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Originally Posted by chattiesmom As odd as this sounds, most of us don't train our dogs a quiet command. We just expect it. Barking is the only verbal type communication a dog has, so expecting a dog to be quiet without training him would be like expecting a child to be quiet in Church without first doing some training. |
Morgan knows a quiet command. the breeder taught it too her, well not exactly her. she used a command to quiet the other dogs in the house when they would get started on a barking fit. morgan must have picked it up, THANK GOD. She's actually a very quiet dog so i don't have to use it that often. she doesn't yap AT ALL. she only whines when she wants out of her pen sometimes. so if she's doing it excessively i tell her 'thats enough' and she quiets down. its also great for when she's acting like a nutter outside. she likes to play 'catch me if you can' which is only fun for so long, and when its freezing at 6 in the morning i don't want to be calling and calling her while she runs in circles. so i yell 'morgan that's enough, get inside' and she runs right in.