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Tafia	Apr 27 2009, 10:37 PM
Total Gas Bag! Posts: 5,824 Group: Full Members Member #134 Joined: November 17, 2005	We live opposite an elderly lady who for the past 4 years has been complaining about the dogs barking at night. When she first said something about it I stopped Boo going into the garden at night by herself (Davey doesn't bark hardly at all), anyway cutting long story short - it's someone else's dog - I've heard it - but she's fixated on it being my "Yorkshire Terriers", everytime I see her she mentions it so I've told her to get in contact with the council. Unfortunately, Boo has been noisier in the garden during the day lately and bearing the old lady in mind, I thought I should nip it in the bud. If she barked I called her in and gave her a treat. Worked brilliantly apart from whenever she fancied a treat, she ran down the garden barking at the top of her lungs. :blush: It was getting ridiculous. Last week she upped the anti and really went for it so I caved in. If she started barking I chucked water near her (actually she's way too quick for me anyway, I'd have missed everytime) but the point is, it worked within two days - even when dogs in the park having been going crazy at the backgate she's giving it one bark and walking away. I'm not very pleased with myself because of not being keen on aversives but couldn't think of another way around it - typically the breed are smart problem solvers, manipulative and most thinking is done outside the box. In this instance it's purely academic because the problem is solved - but does anyone have any idea's on how else I might have been able to go about it.


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