Piper is permitted to bark at odd noises, someone at door, and such, but when she barks at someone walking past or other innocuous things, she gets a stern "no bark!" Sometimes I have to clap my hands along with the 'no bark,' but she understands when her barking is inappropriate. It's a challenge for sure and I like Maximo's suggestions of coins-in-a-can, etc., as sometimes they just need to be jolted back to reality (as it were)!! |