Pomeranian Forum:
Need Help!

Can someone PLEASE help me with my two male brother poms who are out of control? They absolutely hate (I think they are actually more scared then hateful)any one outside the family and will bark none stop at them til they leave and sometimes will bite. I have no company due to them. They do not listen to me and I have NO control over them. Can someone suggest a good dog training book or tecnnique that might help me get control of the situation. They are horribly jealous of one another also. I am at wits end with them and need help. They also bark at the tiniest noise throughout the day, they basically bark non-stop and I have a constant headache. We have had them roughly 6 years now. They are house dogs, but I am wanting to fence in our yard next year to let them out, we do give them walks how ever. Thanks for any assistance, we do love them very much, but I feel they are ruining my sanity.

Your males are overprotective of you & probably over excited at company. To train my poms to not bark at company, I would not speak (not even say quiet) to the poms when company arrived. & as cruel as it sounds, I used a low pressured squirt gun with warm water to have them not respond to knocks at the door. If they barked at passerbys or company more than 2 barks, I gave them a squirt, while looking right at them. I didn\'t want them scared of the door, just to know the authority. It only took a couple times, but they don\'t drive the neighbors so crazy anymore & they are enjoying the company