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Module 1: The Six Types of Barking
Treating all barking the same way is why most quiet-training fails. Diagnose first.
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The six categories
Alert (someone arrives), demand (you stopped petting), boredom (no enrichment), fear/reactivity (trigger nearby), excitement (play/greeting), and separation (alone).
Different cause, different fix
A demand-barker gets ignored. A fear-barker needs distance. A bored-barker needs more enrichment. Mismatching the fix makes things worse.
Key takeaways
- ★Six causes, six interventions
- ★Diagnose before treating
Lesson checklist
Action items to put this module into practice.
- Record 3 barking incidents
- Tag each with a cause
- Plan a per-cause approach