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Originally Posted by bonitalou  This is a great story, thanks for sharing!
Autumn knows the command NO BARK......it always works with the exception of the doorbell ringing! She simply hates it. She's not stupid. She's extremely intelligent, but she just won't listen. Even if they knock and not use the bell. She goes ballistic. |
She just hasn't had enough training in not barking when it sounds. Desensitize her to it with someone helping you outside(or stand in the door and sound the doorbell yourself) and just work with her over and over. You will have taught her "quiet" and a treat/praise/big smile for
sustained quiet. When she barks, you either take her from the room on the leash every single solitary time or you say "uh oh" matter of factly, turn your back to her and she doesn't get a treat. Eventually, she learns that quiet = warm, fresh boiled chicken/happy momma - and barking = zilch and momma's back turned or schlepped from the room. It works when you have really trained her enough. You just do it for 5 minutes at a time over and over and over in the evenings and several times weekends until she learns it. Keep it short, simple and FUN! It's simple to do but hard to
keep it up until
actual training takes place. That is how you train - it's fun if you concentrate on the positive rewards of a learning dog who is well-behave when the doorbell rings. And she will get it
IF you train enough.