Snickers is ball obsessed and when we were getting ready to play fetch he'd start barking in excitement and anticipation. When he did that, we started saying, "Speak!" at the same time and he caught on pretty quickly to the association because he got the reward of fetching his ball immediately after.
However, the not "speaking" thing is something we are still working on. He is not too bad most days, but occassionally he will sense everything outside and bark at any dog or person who walks by. He'll be dead asleep on my lap and then suddenly jump up and go nuts. I look out the window and there will be someone walking their dog by the house. I always can't believe he knows! |