Dog housekeeping training: from alarm barking to boundary guarding
Teach it to alarm and also teach it to stop.
The basis of the housekeeping ability is the combination of the two commands "alert + stop". First train it to respond to the doorbell, and then use "quiet" and "remove the mat" to guide the behavior to boundary expression.
Training steps: 1. Ask someone to ring the doorbell and wait for three seconds when the dog barks; 2. Say "Thank you, that's enough" in a calm tone and take out snacks to guide it to the mat; 3. Repeat more than twenty times until the doorbell directly triggers it to go to the mat and wait.
Be careful to distinguish between alertness and aggression. Growling, slamming, and baring teeth are aggressive expressions that require professional behavioral training intervention. Simple family training may strengthen inappropriate behavior.
Guard dogs also need good socialization. Dogs that are overly visitor-friendly are at higher risk in real-world situations because they lack the ability to differentiate between normal visitors and abnormal situations.
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