I just read last night in Gracie and Sammie's obedience training manual from PetCo that when your dog barks excessively to l. tell them hush and 2. if they do not stop, spray them with a water bottle. We tried it last night and it took Sammie three sprays to stop. In fact, if the phone rang or something on TV got his attention, he turned around to look at me first I guess to see if I was going to spray him - nevertheless, he did not bark! WOW! That was easy. Now we work on Gracie. This works better than making them sit and distracting them. The book did say that this is for unacceptable barking but not for all barking because barking is a dog's communication so you have to choose when you think it is okay to bark and when it is not.
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