 Teaching to speak...
I taught my first baby to speak using the little springy doorstop. For some reason, I used to "flip" it and it would make a funny little noise -- and Sneaker would bark. So, I just started saying "speak" when I did it, and she caught on real quick. After that, I taught her to "kill." When I was holding her, I would kind of grab her and say "kill," and she would sound really vicious. I would always have to tell people, that she wasn't trying to bite them -- she just knew it meant "bark really loud!"
I haven't found anything that Toby will "bark" automatically at. Other than people walking by, the mail coming through the door, or some random noise outside -- so he hasn't learned the "bark" command. |