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Bernese Mountain Dog Discussions / Re: He's finding his voice.
« on: August 03, 2006, 06:07:28 am »
my trick with Einstein is a measuring cup of water handy at all times.
Don't know if your pup LOVES water or not, but with Einstein, he stops barking if I so much as LOOK at him now. Somehow, since the first time I threw water on him (because he was barking at cats in the middle of the night) he instinctually knows when to bark and when not to (which probes to me he knew all along, he just enjoyed making noise and since I didn't say anything, he took that to be approval).
I still "let" him bark a lot. I think he needs to be able to do that from time to time. But since he never barked at people at my front door anyway, I don't think I've ruined his guard-dog talent.
Don't know if your pup LOVES water or not, but with Einstein, he stops barking if I so much as LOOK at him now. Somehow, since the first time I threw water on him (because he was barking at cats in the middle of the night) he instinctually knows when to bark and when not to (which probes to me he knew all along, he just enjoyed making noise and since I didn't say anything, he took that to be approval).
I still "let" him bark a lot. I think he needs to be able to do that from time to time. But since he never barked at people at my front door anyway, I don't think I've ruined his guard-dog talent.