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Bark collar. DCUM is passionately against them, but they are NOT cruel - they will save your sanity and your dog's sanity. It's not fun for him either, to bark endlessly! This is anxiety barking, not barking to communicate "beware, stranger at the door" or "I just saw my friend, I'm so excited". This is repetitive anxious barking that is really bad for dogs.

Always test the collar on yourself first, to see how mild the electric shock is. Try it at the lowest setting first. It took my dog TWO barks to understand he wasn't supposed to bark. He received plenty of praise and treats when he stopped barking. I've never used the collar since, and it's been so many years, I don't even know where it is!

Don't kill yourself with sleep deprivation for some unreasonable "shocks are cruel" principle. Dogs don't learn the same way we do, especially for anxiety barking. The collar will save your life.[/quote]

This is a lazy copout. It's a baby!!! You're asking too much of him. And yes, "shocks" are cruel esp for a baby.

Leaving him alone so much is why he's barking. Dogs are pack animals. The crate should be in your bedroom. And there is no reason the dog cannot be with you upstairs so long as you're letting him out a lot. And, you should be running him or taking him to the dog park or something.

OP, I say this not to be mean: What did you think you were getting when you got a puppy? They are work. They are babies. Put in the time and work. And quit complaining.[/quote]

You are anthropomorphizing, PP, and are clueless about canine development. A 6 months old dog is not very young in terms of puppyhood. He's a 6th grader who absolutely needs to be taught manners before he hits adolescence at around 1 year, otherwise you will have a monster on your hands. Well-trained puppies regress when they're teens, and it's only extra training and muscle memory from their earlier puppy training that saves them from total destruction.

And again, I know you don't believe me, but shock collars are not the the work of the devil. They are just one of the tools in the toolbox. Just as you don't only use positive parenting for your child, you can't always use positive training for your dog. Sometimes an aversive method is necessary. For your kid it's a time out, no electronics, sort of punishment, for your dog it  can be a variety of things, but in this instance, the collar would be a very efficient and quick training tool.

Just a reminder that police and military dogs are highly trained and they get that way with an array of methods that include shock collars. And yet they are closely bonded to their owners, who love them. Loving an animal means being ready to use the best training tool for the situation.
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