How to stop my 6month Dobie from barking in the car at people walking by?

[KingBjornFam]

My Dobie is almost 6 months old now, he has learned basics like sit, stay, lay down, and pretty much a good boy other than some barking issues....

Top barking issue: We are unsure how to make him stop barking while we are riding in the car and a human walks/runs/bikes by he go's absolutely bat shiz crazy at them. He abruptly starts barking extremely loud, non stop, losing his breath, and he is tunnel vision on the person, like we will be telling him to stop, or reaching back trying to hold him etc, but he sees/hears/feels nothing (or so it seems) but only the passer by person..even if they are long gone, he still is grumbling, then another person comes by and he starts up again.

Help?? Rides bye-bye are not not much fun unless he's asleep...!

 

[Rits]

Your boy is being very reactive. You need to find a place you can work on this where you can park very far away from where people are walking that way you are working under his threshold. Soon as he sees people scatter kibble in the backseat with him. Every time he perks up, before he reacts, toss kibble. He will soon start associating people with good things. Once he starts getting into a pattern you can tell him "good leave it" to associate the behavior with the action. End on a good note. Don't push him too far. Over time you can gradually move closer to the source (different sessions).

 

[Doberman Gang]

Put him in a crate

 

[Ravenbird]

While what @Rits suggested will work with some, it didn't work for my dog. Does he do this on leash if you take him out in public? or just from the car?
Since he's still quite young he may be going through a more reactive stage than his lifelong tendencies will be, but the training is the same. Don't set him up for failure or being able to practice the explosive barking without consequences. Take him for rides in a covered crate where he can't see out, or if you have a passenger car with a backseat and no place for a crate, have someone else drive and you sit in the backseat with the pup and use leash correction paired with "no" or "leave it" & Down command and simply don't allow it.

Continue your good work with basic obedience, if you can find a good club to join, take him to group obedience classes with other dogs & people where he must focus on you no matter what else is going on.

If he continues to be overly reactive and explosive, an e-collar is my preference, but I personally would try other things at this age. I use an e-collar anytime we travel because she knows I can't reach her and she will still explode barking sometimes. If you haven't used one before, make sure you learn to use it properly and that the dog completely understands what it's for and invest in a good one, not a cheap model. The longer they get to practice that type of reactive behavior the worse it can get.