WOW!
It really works and I am amazed! We have lived with Lexie's barking for quite some time trying anything we could think of to get her to stop. Frantically urging her to be quite, calmly urging her to be quiet, removing her from the reason for barking, and so on and so on. Nothing was working
I would never do a shock collar and was beginning to lean on spending the $$$ on one of the citronella no-bark collars when I saw this thread. My first thought on the canned coins idea was, "Sure, it will quiet her for about the 2 seconds that I have her attention for and then she'll just continue her barking." Boy was I wrong! I tried it for the first time Friday evening....one shake of the coins along with the word "QUIET" and she was off running under the table. She didn't like that noise at all! (Now she knows how we were feeling LOL
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Anyway, what is even more amazing is how quickly it is working. I used it again with the mailman Saturday afternoon; boom, she was off the couch as far away from the can as she could get, and today, even just the word "Quiet" gets her attention and has her looking for that can. I think that I have even noticed a couple of instances where she may have normally started barking.....and she didn't!
Never in my wildest dreams did I think that this would work so well and so fast! I am totally amazed & pleased. I know we are not completely "there" yet....the biggest hurdle and test will be when we take her on walks and/or to PetSmart where there are bound to be other dogs (a major reason for her barking). We're thinking a small tin Altoid can with coins in it will be good to have for those outings.
I have every confidence now that her barking will soon be (and stay) under control thanks to "the can of coins"! PRICELESS!
