GET TO GRIPS WITH YOUR DOGS GARDEN BARKING: Self-Study Course
Enrol to access tools, exercises, strategies & protocols that will help you reduce your dogs garden barking
Course Overview
Excessive garden barking is a common problem for adopters of Romanian & foreign rescue dogs, and of course it’s something that can cause a lot of problems! It can not only be disruptive, frustrating & stressful for you, but also your neighbours as well as your dog, especially during the summer months.
This behaviour can also elevate a dogs daily baseline stress levels - which means it can have a knock on effect and be a contributing factor to other behaviour challenges too, like reactivity on walks.
Why Are Romanian & Overseas Rescue Dogs so 'Barky?'
Many of our overseas rescue dogs are descendants of street dogs, (even though they may never have been an actual street dog themselves) which means their genetics predispose them to be alert barkers. They are often environmentally sensitive, naturally territorial & suspicious of new things, unfamiliar people or anything out of the ordinary.
This can result in a lower threshold for barking behaviour.
Barking is their ‘go to’ instinctive behaviour choice. If it moves bark at it - if I’m worried about it bark at it - if it makes a noise bark at it - if I don’t like it bark at it - if it looks scary or weird bark at it.
They bark first because their default mechanism is; 'I don’t know what this is, therefore I want to make sure it knows I'm here. I'm ready to defend myself if necessary & I'd like it to go away or keep it's distance until I can decide whether it’s a threat/not a threat, safe/not safe, going to hurt me/not going to hurt me, a problem/not a problem etc.'
Which obviously means you can end up with quite a lot of barking!
Excessive barking & Fearful Dogs: It is a behaviour that can be more prominent in fearful dogs - dogs who were maybe once internalised and quiet because they felt vulnerable, but as their confidence grows, they feel safe enough to start voicing their feelings about the world around them.
Excessive Barking & New Arrivals: It can also be more prominent with newly adopted dogs who are still acclimating to an unfamiliar and busier environment than they will have been used to.
Excessive barking & Adolescent Dogs: Adolescent dogs aged between 7 months and 2 years often undergo sensitive developmental phases that can trigger anxiety or fear towards previously overlooked stimuli. During this period, they may develop barking tendencies or reactive behaviours that, if not addressed early on, may persist into adulthood.
This program offers valuable information, tools , exercises & strategies that will assist you in:
- Providing immediate relief & minimising stress & frustration for you and your 'barky' dogs
- Helping you to find peace with your dogs barking
- Reducing the frequency & intensity of your dog's garden barking
- Understanding how you can help your dog habituate to environmental noise & triggers
- Be able to easily interrupt your dog's garden barking & have them settle down again quickly
And I know what I've shared in this mini-course can achieve all of that for you - because my own Romanian Rescue boy, Tramp, is a BIG garden barker - and I successfully worked through this process with him not just once, but three times (each time we've moved home)
Enrol Today & Get to Grips with Your Dog's Garden Barking
Meesh Masters
Hello! My name is Meesh Masters, founder of The Dog’s Point of View, and I specialise in working with Romanian and overseas rescue dogs. My mission is to help adopters and canine professionals truly understand and support these incredible dogs through one-to-one consultations, home study courses, webinars, workshops, and my Adopters Coaching Group - the leading online resource for Romanian and overseas rescue dog support.
My journey with these dogs began in 2015 when I started fostering and supporting new adopters. It quickly became clear that Romanian dogs were different from UK-born dogs. Their lineage - shaped by street life and natural selection - means they rely heavily on instinct and don’t always respond to conventional training methods.
Learning to work with them in a way that respected their nature changed everything for me, and I’ve been sharing that knowledge ever since.
Today, I’m proud to be Patron of Cloud K9 Rescue and Annie’s Trust and to advise several other rescue organisations. I also run the Romanian Rescue Pro Trainers Program for qualified trainers and have developed an education and resource program for rescues rehoming Romanian and Eastern European dogs, helping volunteers and adopters feel more confident in supporting them.
Everything I do is about helping adopters and professionals work with these dogs, in a way that truly aligns with who and how they are as individuals, rather than ignoring their ingrained natural instincts, so they can thrive in their new homes.
