Brody was not a barker, but Mia trained him different
, so now the both of them will bark, chortle and huff when a kitty asks to go in or out, jumps off anything or knocks a paper to the floor making a whoosing sound...or, apparently anything else. I mean, they barked when they saw the "monsters" (garbage cans Daddy put) by the road...at night, then barked again the next night because the "monsters" were gone...apparently loose on the property somewhere.
Mia is the usual instigator, but then Brody gets all up in it and takes over the 'protection' barking fiasco. I tried a couple things, then decided, since it seems to be a lot of varied training all at once on my previously untrained,d re-homed babies, to simplify things so now when they start barking, I just insist they "Sit"...an it is working pretty well with added benefits.
Still, it's hillarious to me when I think about it, how, when awakened at 2 or 3 am by barking started by a kitty crunching kibble in the kitchen that, out of a sound sleep, I immediately holler "sit" even though I'm still half-asleep. Apparently I am pretty trainable...