 she WON'T bark
I have a 6 month old pup, have had her for a few months now. I was hoping she would serve as an automatic doorbell/motion sensor for our front porch and yard, but so far she just doesn't bark at much. She will give a little woof at us if we ignore her too long, and a friend gave me a pig's ear for her that she was afraid of and that got her all wound up and barking at it (hilarious), but not at people. When I have treats I can get her to bark on command with some coaxing, and I'm going to try to teach her to do it when somebody walks onto the front porch.
Question is, do they not start barking at people/strangers until they are older? What age do they generally start this? I've tried to search the forums but most people are complaining about the opposite problem, too much barking, and that is another reason I'm baffled.
Don't get me wrong, I didn't get her for the purpose of being a watchdog, but I was hoping it would be a happy side effect. Especially since our basset hound is even less helpful at alerting us to people, unless we happen to see her tail wag lol. |