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Originally Posted by nana911  Eventually, when I'm not so full of tryptophan(sp?) I'll wrap my brain around the logic of that.  |
The logic really is not hard to follow. If your dog speaks on command, it cuts down on "emotional" type barking. You basically are rewarding the "quiet."
Barney who is very quiet and hardly ever "speaks" or "sings" will blast into full song or barks on command. He also waves, spins, dances, rolls over and a whole variety of other tricks he's learned in 10 years of advanced obedience training.
So, no, I'm not concerned that my dog's singing will disrupt the neighborhood. If it does, let them go to court and file a nuisance suit and I'll put Barney on as evidence that he is not a nuisance but a cutie patootie with a voice like an angel.