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Originally Posted by Jenn218 I understand about deer and other outside nuisance that may cause a dog to bark! I live on over 30 acres which most of our land borders national park land. We have fields, bluffs, high points and deep valley, 2 acre pond, 2 creeks, thick forest, etc - you can imagine what crosses our path from time to time. We have had everything from coyotes, bear, "run away" donkey and horses, deer galore, screech owls, and other animals, lost hikers, etc. Mojo will bark to let us know that something is there, that he thinks shouldn't be there. That is great - That is what we want! He is a better watch dog then our 100+ pound German Shepard. This barking does not bother us and we would never take that away from him - he is doing a good thing! |
My husband would be so envious of you. Wow, bet its gorgeous. Lost hikers...lol. I hope I didn't offend you, I don't think I did. At least it didn't sound that way by your post. Like I said earlier I was just throwing that out there.
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Honestly its a little hard for me to imagine ever having to debark Reagan because she is so not a barker. She barks at things. It might be a dog walking down the road, or someone on a bike, or the cat scratching at the door but never constant barking and really nothing I can't make her stop(I actually love the last one, b/c she lets me know when the cats want in). She's pretty good at hushing when I tell her to and if she doesn't stop then she will when I show her its nothing to be concerned about. So honestly my opinion really shouldn't mean too much because I've never been in that situation.