Hi When we first got Chester he did not bark much, but we noticed andy time the door bell rang... especially with that pizza comercial for domino was on . And the door bell rang he would go crazy. We would say No! chester, No . After a month or two of that comercial . He finally figured it out. We don't mind if he barks for the door bell , as we are uaally down stairs in th finished bastment and can not hear when the door bell rings, only issue is when you say No or quiet.. He will not stop. We have to hold him and carry him to the door and he is still barking at the door... . But if he is in his creat it is even worse. he will keep barking even when you say quiet ! he will make a wining sound. So you know he understands and emidiatly start all over again until the person has left the front door. Once the person is in side the house he stops.
I think this started the first time the door bell rang. Oh he also alerts us if he hairs any noice like a load bang next door.. He is like a little gard dog with a big bark. My mother in -law just loves it because she feels so protected when he is around. But again once he starts that it ... he will not stop.
chester is now two years old 4- 5 pounds . Very high sprong and lots of energy we can go for two hour walks and he still full of engergy to play.
He is extreamly stuborn. Right now i'm trying once again to see if we can get him potty trained to go on the pee pads. He never had and issue to go out side, but the winter here is so bad and he can get lots in the snow in the back yard. So I started that yesterday , this will tell you how stuborn he is. He has drank so much water and we always let him out twice for the night.
So we did the same with the pee pad. Both times he would not go. He went all night with out messing his create. Wow what a shocker
I woke up this morning and let him out and then placed him on the pee pad and said go potty as normal. He just sniffed around for two hours. We have just put him back in the create and feed him and gave him water again. I will try once again before we leave and pry he goes on it.
oh. p.s yes we tried the tapping on the create. evey thing works for ten min the first time and we keep doing it but he just won't stop once he gets used to the load sound , tapping , coins even the water bottel... if we reach for it .. he just runs quickly and starts again . We are lost.
The thing is i'm worried about is we are bringing our new maltees home next week, I hope, and I don't want her getting this bad habbits.
