Hi everyone, as the title says, my dog barks for hours at the door to be let back in.
Titi is 5 years old (the vet's estimate) and I adopted him 4 years ago.
We have a house with a large garden. He sleeps indoors at night.
So, the problem is that Titi can bark for hours at the door to be let in. We've tried everything: at the start, we used to let him in as soon as he barked too much – we know that was a mistake now – but we've been trying to fix it for years. A dog trainer advised us to ignore him, but he just keeps barking for hours. We've tried giving him toys to keep him busy outside, telling him off, taking him for really long walks, and calling him in when he isn't barking so he gets the idea, but nothing works.
As you can imagine, it's really stressful having this little Jack Russell barking non-stop for hours, so now we just give in and let him in... We have a second, older dog who doesn't do this; they play together and get on really well, so he isn't actually on his own out there.
What can I do to understand my dog and correct this behaviour?
