Stop barking at the neighbors?

[ZAYDA]

Have you ever thought about setting up a video at certain times so you can see or hear if anything strange is going on.

[paulag1955]

Are you using a clicker? I wonder if the next time your neighbors are out, you might not be able to catch her right before she barks. (If you know their schedule, you can be prepared in advance.) Click, treat and tell her "just looking." Keep clicking, treating and repeating "just looking" as long as she refrains from barking.

We're doing this with Shasta to stop her barking at other dogs and it seems to be working. I'm using cubed chicken breast for this; it takes a high value treat to distract her from the other dogs.

[cassadee7]

I knew some folks with a dog who barked a lot at one side of their fencing. They later found out the neighbor behind the fence had been squirting the dog in the face with a water bottle, and hitting the fence with a shovel when she was out there to try and make her stop barking. Obviously it backfired and I guess the dog then saw them as a threat and kept barking. Maybe they have done something similar and she remembers that.

[DCluver33]

My GSD used to bark at this one neighbor of mine whenever he was out on his patio. One day I was watching my neighbor while Dodger was barking at him and he was staring at Dodge while he was barking. Every time my dog barked my neighbor was looking at him. I quickly figured out that he was getting attention from my neighbor when he barked, so I asked him to not pay any attention to him when he barked at his barking simply stopped because he figured out that no one was paying attention to him.

Maybe suggest to your neighbors to take a walk with you when you walk you dog? that should help your dog to realize they're not a threat. Good luck!!