I've tried so many ways to get Kasey to quiet down, but when she sees another, bigger dog -- or even sometimes smaller ones -- she barks like crazy. We live in MA during half the year, and have just arrived, and already she's fallen into the pattern. I think she's possessive of this town! But when we're in FL she's calmer, and the barking is significantly less of a problem.
I've tried the Caesar "Shhh" behavior, to no avail. When she had her "buzzer" collar it helped quite a bit -- I'd "beep" her dogtra collar before giving an instruction. But we've stopped using that collar because I don't want to irritate her trachea.
Today she tried to be alpha dog, pulling almost the whole way while we were walking, then barking when ever she saw a big dog. I tried interrupting it before she saw the dog, saying "Leave it," and "Easy, gentle," but today there was no stopping her. Alternatively, I get in her face and try to block her view and tell her to be quiet. Nothing is working now.
So.... any other ideas?
PS: Otherwise, she's perfect! (:
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