Yep, Rowdy started doing this while he was staying with my daughter when we were on vacation (he was 4 months old). When we got back he decided to bark at my husband and I. At first I was at a loss for what to do and it was driving me crazy - but then I decided to think like his mom. I thought that if he was being bad, his (dog) mom would get him by the scruff of the neck and shake him - so that's what I did - I got him by his harness, shook him just a very little bit and said in a very stern voice, "NO BARK". It startled him and he ran to my husband, got in his lap, turned around and looked at me like "what in the heck did she just do!" It only took a couple times for him to decide it wasn't a very good idea to bark at us and it stopped. |