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Originally Posted by QuickSilver  Can you play a quick game of fetch with him before you go to the door, maybe tire him out a bit?
Otherwise, as soon as he starts barking, I would take off his harness. Wait two minutes, repeat.
These may not be practical day to day options, but if you say, do it once a week, maybe he'll start noticing that if he's quieter, he gets out for his walk faster and he gets more food.
I think this is part of why barking is so hard to address, when it happens EVERYWHERE, it's hard to correct it consistently. |
I can try that. That's the logic I'm trying to use with the door, instead of the harness. The door only opens when he's calm (or at least quiet). I'm going to do these things everyday. Business is slowing down so I hope to spend a good part of my day training them.