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Originally Posted by TLC  TJ is the same way....
I have a small blue Maxwell House coffee can filled with coins, and YES this is PURE FEAR for him.
I do not even have to shake it anymore, I carefully hold the can and alert his attention to the can, he shuts up and tail between his legs in PURE FEAR. Sometimes I show him the can (when he is barking on the couch out the window) and then I will place the can on the TV or staircase, so he knows it is there....BUT now after reading your story about poor Buddy, maybe I should stop too, as they really, really are scared of it  |
That sounds like Buddy too. This was my sanity in keeping his barking
under control in the condo when he was a pup. He still whines after
5yrs when I leave for work. Few times he will go into a howl that's when
the can comes out. He'll run under the blue chair in the LR and I sit the
can by the inside of our front door to threaten to shake it to make him be quiet when I leave.
It always worked but he has never reacted like this in the past because of it.
Once last week and then again the day before yesterday. What ever
made him decide to panic over it leaves me blank.
I guess I can't use this anymore! Now what?