Ruby’s been a bit of a barker….nothing horrible but still a barker at times. Â If it’s just me and her, she does a great job but if we add Betsy into the mix…it’s not so good because Betsy truly is a barker.
When Betsy starts barking…it’s really hard for Ruby not to join in. Â She hasn’t been horrible…but she’s not been good either. Â It’s even worse now that we have more people in and out dropping off and picking up childcare kids.
I talked to Kalissa about it and she ended up going to Petsmart and talked to the lady there about it. Â Kalissa had thought about getting a bark prevention collar. Â Instead she got this….The Company of Animals Pet Corrector.
What happens is the dog does some type of behavior that you don’t want them to do. Â It our case, it’s barking. Â Then you just spray it. Â It’s actually very similar to canned air that you might use to clean your computer keyboard only this makes a bigger aerosol spray noise. Â The noise frightens the dogs.
So far, it have worked really well. Â Ruby is terrified of it…Betsy is but not quite as much. Â Now when both dogs are here all I have to do if for Ruby to see the can and she’ll quit. Â In fact, if Betsy starts barking Ruby will look from me to Betsy and put her tail between her legs. Â Ruby completely gets it.
Betsy has made vast improvements but we still need to work a bit more on it…I am happy with progress though.
Am I glad to read this post – we are having a terrible time with one of our Shih Tzu barking whenever she want something (which is MY attention 24/7). I will go up to Petsmart and get this, because my husband works nights, and they have been disrupting his sleep for about a month now. Thanks Jo for the news!! Happy quilting!
I used a similar way training one of my dogs years ago. I put some coins or some nuts and washers into an empty, clean soda pop can and taped the opening shut. Whenever my dog did something he wasn’t suppose to, I would shake the can a little. He didn’t like the noise, so it wasn’t long before he stopped the incorrect behavior. It is the same principle, just a home made version. It worked like a charm. Good luck, the dogs seem to learn very quickly.
Both Ruby and Betsy are precious but the look on Ruby’s face and those eyes, she is so cute, wish I had the time for an animal.