xoxo,

Tracy 💛


👣🐾 Next Steps:
If you want to understand your dog on a deeper level so that everything gets easier, join me inside the Fearless Framework. It’s where we break the fear cycle and build the kind of trust and confidence that makes barking less of a problem in the first place.
👉 BeyondObedience.ca/fearless

👣🐾 Bonus: Come join the free Living Beyond Obedience community on Facebook, where you can connect with like-minded dog lovers, ask questions, and share your journey.
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🎵 Music Credit: Shawn Trotter – shawntrotter.com

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